Shepherd Student: Katie Kingsbury

For eight weeks last summer, I worked in Baltimore at Students Sharing Coalition, a non-profit youth education organization. Working alongside the middle school director and the other SSC staff, I helped create and run a service-learning camp for middle school-age children, most of whom were African American and living in low-income neighborhoods in the city. From getting to know these kids and the schools that they attend, I realized how dire is the need for better education in America, especially for children from low-income and minority families . . . more

FEATURED LINKS

Elrod Fellowship
Seniors and third year law students are eligible to apply for paid public service positions in Baltimore and Washington D.C.  Fellows commit to one year of employment with benefits and a competitive salary.  (http://elrodfellow.wlu.edu)

Community Academic Research Effort
CARE is now accepting proposals. Community partners are encouraged to apply. Students and faculty will work with the proposing agency, organization, or individual to address a community-identified need.
(http://care.wlu.edu)

Nabors Service League
A student organized service network.  Register your volunteer profile online to receive updates of service opportunities in areas of personal expressed interest. (http://volunteer.wlu.edu)

Bonner Leader Program
Bonner Leaders commit to 900 hours of service for two years in excahnge for a service-based scholarship funded by a combination of institutional aid and AmeriCorps education awards. (http://shepherd.wlu.edu/bonner)

Leading Edge: Volunteer Venture Pre-Orientation Programs
Incoming freshmen experience a week of service, reflection, and comradery prior to official orientation in the disadvantaged areas of: Roanoke, VA; Rockbridge County, VA; Greensboro, NC; and War, WV.
(http://campuslife.wlu.edu/leadingedge)

The Campus Kitchen Project

CKP at Washington and Lee partners with Dining and Catering Services to make use of surplus food on campus.  The Campus Kitchen also works in partnership with other local donors such as restaurants and grocery stores in order to receive food.  Using a combination of prepared food from on-campus donations and food from these additional partners, the Campus Kitchen at Washington and Lee prepares and delivers hundreds of healthy and delicious meals to agencies and individuals in Rockbridge County every week.  (http://www.campuskitchens.org/local_index.php?sid=33)

Teacher Education Program
Senior students interested in serving disadvantaged populations may wish to consider the Sarah Ball Teaching Award. (http://teachereducation.wlu.edu)

American Poverty Journalism Center
Washington and Lee journalism students created a website databasing journalists and archiving stories critical to the coverage of poverty.  (http://www.geocities.com/povertycenter) 

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