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WINSTON-SALEM – Wake Forest University senior Sam Smartt decided to spend his spring break at the Winston-Salem Rescue Mission instead of on a beach somewhere.

Smartt spent his week shooting more than nine hours of footage and interviewing volunteers and residents at the mission to tell people about it.

“I’m going to piece together a four to five minute sort of summary of what exactly the mission does,” Smartt said.

Development Director Mike Foster said it’s a win-win situation.

“We just really want to tell the story of what we do and all the services we provide,” he said. “I think there’s so many things that we do that the public are not aware of,” he said.

The Rescue Mission has served people in Winston-Salem for 42 years, but officials said only recently have they worked on using media to get their message out.

"I think by utilizing the video and partnering that with our new Web site and using these videos in presentations, I think it's really going to help our awareness for the ministry," Foster said.

Smartt said he isn’t getting any college credit for the project, but it will serve as a valuable part of his reel when he graduates in May.

“I just like to hear what they have to say, what they’re trying to do, where they’re trying to go because at the end of the day, they’re just like you and me,” Smartt said. “They’re taking it a day at a time and trying to do the best with what they have.”

He hopes to have the video complete by the summer.