Poverty Awareness... say what?

It's been six months since Campbell designated a staff member to organize and enhance service efforts on campus. While we're constantly learning and finding new and better ways to operate, this is an overview of what's happened and a preview of spring semester fun:

• 9/11 Day of Service
• Caring Camels tutoring placement program
• Strengthening community partnerships
• MLK Day of Service grant from NC Campus Compact
• MLK Day of Service
• Poverty Awareness Week
• Alternative spring break/mission trip to Charleston, WV
• Development of service learning classes 

 Those are the most palpable representations of service at Campbell, but of course the work behind the scenes is constantly buzzing also. The graduate schools take part in service, professors have been doing service learning for a while and some are just getting started. Conferences, webinars, newsletters, and listserv messages are all part of what's turning into something powerful. Not to mention the new First Year Experience program that will also encourage service!

What is Poverty Awareness Week, you ask? I'll be happy to tell you all about because it's going to be fun and enlightening. The idea behind PAW is to bring representations of poverty to the campus in order to educate the university community what poverty is, what it looks like, and what college students can to do fix it.

The dish:

• April 4 -8
• All events are on campus except a service project
• The events will be creative, interesting, and informative 
• We want your ideas! So far we have a can tower challenge, a day of prayer, etc. What do you want to teach your peers about poverty?  E-mail me to tell me your ideas!

How will you reach out this semester?