Alumni for Others
Alumni in Service
Marquette alumni are gathering together to get involved in service projects throughout the country. Below is a list of the most recent projects that have taken place.
- Hilton Head, SC (September 27, 2008) - Ride 4 Kids Bike Ride to benefit the Hilton Head Boys & Girls Club.
- St. Louis, MO (June 21, 2008) - St. Matthew the Apostle Parish. Alumni and their families helped to clean-up the parish grounds.
- North Carolina (June 7, 2008) - Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina. The Food Bank provides food to people at risk of hunger in 34 counties in central and eastern North Carolina.
- Boston, MA (May 10, 2008) - The Food Project. Their mission is to grow a thoughtful and productive community of youth and adults from diverse backgrounds who work together to build a sustainable food system.
- College of Engineering Alumni Association (April 19, 2008) – Keeping Greater Milwaukee Beautiful. Engineering alumni and students helped clean-up the Mitchell Park grounds.
- North Texas (April 19, 2008) - Catholic Charities' World of Goods. Alumni and their families will sort donations, pack, organize and generally spiffed-up the Catholic Charities' World of Goods re-sell shop.
- Northern California (April 19, 2008) - St. Anthony's Foundation. Alumni and their families served lunch to the homeless.
- Western Washington (April 19, 2008) - St. Anne's Parish. Alumni and their families worked on various projects at the parish.
- Milwaukee, WI (April 19, 2008) – Hunger Clean-Up. Alumni and their families joined the over 1,500 students, faculty and staff participated in Hunger Clean-Up and raised approximately $25,000 to support the work of three community agencies. Alumni volunteered at Growing Power, the Hunger Task Force Farm, and CorpCare.
- Kansas City, MO (April 18, 2008) - "Dancing with the Stars" Fundraising Gala to benefit the Cristo Rey Schools.
- Chicago, IL (April 12, 2008) – Alumni and their families volunteered at 3 different service projects: St. John de la Salle Elementary School, Natural Resource Management Workday, and Mission of Our Lady of the Angels.
- Young Alumni Association (December 7, 2007) – Penfield Children’s Center. Young alumni in Milwaukee collected over 60 new toys for the Penfield Children’s Center at their annual Holiday Happy Hour.
- Minnesota (December 1, 2007) - Catholic Eldercare. Eldercare is an innovative group of senior residences where faith, community, and personal growth are the essence of lifelong living.
- College of Health Sciences Alumni Association (November 29 & 30, 2007) – Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee. Alumni donated new toys to benefit the children of the Boys & Girls Club.
- Young Alumni Association (November 11, 2007) – Ronald McDonald House. The Young Alumni Association volunteered to cook a meal for the families at the Ronald McDonald House.
View photos from our alumni clubs performing community service in the Alumni for Others Photo Gallery.
Chris Strout, Comm '95
Chris Strout uses bicycles to save lives.
He knows bicycles can be more than toys. They can make the difference between life and death. Strout is communications manager for World Bicycle Relief, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing mobility to people in disaster and poverty relief situations. Through the financial backing of SRAM and TREK bikes, numerous partnerships and donors, the organization delivers bicycles to people who need them the most. Project Zambia, World Bicycle Relief’s current project, will provide 23,000 bicycles to community home-based volunteers, disease-prevention educators and vulnerable households affected by the HIV/AIDS virus. “The bicycles will provide transportation and allow important first-line care to reach patients promptly,” Strout says.
With World Bicycle Relief since January 2007, Strout traveled to Africa in November to distribute bicycles. The hardest part of the trip, he says, was “seeing the need and knowing we are making a difference, but knowing they need so much more.” He credits Marquette with preparing him for this job. “The commitment to service with the practical nature of my communications studies features heavily in what I do each day,” says Strout, a bike racer. “It’s the opportunity to take what I use as recreation and improve someone’s life.” Learn more at www.worldbicyclerelief.org.
Excerpt from an article published in Marquette Magazine, Spring 2008 edition written by Jacquelyn Kacala.
Please check back to catch our next Alumni Profile Spotllight on a very “Green” alumna, DeAnna Radaj, Bus Ad ‘86, owner of Bante Designs & 3E Products.
If you know of an alumnus/a who is performing great service in his or her community, please contact Alumni Relations at alumni.office@marquette.edu or (800) 344-7544.
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