Student Comments:
Service Learning:
"I think students should be required to do service learning because it is truly eye-opening and life-changing."
Angels Place:
"I was encouraged when they thanked me for what I was doing and asking when I was coming back. Seeing how happy I made them made the hard work well worth it."
Oats Horseback Riding:
"I helped a girl with cerebral palsy in a wheelchair ride a horse. She was laughing and enjoying herself. I glanced at her dad and he was smiling and looked very happy. It was such a good feeling to be a part of that miracle."
"The entire experience was encouraging for me because it was an amazing form of therapy I never knew existed and seeing the children riding horses with a smile on their faces brought me so much joy."
St. Aloysius:
"It was really encouraging to be able to experience homelessness firsthand. While many volunteer activities are behind the scenes work, we actually got to walk the streets."
Freedom House:
"I was able to see how other cultures can recover from living in a dangerous environment and how they cope with now living a new and unfamiliar environment. These residents have remarkable resiliency."
House of Prayer and Praise:
"I was able to prepare food and serve those in need. House of Prayer and Praise was welcoming and very kind allowing me to assist openly. I learned what families can do/go to when their family is in crisis and how our community is willing to give back."
St. Peter and Paul Warming Center
"They carried a certain dignity that I would not expect from myself had I been in their shoes, and I realized by spending them time with them that they weren't "others," there was no "us" and "them," just us."
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