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Sept. 30, 2003
CONTACT: Gordon Ovenshine (724) 738-4854;
e-mail: gordon.ovenshine@sru.edu
‘JARED
BOX’ SERVICE CAMPAIGN FOR ILL CHILDREN
PART OF
NATIONAL HONORS CONVENTION AT SLIPPERY ROCK
UNIVERSITY
SLIPPERY
ROCK, Pa. – Student leaders from 35 colleges and universities
will gather Friday [Oct. 3] at Slippery Rock University to assemble
“Jared Boxes” for sick children as part of the
three-day Lambda Sigma Society’s annual national convention,
hosted by the university.
The
Lambda Sigma Society, an honors organization for college
sophomores, is dedicated to the ideals of leadership, scholarship
and service. Chapter presidents from around the nation will be in
town for the convention.
Raising
children’s spirits
The
Jared Box service project will send shoeboxes of toys and games to
children undergoing chemotherapy or other treatments throughout the
region, dropped at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Jared
Box campaigns honor the memory of a 5-year-old Pennsylvania boy,
Jared, who died of cancer in 2000.
“The
Lambda in Lambda Sigma stands for leadership, and we will have 35
leaders from across the country on campus,” says SRU’s
Dr. Mark Shotwell, associate professor of biology and adviser to
SRU’s 34-member Lambda Sigma Society chapter. “These
are students who excel in the classroom while still making time for
others.”
During
the convention, students will participate in workshops and seminars
“developing leadership ability and the spirit of
service,” Shotwell said.
The
society is open to students in all majors. Since 1995, 227 SRU
students have been members, Shotwell said. Other SRU Lambda Sigma
service projects have included:
Work on Habitat for Humanity
houses
Nursing home visitations
Participation in Project Christmas Elf
Making Valentine’s day cards for
veterans at the Veterans Administration Hospital in
Butler
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