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Students to spend holiday on mission trips
The university has planned three major mission projects: the World Servants project in Philippi, W.Va.; the Greene County Habitat for Humanity project in Greene County; and a service project in Patzun, Guatemala.
World Servants
Five students will travel to Philippi, W.Va., to participate in a World Servants project. Dave Calvario, dean of students and director of the Center for Service Leadership, will serve as trip leader. The students will leave Friday and return Nov. 26.
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The group will assist World Servants, a Christian Organization started in 1986, which serves people in need through home renovations and relationship building.
The area they serve, Barbour County in West Virginia, has been hit hard over the last 30 years, and many of the livable-wage jobs have left the area, Calvario said.
Calvario has led several trips to Philippi and said World Servants helps those volunteering to better understand the needs and challenges of those in the Appalachia region.
Students attending the World Servants trip include Bill Beck, a sophomore from West Middlesex; Kaitlyn Fredo, a junior from New Stanton; Sora Kim from Korea; Huang Lei, a junior from China; and Matt Shreve, a sophomore from Guys Mills.
Greene County Habitat
Eight students will be led by Brian Zeisloft, coordinator of the Bonner Scholars, to serve Greene County Habitat for Humanity.
The project will run from Friday to Tuesday.
The service component will focus on building the interior of a university-sponsored home. The goal of the service project is to address the subject of substandard housing issues. The house is being built almost entirely by Waynesburg University students.
"This house will provide the dignity that a safe, decent and beautiful home can create for a family that just needs a little help," Zeisloft said.
Jared Kephart, a sophomore from McDonald, has been involved with Waynesburg Habitat for Humanity for a year through the Bonner Scholar Program. Kephart said service is a key component to the Christian faith because it puts faith into action.
Students participating in the project include Kenson Beaubrun, a sophomore from Pleasantville, N.J.; Dilanne Bedillion, a senior from Avella; Janet Carson, a junior from Portersville; Erin English, a freshman from Benton; Jared Kephart; Kyle Kooyers, a sophomore from Pittsburgh; Haley Kramer, a senior from Ellwood City; and Ben Moose, a freshman from New Wilmington.
Guatemala
Fourteen students will accompany Alison Chasko, forensic science graduate teaching assistant and technician of Waynesburg University Forensic Science Laboratory, to serve an orphanage in Patzun, Guatemala.
They will levae Saturday and return Nov. 29.
The Nutritional Center is managed by Franciscan nuns and is financed almost completely by donations. Chasko and the 14 students collected donations including personal hygiene items to take with them to the nutritional center.
The service component of the trip will include general maintenance, painting and caring for and playing with the children. In addition, the group will run a day camp with crafts, sports and musical activities during the entire week.
Students participating include Heather Flower, a sophomore from New Brighton; Laura Garcia, a senior from Johnstown; Maggie Graham, a junior from Greensburg; Josh Hoobler, a junior from Steubenville, Ohio; Jamie Imhoff, a senior from Carmichaels; Kristyn Klueg, a senior from East Northport, N.Y.; Katie Makowski, a junior from Cape May Court House, N.J.; Sarah Markwardt, a freshman from Ohiopyle; Adam McGinnis, a sophomore from Duncansville; John Paiani, a senior from South Park; Michelle Requerme, a senior from Edison, N.J.; Amanda Sothard, a senior from Tremont City, Ohio; Brett Wassel, a junior from Bethel Park; and Beckie Willard, a senior from State Line.
