May 9, 2012

Lafayette Serves the Community during Lafapalooza

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Hundreds of students, faculty, staff, and alumni helped community organizations in Easton and cities across the country last month (April 21) during Lafapalooza ’12: Lafayette’s National Day of Service.

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Students in the Easton Community

Brandon Laing '13, left, and Matt McKenzie '14 paint at Easton Area Neighborhood Center.
Edgar Gonzalez '14 paints inside the Easton Area Neighborhood Center.
Libby Lucy '15 puts some mulch in a wheelbarrow for the community garden behind the Easton Area Neighborhood Center.
Libby Lucy '15 and Danielle Noonan '15, in front, take a load of mulch to the community garden behind the Easton Area Neighborhood Center.
Students work at the West Ward Neighborhood Partnership's Lynn Street community garden.
Katie Reinhardt '12 rakes wood chips at the West Ward Neighborhood Partnership's Lynn Street community garden.
Allie Scoular '15 paints the fence that surrounds the West Ward Neighborhood Partnership's community garden at 5th and Ferry streets.
Lara Ruggerio '15 paints the fence that surrounds the West Ward Neighborhood Partnership's community garden at 5th and Ferry streets.

Students volunteered for projects benefiting Easton Area Community Center, Easton Area Neighborhood Center, Easton Nursing Center, Family YMCA of Easton and Phillipsburg, Firth Youth Center, West Ward Neighborhood Partnership, and ProJeCt of Easton. These were organized by the College’s Landis Community Outreach Center.

Projects included indoor and outdoor clean-ups, leading youth groups, painting, gardening, and other activities to help local nonprofits.

In addition to the projects in Easton, eight regional Lafayette alumni chapters coordinated volunteer activities in San Francisco; Washington, D.C.; Watertown, Mass.; Philadelphia; New Jersey; and the Lehigh Valley.

Alumni Serve Their Communities

Eric Stauffer '02 (far right) of the Washington D.C. alumni chapter
Jennifer Blasko '95 of the Washington D.C. alumni chapter
Dan Berteletti '05 of the Boston alumni chapter
Alisa Lando '10 (left) and Sara Kerisel '07 of the Boston alumni chapter
Heather Slugaski '09 (L-R), Dan Berteletti '05, Alisa Lando '10, and Sara Kreisel '07 of the Boston alumni chapter helped clean up trash at a local park.
San Francisco Bay area alumni chapter members Cathy Early '88 (front), Jon Fast '92 (L-R), Laine Fast '94, Amy Hespenheide Bornemann S'91, and Alyssa Zagrobski '02 sorted food donations at San Francisco Food Bank.
Lafayette Alumni of the Lehigh Valley (clockwise from lower left) Jennifer Bell ’11 (green shirt), Mary Episcopo ’12, Terry Lee ’69 (plaid shirt), Judith Campbell P’90, David Nehf ’69, Barbara Chalupa P’12, students/members of Lafayette volleyball team, Shane Chalupa ’12, Richard Kotschessa S’73, Marlene Ely ’76, and Caron Anderson ’73 (kneeling).
Barbara Chaulpa P'12 (left) and Judith Campbell P'90 of Lafayette Alumni of the Lehigh Valley
Shane Chalupa '12 and Mary Episcopo '12 helped out at the Center for Animal Health and Welfare.
Caron Anderson '73 and other members of Lafayette Alumni of the Lehigh Valley volunteer at Center for Animal Health and Welfare in Easton
Doug Burke '04, Ryan Burke '16, Francey Kanengiser Burke '80, and Dave Burke '79 participate in bike-riding event co-sponsored by Jersey Shore South alumni chapter and Rotary Club to raise funds for scholarships for local students.
Doug Burke '04 (L-R), Dave Burke '79, Rotarian Rev. Wayne Conrad of Jersey Shore South alumni chapter
Jersey Shore South alumni chapter member Ryan Burke ’16 (second from right) and local high school students
Philadelphia alumni chapter members (front row, L-R) Sarah Smith ’07, Ellen Poriles Weiler ’83, Karr Weiler, Andrew King ’11; (back row, L-R) Brian Laverty ’07, Claudia Bierschwale Muller ’86, Hannah Klein ’11, and Christopher Kisch ’11 helped remove invasive plants with the Schuykill Center for Environmental Education.
Skylands-New Jersey alumni chapter members (L-R) Cindy Rhodes ’90, Kristie Cavanagh ’11, and Kyle Kotch ’09
Skylands-New Jersey alumni chapter members (L-R) Kristie Cavanagh ’11, Kyle Kotch ’09, Cindy Rhodes ’90

The Landis Center hosts dozens of programs and organizations dedicated to helping local, national, and international communities. Volunteer opportunities include Alternative School Break Club, Hunger and Homelessness Week, America Reads America Counts, Make a Difference Day, Best Buddies, Literacy Day, Kids in the Community, and many others.

Visit the Landis Community Outreach Center website

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5 Comments

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  2. Kurs says:
    June 4, 2012 at 1:33 pm

    Good people do good work. Our club is involved in the field of integration. It’s fun to work in the social sector and the results can be seen!

  3. adrian@landscaping brisbane says:
    May 17, 2012 at 2:28 am

    Sounds like a cool project. I wish my college did something like this. I would love to volunteer someplace helping to restore houses in low income neighborhoods.

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