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2/23/2005
Contact: K.E. Schwab -- 724-738-2199;
e-mail: karl.schwab@sru.edu
80 SRU STUDENTS TO SPEND SPRING BREAK OFFERING
COMMUNITY SERVICE ACROSS U.S.
SLIPPERY ROCK,
Pa. -- Eighty Slippery Rock University students will spend
spring break helping others in communities across America as part
of this year's Spring Break Care Break Program offered through the
university's Institute for Community, Service-Learning and
Nonprofit Leadership.
Bobbi Jo
Wendel, graduate assistant and coordinator of the Care Break
project, explains SRU students will help community members in seven
locations make a difference, including inaugural trips to San
Diego, Calif., and Pensacola, Fla. In addition, students will
return to Baton Rouge, Atlanta, Denver, East St. Louis and
Baltimore where CareBreaks have been offered in the
past.
"This is
really an opportunity to learn about others and yourself," says
Wendel, who is studying community counseling in SRU's master's
degree program. "Our students make friends and learn leadership
skills as part of their community service project. They organize
the trip, raise funds to support the travel and then deliver
important community service as part of the program."
Each of the
12-member traveling groups of students will depart campus March 5,
and after arriving at their Care Break site work with a host
organization in delivering community service and developing
leadership skills.
In Atlanta,
SRU students will team with the city’s Task Force for the
Homeless working with organizations dealing with homeless issues
and concerns. The agencies include the Atlanta Interfaith AIDS
Network, Atlanta Day Shelter for Women and Children and the Atlanta
Community Food Bank.
In Baltimore
the partner will be Civic Works, an AmeriCorps program, with SRU
students helping develop urban parks and homes and helping with
academic and recreational after-school programs.
In Baton
Rouge, SRU students will work with the Boys and Girls Club tutoring
and mentoring participants. They will help the city remove graffiti
and work with homeless shelters. The students will join with
the American Red Cross, Louisiana State University’s Campus
Volunteer Program, Volunteers of America, Youth Oasis Children's
Shelter, Family Emergency Shelter and the St. Vincent DePaul
Warehouse Donation Center on various projects.
At Denver,
students will join the Mile High Youth Corps in helping high school
dropouts obtain GED's and participate in a variety of environmental
projects with the at-risk youth as well as work with volunteers at
the local Ronald McDonald House.
East St.
Louis will see SRU students working in inner-city schools and at
after-school programs. The SRU volunteers will also work with
terminally ill children at the Ronald McDonald House.
Pensacola work will
include efforts at the United Methodist Church and with Rebuilding
Northwest Florida aiding those whose homes were destroyed by last
fall’s hurricanes; and
In San Diego,
volunteers will work with the City of San Diego Park and Recreation
Department rebuilding trails and areas ruined by forest
fires. Students will give time to the San Diego Rescue Mission
working with homeless urban adolescents.
The Spring
Care Break program at SRU was started in 1994 and has seen more
than 800 students participate. Volunteers have spent 134,000
hours contributing more than $1 million in service.
EDITOR’S NOTE: A list
of participating students is
enclosed.
PN, PgN, WPN, PR, PT – S
Atlanta
Name
Hometown
Major
Andrea
Derr
Allison
Park
Social Work
Rebecca
Shingleton
Ambridge
Anthropology
Amie
Homa
Bunola
Communication
Cathy
Rudowsky
Pittsburgh
Faculty
Wesley
Tagliaferre
Reynoldsville
Communication
Brandon
Reiter
Reynoldsville
Elementary Education
Jenett
Moyer
Franklin
College Student Personnel
Lindsay
Weber
Pittsburgh
Sport Management
Elizabeth
Frisina
Erie
Elementary Education
Adrienne
Chambers
Blairsville
Psychology
Amy
Kean
Pittsburgh
Psychology
Rebecca
Hume
Bethlehem
Social Work
Baltimore
Name
Hometown
Major
Deanna
Smith
Monaca
Psychology
Ashlee
Boylan
McKees
Rocks
Social Work
Rebecca
Miller
McKeesport
Community Programs for Americans with Disabilities
Myrna
Newman
New
Castle
Mast of Science in Sustainable Systems
Abigayle
Koller
New
Castle
English Literature
Jessica
Allenberg
Natrona
Heights
Elementary Education
Janeace
Holko
West
Mifflin
Physical Education
Shannon
Costanzo
Natrona
Heights
Math
Jason
Foster
Smethport
Sport Management
Baton
Rouge
Name
Hometown
Major
Curtis
Taylor
Corry
Political Science
Valerie
Miloser
Ellwood
City
Elementary Education
Jennifer
Adamczyk
Slippery
Rock
Community Counseling
Stacey
Gregor
Pittsburgh
Elementary Education
Angela
Cononie
Pittsburgh
Health Services Management
Carrie
Skuza
Garfield Heights, OH Exploratory
Rebecca
Wheeler
Aurora,
OH
Exploratory
Ebony
Bishop
Erie
Sociology
Tara
Hohman
New
Castle
Elementary Education
Sarah
Arafa
New
Castle
Elementary Education
Ryan
Gaines
Erie
Sociology
Gerard
Love
Pittsburgh
Faculty
Denver
Name
Hometown
Major
Lauren
Smith
Pittsburgh
Community Programs for Americans with Disabilities
Stephen
Bodnar
Pittsburgh
Philosophy
Melissa
Seidle
Clarion
School Counseling
Joanne
Santus
Slippery
Rock
Faculty
Erica
Wanninger
New
Bethlehem
Elementary Education
Steve
Winslow
Butler
Secondary Education
Scott
Britton
Cheltenham
Master of Science, Sustainable Systems
Krista
Smith
Chicora
Secondary Education
John
Chmiel
Pittsburgh
Secondary Education
Jennifer
Cmar
McKeesport
Elementary Education
Rachel
Bradley
Glassport
Environmental Science
Lindsey
Stanton
Cranberry
Human Resource Management
East
St.Louis
Name
Hometown
Major
Mika
Sasaki
Nagoya,Japan
Community Counseling
Stacey
Mrazek
Pittsburgh
Elementary Education
Jamale
Crockett
Erie
Economics
Shannon
Gabel
Cranberry
Twp.
Elementary Education
Meredith
Parkhill
Moon
Twp.
School Counseling
Natalie
Macek
Imperial
Elementary Education
Rachel
Henry
New
Castle
Communication
Brittany
Gabel
Cranberry
Twp.
Elementary Education
Casey
Moss
Claysville
Elementary Education
Autumn
Irons
Freedom
Community Programs for Americans with Disabilities
Ashlea
Novalis
Monongahela
English Education
Tasha
Wesley
Freedom
Community Programs for Americans with Disabilities
Pensacola
Name
Hometown
Major
Emily
Dauber
Erie
Communication
Krystal
Matich
Aliquippa
Elementary Education
Krista
Maker
Pittsburgh
Marketing
Tracy
Widmer
Rochester
Elementary Education
Jamie
Paterline
West
Newton
Elementary Education
Sarah
Penniman
Hermitage
Biology
Heather
Lougee
Grove
City
Master of Science, Parks and Resource Management
Tumenjargal
Gantumur
Mongolia
English
Nomintuya
Baasankhuu
Mongolia
Art
Corey
Raible
Martinsburg
Sport Management
Melissa
Kasula
Washington
Communication
Randall
Pitstick
Faculty
Name
Hometown
Major
Bobbi Jo
Wendel
Johnsonburg
Community Counseling
Mike
DeEmilio
West
Grove
Physical Education
Julaine
Field
Slippery
Rock
Faculty
Martina
Hall
Austria
Communication
Andrea
Colak
Serbia
Environmental Sciences
Courtney
Stiles
North
East
Communication
Candice
Lubbert
Ambridge
Biology
Jillian
Ramirez
Flushing,
NY
Exercise Science
Jackie
Harvey
Horsham
Community Health
Elo
Robertson
New
Castle
Psychology
Aaron
Morphy
McKees
Rocks
Community Health
Mark
D'Amico
Ellwood
City
Sport Management
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