
Alisha Shulze This college seems really cool, with all the service you're doing for everyone and anyone. I've always wanted to help people and this college would let me do just that. :) I'm excited to learn more about it and hope to apply in the fall.

In May 2008, Laura completed a site visit to Orphanage Outreach in the Dominican Republic, our new international Break Away partner. (We’ll be headed back to Montecristi in January. Applications are available now and due Monday, September 22. ...

Welcome back, everyone! What a summer it's been! There's been lots of construction here on campus (with the total renovation of Stearns Student Center... we're crossing our fingers for an October grand opening!), and plenty of exciting developments here at the Center for Service Learning...

JSC Center for Service Learning
Fall 2008 deadline to turn in applications for the Bonner Leader Program.
Visit the JSC Bonner Leader Program's website for more info and to download an application!
http://www.jsc.edu/ChangeYourWorld/Servi ceLearning/BonnerLeaderProgram/default.a spx
Time:4:30PM Monday, September 15th
Location:Center for Service Learning, Dewey Campus Center

JSC Center for Service Learning Join us for good Conversation and Good Eats. Open to all members of the Johnson community.
Because you have something to say!
Time:7:00PM Tuesday, September 9th
Location:1867 Room, Dewey Campus Center

JSC Center for Service Learning
Come give blood in SHAPE!
You can sign up for an appointment up to two weeks in advance.
To volunteer, stop by the Center for Service Learning in Dewey.

JSC Center for Service Learning
Stop by the Center for Service Learning to learn more about our programs, events scheduled for the new 2008-2009 year, and get involved! Meet student leaders and staff, and enjoy yummy refreshments!
You'll be able to pick up Break Away 2009 applications and Bonner Leader Program applications here, too!
**Bonner Program interviews on site!**
Time:10:00AM Wednesday, August 27th
Location:154 Dewey Campus Center

Today we volunteered at Stand Down. This event was started a number of years ago and was originally intended as a day of "one-stop shopping" for homeless veterans, where they could access lots of different services: social security, medical exams, eye care, and assistance in finding housing...

We're volunteering right now at a community arts class co-sponsored by the Hip-Hop Congress & Over-The-Rhine Community Housing. After making paper mache covered balloons (and of course all of us getting covered in flour and water) we're playing with the neighborhood kids here for the class...

Yesterday, we spent the morning at Walnut Hills Soup Kitchen, where we made breakfast for lunch: lots and lots of scrambled eggs (150 eggs!), cheese omelets (another 100 or so?), cheese grits (12 pounds of dry grits!!), biscuits (about 100), banana chocolate chip muffin bars (from 24 boxes of...

Today we worked from 9 to about 1 PM at Our Daily Bread, a soup kitchen. Every day, they serve around 400 meals! We helped set up, serve and clean up. There were so many people coming through the line that it was hard to keep up...

This morning as we were walking to our first service site, a man called out to us from the other side of the street: "how do you like Over-The-Rhine?" Hesitantly, we replied that we liked it.He called back, "well, I don't, because all the buildings are abandoned and I'm homeless."
















