Vanessa is the founder and president of the UW-Parkside chapter of Active Minds, a student-run mental health awareness group that aims to reduce stigma around mental illness. She is also a member of the pre-Health Club at UW-Parkside, which focuses on giving back to the community through activities such as Make a Difference Day and purchasing and serving meals at area homeless shelters
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Vanessa Hope, University of Wisconsin – Parkside
Thanks to Campus Compact for all that you have done over the years to nurture the campus service and service-learning movement. When we started at St. A's 15 years ago there was a feeling among some campuses that we were seeing higher education's latest 'flash in the pan.' Instead it was the beginning of a revolution of ideas and relationships, and you guys have been fueling us all the way.
-Daniel Forbes, Director, Meelia Center for Community Service, Saint Anselm College