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One of the traditions we are most proud of at Holy Cross is the number
of graduates who choose to spend a year or two as postgraduate volunteers,
working with people on the margins of society. From Katmandu, Nepal,
to Brooklyn, N.Y., from Anchorage, Alaska, to the Rio Grande Valley,
Crusaders have given of themselves - and been “ruined for
life” in the process. This year, in the Class of 2004, 43 graduates
indicated that they will spend the coming year as volunteers in organizations
such as the Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC), Teach for America, Nativity
Teaching Fellows and other similar programs. In order to give our current
students a better sense of what a year of volunteer service entails
and how it shapes one’s life into the future, we would like to
compile a collection of reflections about the experience of service
as a post-graduate volunteer.
If you have spent a year (or more) as a full-time volunteer with the
JVC or another similar program, send us your thoughts. We would like
to know about your placement; work responsibilities; surprises and challenges
you gained from the experience - and how the year of volunteer
service continues to shape the person you are today. Send your reflections
to the attention of Marybeth Kearns-Barrett ’84, associate chaplain,
at mkearns@holycross.edu,
or, to Post Office Box 16A, Holy Cross, One College St., Worcester,
MA 01610.
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