Week 6 Experiences

The search for a new campus ministry director continues. Several good candidates have surfaced and we will commence with contacting references and interviews in the month of October. Every faculty member on campus is asked to provide service to the college and the community as part of their job responsibilities at Clarke. They are evaluated each year and asked to reflect on this contribution. Clarke is part of a wider community and it is a responsibility of each faculty member to build up this community.
Dean

Dubuque Rescue Mission

Today was the third time I went for my service learning at the Dubuque Rescue Mission. The last three times I have been there I have gotten a chance to get to know the people that work there and they are all very nice. I also have been seeing that the Rescue Mission is more than just a place for people to come and get a hot meal. It is a place where everyone is welcome and treated like family. Everyone is also so appreciative of us coming to help serve the meals. It is a great organization that helps many people.
Meagan

1st Day

This being my first post, I would like to start saying that my community service opportunity is really different than what others may be doing. My first 10 hours I’ll be focusing on animals which are left behind by others and they are trying to be relocated someplace else. By going to the humane society (which link will be shown at the end of my post) I thought about L’Arche and Vanier, how people are marginalized because the way they are. That is one thing that we need to improve as a community.

On My first day I didn’t do whole a lot. Basically was just learning how the program works, but also in addition to this I learn a lot. I could not believe on what people are capable of doing with animals; the actions that they take just because they just wanted too. I mean, do people think about the actions that they take that it will be for their own benefit but without affecting others life? I bet that after you listen to this story you will think that most of them DON’T just the same way that I did.

There was a family that had a dog for 8 years and after the dog grew up and the color of his hair changed, the family decided to get rid off the dog. This was just because the color of the dog didn’t match the color of the furniture any more.

If a human did this with an animal that own it for 8 yrs., how capable is doing it to a person which it is limited to do certain things. Starting right there, I think that we need to change and make a difference as a community.

link: http://www.dbqhumane.org/