Service Learning RELS 204 Fall 2007: Maria House
Last night I went to the Maria House, (October 17, 2008) I sat in on the House meeting which gave me more insight into the women's lives. They talked about how during the holidays alot of people from the community will be donating and even sponsoring families at the Maria House. I am really proud of Dubuque for being so active in helping these homeless women. It is a great amount of Charity. I think the community could improve with a more hands on aspect though. I think you really get a feel for what these women and children are going through by meeting and talking to them instead of just dropping off donations.
They also talked about the rules and made sure that everyone was aware and following them like it is expected of them. There have been alot of staff going to the Theresa Shelter now that it is open during the night and day and some of the rules have been forgotten about so it was just a reminder. I see so much empowerment when I go to the Maria House, all of the women are required to work and/or go to school while they are living there. They all have chores that must be done and at the same time they work together if someone will not make it home on time to get their chores done.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
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Jessica,
i think that it is really interesting how people believe that they are helping the community by just donating money. i think and believe that a person who really is helping a community is not the one who donates money, it is the one who gets to know the others community members. this would be specially with the forgotten community members, which are the poor. if we don't change the way that we are viewing the world, then in the future the forgotten will never be accepted to others community members. this is because the people who just gave money (thinking that they were good community members) didn't actually help the needed by talking to them and getting to know them.
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