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Students
take the “Plunge”
in the name of service
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Their work, part of the Centennial Service Project
coordinated by Campus Ministry, will benefit Project Vida Digna in
Matamoros, Mexico, El Salon De Las Ursulinas in Brownsville, Texas, and
Hale House in New York City. The “Plunge” was started more than 10
years ago to give students the opportunity to perform community
service.
For the first time in its history, the Plunge will
have an
international component as students will go to Matamoros, Mexico and
Brownsville, Texas, two impoverished communities located right on the
U.S.-Mexico border. Under the guidance of Ursuline nuns Sister
Norma
Raupple and Sister Maria Teresa De Llano, students will help educate
Brownsville residents on major health issues affecting their community
and help improve existing housing for Matamoros residents.
Ursuline
sisters have been part of the Brownsville and Matamoros communities for
seven years.
Students participating in the “urban” Plunge will
help care
for the
young children who reside at Hale
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House in New York City. This
Harlem
institution was founded by Mother Clara Hale over 40 years ago to take
care of children up to age four whose parents are unable to care for
them due to illness, financial hardship, incarceration, homelessness,
substance treatment programs, or other reasons.
CNR staff members Terence McCorry, Director of
Campus Ministry;
Helen Wolf, Associate Director of Campus Ministry; Marie Serina,
Director of Health Services; and Dr. Marya Howell-Carter, Counseling
Psychologist will be chaperones at the various sites. The participating
students come from throughout the metropolitan New York area and
include
international students. Students traveling to Brownsville/Matamoros
will be Fiona Hibbert, Hope Holmes-Gay, RN Alisha Mills, Margaret
Manganga (a nun from Kenya), Geisha Osborne, Amy Pettingill, Jennifer
Pinheiro, Natasha Ramgahan, RN, Tiara Simmons, Taimeka Vidal, Myrcie
Vilfrance, and Gail Wilson, RN.
Students serving at Hale House will be Bethany
Bellino,
Lissette
Candelario, Julia Geronimo, Nancy Hicks, Christy Jean, Joan Lorrius,
Priscilla Melo, and Jazmin De La Cruz.
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