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.
CIA Agent racing for New Orleans
Since Hurricane Katrina devastated the gulf coast in 2005, Susan Haarman been profoundly involved in providing relief to those who were affected. When Katina hit, Susan had just taken a job as a campus minister at Wheeling Jesuit University. While at Wheeling, she led seven groups of people down in two years and kept crossing paths with Marquette connections through the non-profit Contemplatives in Action (CIA), an urban ministry founded by Jocelyn Sideco, a former Marquette campus minister. CIA , hosts volunteer groups, provides rest and spiritual support for loyal residents and tries to prevent burnout in folks who are down there doing long-term recovery work.
Enduring Hope: Racing for New Orleans and how you can help
After relocating to Berkeley to get her Master’s of Divinity at the Jesuit School of Theology, Susan discovered triathlons and is excited to combine her love of endurance racing with her passion for the continuing recovery in New Orleans. On Sunday, April 5, Susan is racing in the first ever New Orleans IronMan Passion Sunday –a 70.3-mile triathalon–with the goal of raising $70.30 from 1,000 people in support of CIA and the important work it continues to do in New Orleans. Why this goal? 70.3 is the mileage that Susan will cover swimming, biking, and running, and if a picture speaks more than a thousand words, what can you say about 1,000 people raising/racing for New Orleans? For more information on CIA and how to support it through Susan’s race, click here.
The meaning of Endurance
Susan’s involvement with Katrina recovery work in New Orleans has given her a new perspective. “When I think of real endurance – I think of New Orleanians. I think of families returning to ruined houses, communities demanding the reopening of schools and everyday people fighting for fair treatment in the face of government indifference and ineffectiveness. The perseverance and courage I found in this city have redefined the meaning of hope for me. It's in honor of this Enduring Hope that I decided to train and race in the New Orleans Half Ironman to raise money for Contemplatives In Action. I believe in the principle of "open source activism" – taking your gifts and talents and using them to further a cause that's important to you. I can swim, bike and run and I'm going to do it help the people of New Orleans. I credit my experience at Marquette for inspiring me to do this.”
During the training, both Susan and Jocelyn will be updating a blog, once a week throughout the 20 weeks of training for the race.
Marquette Connections at CIA
Marquette alumna Anna Villanueva, Arts ’08, is the Thoughtful Response Team Coordinator with CIA, and two former CIA agents include include Stacy Jonas, Arts ’06 (now a student at DePaul University Law School) and Meg Griffiths, a former intern with Marquette’s Manresa Project (now a campus minister at Providence College in Rhode Island).
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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