Champlain College announced that it will extend its online and on-campus offerings to undergraduate students who cannot attend college this semester due to the destruction of Hurricane Katrina. Champlain College will collect no tuition; instead, the College will accept students who have already paid their tuition to their home college, which will desperately need the funds. Also, with the coordination of the College’s Center for Service and Civic Engagement (CSCE), students are stationed at tables on campus asking members of the college community to sacrifice at least the cost of one cup of coffee – $1.50 – to send to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. Volunteers are signing up for fundraising shifts throughout next week and three anonymous philanthropists have offered $2,000 in matching funds. See this news story abou Champlain’s efforts: Champlain College unites to help Katrina victims and needy people closer to home – (Burlington Free Press)
The experience of interacting with some of the [homeless] people on the streets was an eye-opener. You leave those types of experiences with a mix of emotions--hope, disgust, love, grief--but I always leave motivated to do more.
-Taryn Anderson, Ohio Campus Compact AmeriCorps VISTA member, Capital University