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Whitman Wire

Vol. CLIV, Issue 10
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Featured Content Page 15

Students find innovative ways to lend a helping hand

Elana Congress February 26, 2009
No one denies that the Center for Community Service (CCS) is a great campus resource for hopeful volunteers. CCS runs popular programs like Adopt-a-Grandparent and the Mentor Program. Although many students are involved with the Center's various projects, other community volunteer opportunities abound. Alternative volunteer opportunities exist in all sorts of local organizations. Sophomore Sarah Reichardt, the RA of the Community Service Co-op, teaches religious school at St. Patrick Parish, a Catholic church in Walla Walla. She teams up with fellow Whitman student Mary Dolan, also a sophomore, to teach one Sunday School class a month. Dolan and Reichardt develop and execute a lesson plan geared toward kids in elementary school.

College again receives honor for Community Service

Sara Levy February 26, 2009

Whitman College has been honored yet again by the Corporation for National and Community Service. Whitman's name has appeared on the annual President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for...

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