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| Rider Students to Work in Santo Domingo During Spring Break
Seven Rider University students will spend their time in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic doing community service for two children’s orphanages and schools. The students will travel to Santo Domingo from March 9th to 17th as a part of the Rider Catholic Ministry and the Center for Multicultural Affairs and Community Services’ ongoing student service learning initiative, a program launched five years ago along with the Orchid Foundation. They will work at the Hogar Escuela Armando Rosenberg Home and School, which houses about 3,000 children in the largest barrio in the country, and the Escuela Ave Maria, an orphanage of 150 students from preschool to high school. While in Santo Domingo, the students will repair leaky roofs, paint, and do other odd jobs to help create safe, bright buildings. Students will teach the children English and plan athletic events. Last year, Rider students raised $4,000 to provide new water purification systems for the orphanages and schools. (Click here for a video cast of last year's Santo Domingo experience.) This academic year, the students raised more than $3,500 for food and other necessities. “We feel obligated to help those who are less fortunate than we are,” said Father Bruno Ugliano, Rider’s Catholic Chaplain. “For them, it is great to have friends from the United States not just who bring them food or clothes, but who care about them.” Taking the trip are: Joseph Hafey, a sophomore business administration major; Joseph Lucchio, a junior secondary education/history major; Debra McCandless, a senior business administration major; SeanKelly McCauley, a sophomore history major; Kellie Montgomery, a sophomore advertising major; Michael Rokicki, a junior communication major, and Carey Sliko, a senior marine sciences/biology major. The students will be joined by Deborah Venello, administrative assistant in Rider’s Educational Opportunity Office, and Bruce Evans, associate Catholic campus minister. Evans has coordinated all of the Santo Domingo trips. Donations may be sent to the Catholic Campus Ministry, in care of Father Bruno Ugliano, Rider University, 2116 Lawrenceville, NJ 08648. Make checks payable to the Catholic Campus Ministry. |
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