This summer, our club is sponsoring two students, Kelly O'Brien and Laura Berlage, as part of the Summer Service Learning Project organized through the Center for Social Concerns on campus. Students who complete summer service projects receive a $2300 tuition reimbursement scholarship. John Krug is coordinating the program this summer for our club, as he has done for the past several years. We’ve asked both Kelly and Laura to tell us a little about their background and their work this summer. We’ll take a look at Kelly O’Brien in this post and Laura in a later one.
Kelly hails from Columbus, Ohio. She will be a junior next year and will be studying abroad in Dublin, Ireland, for the Fall Semester. She is a Biology Sciences major with a minor in Theology. In the future she plans to attend dental school. (In addition to her volunteer work this summer, she is studying to take the Dental Admissions Test (DAT) in August.) On campus, she lives in Welsh Family Hall and serves as her dorm’s Social Concerns Coordinator. She was a proud member of her dorm’s flag football and basketball teams. Since her team made it to the finals in both sports, she has played at Notre Dame Stadium and on the main basketball court in the Joyce Athletic and Convocation Center. She also has been a tutor in chemistry. To help pay for her education, Kelly works in the South Dining Hall.
Kelly reports that she is very busy at the Life Resource Centre:
Watch for the background on Laura Berlage’s work at Daybreak, a shelter for runaway children and teens, coming soon.
Kelly hails from Columbus, Ohio. She will be a junior next year and will be studying abroad in Dublin, Ireland, for the Fall Semester. She is a Biology Sciences major with a minor in Theology. In the future she plans to attend dental school. (In addition to her volunteer work this summer, she is studying to take the Dental Admissions Test (DAT) in August.) On campus, she lives in Welsh Family Hall and serves as her dorm’s Social Concerns Coordinator. She was a proud member of her dorm’s flag football and basketball teams. Since her team made it to the finals in both sports, she has played at Notre Dame Stadium and on the main basketball court in the Joyce Athletic and Convocation Center. She also has been a tutor in chemistry. To help pay for her education, Kelly works in the South Dining Hall.
Kelly reports that she is very busy at the Life Resource Centre:
I schedule appointments and take clients through the baby pantry. I assist in the parenting classes and provide childcare while the parents attend class. I am working to update the database for our abstinence brochures that we sell. I am also working to acquire email addresses of our constituents for our new electronic update system. I am in charge of putting together the binders for the parenting class. I have been helping to coordinate and manage volunteers that come in to help, and I am also just beginning a marketing project to contact past clients and recipients of certain grants throughout the country. There is never a dull moment!Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the club by paying your dues, buying a raffle ticket, or making a donation. Your support provides a direct benefit to students like Kelly and to the Life Resource Centre.
Watch for the background on Laura Berlage’s work at Daybreak, a shelter for runaway children and teens, coming soon.
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