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 Jenne
 Devan
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Medical Trip
Destination: Memphis, TN
Description: Are you interested in learning more about children’s health issues?
Come along with us to
Children’s hospital in Memphis, TN. We will work with children of all ages serving as anything from a bedside buddy to a special events or activities coordinator. We will also have an opportunity to shadow a
doctor for a day and really see what a day in their footsteps is like.
While we’re there we may stop by St. Jude’s children’s hospital and
serve too. Join us on this fantastic health related trip!
- Dates: Dec. 14-21
- Cost: $200
- Trip Leaders: Jenne Wiedemeier and Devan Lenz
- Number of participants: 10
- Coordinating Sponsor: Campus Ministry and Sturzl Center for Community Service and Learning
- TRIPS Contact: Campus Ministry
- Links of Related Interest:
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 Kayla
Alexandra
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Urban Education
Destination: Chicago
Description:
- Dates: Spring break
- Cost: $200
- Trip Leaders: Kayla Stuckey and Alexandra Bresser
- Number of participants: 10
- Coordinating Sponsor: Campus Ministry and Sturzl Center for Community Service and Learning
- TRIPS Contact: Campus Ministry
- Links of Related Interest:
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 Danny
Riley
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HIV/AIDS
Destination: New York, NY
Description: Learn more
about the impact of HIV/AIDS nationally and internationally while
serving at God's Love We Deliver and other NYC organizations addressing
the needs of people affected by this ongoing epidemic. Woo hoo! Will fly out of Milwaukee.
- Dates: January 2014
- Cost $300
- Trip Leaders: Danny Carpenter and Riley Smith
- Number of Participants: 10
- Coordinating Sponsor: Campus Ministry and Sturzl Center for Community Service and Learning
- TRIPS Contact: Campus Ministry
- Link of Related Interest: God Love We Deliver, Alliance
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 Emily
Kaitlyn
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Christmas in Action
Destination: Spartanburg, South Carolina
Description: Working with elderly to make their homes more accessible.
- Dates: Spring break
- Cost: $200
- Trip Leaders: Emily Vetter and Kaitlyn Bunker
- Number of participants: 10
- Coordinating Sponsor: Campus Ministry and Sturzl Center for Community Service and Learning
- TRIPS Contact: Campus Ministry
- Links of Related Interest:
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Amanda
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International Medical Trip
Nicaragua
Description: Partner with the Capuchin Overseas Mission Association and members from the Fox Valley Mission Group as they travel to Nicaragua. Experience living close to nature within a whole new culture. Possible Projects may include helping with clinics, helping prep patients for surgery, cleaning up after surgery, building/construction, and various other projects as needed.
- Dates: January 2014
- Cost: $90 which includes: hotel first night in Managua, 12 hour bus ride to city of Elayote, and housing. Will fly out of Milwaukee.
- Additional $150-$250 for immunizations costs
- Trip Leader: Amanda Miles
- Number of participants: 4 (Spanish speakers preferred)
- Coordinating Sponsor: Campus Ministry and Sturzl Center for Community Service and Learning
- TRIPS Contact: Campus Ministry
- Links of Related Interest: Fox Valley Mission
http://www.thecapuchins.org/news/documents/Missionsnews8.08.pdf
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Kelsie
 Marcia
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Habitat for Humanity
Little Rock, AR
Description:
Let’s Rock Little Rock! Construction! Deconstruction! Painting!
Roofing! Restoring! Come join us for a transformational week in Little
Rock, Arkansas as we partner with Habitat for Humanity. Through
service, learning and fun we will immerse ourselves in the rich southern
culture and history of the south while giving back and changing lives!
- Dates: Spring break
- Cost: $200
- Trip Leaders: Kelsie George and Marcia LaSalle
- Number of participants: 10
- Coordinating Sponsor: Campus Ministry and Sturzl Center for Community Service and Learning
- TRIPS Contact: Campus Ministry
- Links of Related Interest: Habitat for Humanity Int'l
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 Lindsey
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St. Lucia West Indies
International Poverty
Description: Would you like to go on an International TRIP to do various types of mission work that focus on international poverty? Then join St. Norbert TRIPS Program and the Good News family from Wausau on the Island of St. Lucia. Here we will work together with participants of various ages and faiths. On the island of St. Lucia you will live at the Pastoral Center and work in the capital, Castries, and other smaller villages. Projects consist of home construction, painting, craft work, music, medical care, and visiting homes and prisons. Will fly out of Milwaukee.
- Dates: January 2014
- Cost: $950
- Additional $150-$250 for immunizations costs
- Trip Leader: Lindsey Osgood
- Number of participants:
- Coordinating Sponsor: Campus Ministry and Sturzl Center for Community Service and Learning
- TRIPS Contact: Campus Ministry
- Links of Related Interest: Good News
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 Breann
Kendra
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L’Arche-Friends with Disabilities
Destination: Iowa
Description: L’Arche is an organization/community that is dedicated to the creation and growth of homes, programs, and support networks with people who have intellectual disabilities. Their mission is to make known the gifts of people with intellectual disabilities, to foster the development of communities that respond to members' changing needs, and to engage with local cultures while working toward a more human society. Join us for this incredible trip, and to truly make a life-changing difference in the lives of the individuals you meet!
- Dates: Spring break
- Cost: $200
- Trip Leaders: Breann Clark and Kendra Wauters
- Number of participants: 4
- Coordinating Sponsor: Campus Ministry and Sturzl Center for Community Service and Learning
- TRIPS Contact: Campus Ministry
- Links of Related Interest:
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Rikki
Liz
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ENACTUS
Destination: Nashville, TN
Description:
Do you
recognize the positive power of business? Are you interested in using classroom
knowledge to change the shape of other communities? If so, the 2013 ENACTUS T.R.I.P. will give you the opportunity to do just that! St. Norbert ENACTUS was established in 2001 and has quickly grown from just a few passionate
students to a business based program that is recognized by not only our local
community, but also by Fortune 500 companies around the world. ENACTUS’s
motto, “A head for business. A heart for the world.” will guide us as we embark
into one of the most diverse cities in the country – Houston, Texas. TRIP
members will have the chance to work on a series of different business-related
service projects as we pair with Catholic Charities and Feed the Children to
implement ENACTUS projects such as Let’s Can Hunger and 54218. Members of this
trip will also have the unique opportunity to team up with the University of
Houston and Kingwood College ENACTUS team to participate in additional volunteer
service and networking projects. Projects will range from teaching financial
literacy classes, running mock interviews, resume building workshops, food
drives, Christmas drives, educating staff about healthy living through 5418,
and much more!
Not a
member of ENACTUS? That’s alright! Although we encourage participants to check out
the ENACTUS Facebook page in order to learn a little more about our mission and
role as business-minded students in the community, anyone who has a passion for
service is welcome to apply.
- Dates: December
- Cost: $300
- Trip Leaders: Liz DeLain and Rikki Abeln
- Number of participants: 8
- Coordinating Sponsor: Campus Ministry and Sturzl Center for Community Service and Learning
- TRIPS Contact: Campus Ministry
- Links of Related Interest: ENACTUS on Facebook
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Sara
Malorie
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LONG WEEKEND!
Environmental Issues
Destination: Upper Michigan
Description:
Come on this trip over long weekend to understand the impact you can make on our environment through sustainability and alternative resources.
- Dates: Long weekend
- Cost: $75
- Trip leaders: Sara Hafenbreadl and Malorie Imhoff
- Number of Participants: TBD
- Coordination Sponsor: Campus MInistry and Sturzl Center for Community Service and Learning
- TRIPS Contact: Campus Ministry
- Links of Related Interest
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 Kim
Terra
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Poverty and Homelessness
Washington D.C.
Description: Serve at the nation's largest homeless shelter (CCNV-Community for Creative Non-Violence), in the soup kitchens and deliver blankets or meals on the street. Move beyond the issue and discover the true root cause of homelessness in America and what we can do about it, from direct service to activism right in the nation's capitol. Will fly out of Milwaukee.
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Brennan
 Peter
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Poverty - Men's Trip
Philadelphia, PA
Description: A unique opportunity for the Men of St. Norbert to be a part of the Norbertine Community in Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love. Participants will work closely with a Men’s emergency shelter offering support to and forming bonds with over 300 of the city’s homeless as well as with each other.
- Dates: January 2014
- Cost: $325
- Trip Leader: Brennan Henricks and Peter Ostergaard
- Number of participants: 10
- Coordinating Sponsor: Campus Ministry and Sturzl Center for Community Service and Learning
- TRIPS Contact: Campus Ministry
- Link of Related Interest: Bethesda Project
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Ashley  Nicole |
New Orleans, LA
Description: Spend a week understanding and impacting Post-Katrina New Orleans school
systems. Create services such as literacy nights for parents, lessons
and tutoring for one-on-one interaction with students and engage in
discussion of education in urban settings with teachers who live it
every day. Also have a chance to experience the culture of New Orleans
through service projects, such as feeding the hungry. Have a chance to
hear first hand how the hurricane effected the residents of New Orleans.
This trip is offered to education majors only as credit for the EDUC 386. EDUC 350 is required for this trip. Weekly meetings will consist of
normal TRIPS activities as well as discussions on readings as part of
the course. All participants must register for EDUC 386 as this trip
requires a course credit fee and normal J-term call hours.
- Dates: January 5th-18th
- Cost: $475
- Trip Leaders:Ashley Miller and Nicole Hietpas
- Number of participants:6
- Coordinating Sponsor: Campus Ministry and Sturzl Center for Community Service and Learning
- TRIPS Contact: Campus Ministry
- Link of Related Interest: Hands On Morriss Jeff Community School
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Sarah
Reed
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Health Education
Destination: Mississippi
Description: Come to Mississippi, the state with the highest obesity rates, to learn
about the prevention of health issues, exercise, nutrition and general
health as both a social and biological issue. We will be working with
school aged children in schools and at after school programs, teaching
them about why it is important to lead a healthy lifestyle. We will also
talk with doctors and faculty at the University of Southern Mississippi
about public health and the aspects of nutrition and exercise as
prevention in the United States.
- Dates: January 2014
- Cost $200
- Trip Leaders: Sarah Serdar and Reed Colling
- Number of Participants: 10
- Coordinating Sponsor: Campus Ministry and Sturzl Center for Community Service and Learning
- TRIPS Contact: Campus Ministry
- Links of Related Interest:
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Katie
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Urban Education
Destination: Milwaukee
Description:
- Dates: January 2014
- Cost: TBD
- Trip Leader: Katie Stewart
- Number of Participants: TBD
- Coordinating Sponsor: Campus Ministry and Sturzl Center for Community Service and Learning
- TRIPS Contact: Campus Ministry
- Links of Related Interest
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