Bye bye WorkFest, hello YouthFest

WorkFest 2010 was a huge success: more than 400 college students served on 20 different jobsites throughout March, repairing homes, meeting the people of Appalachia and having a life-changing experience. Repeated over and over again during student reflection time was that students didnot want WorkFest to be an isolated time in their lives, but the [...]

Stars

“The sky was clear – remarkably clear – and the twinkling of all the stars seemed to be but throbs of one body, timed by a common pulse.” – Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd This past week, I had the pleasure of working with nursing students from the University of Scranton. They stayed [...]

Earl & Sarah

“How’re ya feelin’?” I asked as I approached the trailer. “Mostly with my fingers,” he replied with a grin that was barely noticeable on his mouth but that twinkled in his eyes. I met Earl and Sarah at the home of one of my participants last week. They aren’t a part of the CAP elderly [...]

Learning to Walk

This past week, my housemate Jordan and I visited a couple in the Elderly Services program – Ed and Anna. Ed is sixty-five and Anna is sixty-four, and they grew up together in a hollow not far from where they live now. I’d met Ed last week at the commodities food distribution, but this was [...]