Learning beyond classroom limits
Keshia White, Contributing Writer
Issue date: 12/4/09 Section: Campus News
A team created in Management 201, called 3 by 3 management, has been introduced to helping international not for profit organizations. In fulfilling requirements presented to them by their professor, Eileen Kwesiga, the team comprised of Caitlyn Vandervelde, Cory Schroder, Jameson Love, Jaclyn Savickas, Matthew Minese and Keshia White, have decided to work with the Providence Haiti Outreach Program to Help the Pat Pezzelli Memorial School located in Marigot, Haiti.
The school is named after Pat Pezzelli who along with Father Guidice had the aspiration of a better life for these children. Susan Whipple, Pat's daughter took over the project after the passing of her father to cancer. This orphanage was founded by Father Guidice in the 1980's and originally started with the resources to educate 50 students, since then the orphanage has been able to expand by one classroom each year, allowing for the school to house and teach 350 current students.
After a devastating Hurricane season a few years back, the Pat Pazzelli Memorial School, an orphanage dedicated to education, was highly impacted. Due to the Hurricanes, they lost some of their limited space that was in use as classrooms, for the children. Damages caused by the hurricane have set back the progress of the school and has had a high impact on their resources.
Our team has been working on a few projects for the program. We are currently providing them with a new innovative website to help raise awareness and funds, and are working on implementing a pen-pal system between the students of Bryant University and the Pat Pezzelli Memorial School. In our efforts to help the organization we are seeking any school supplies and monetary donations. In Haiti, ten American dollar buys school supplies for one student for the entire year and one-hundred dollars covers all of the school and living expenses, for one child, for the entire year. We will be collecting any physical donations, such as books, notebooks paper, and pens, on behalf of the organization and can be contacted at cvanderv@bryant.edu. To make any monetary donations, Susan Whipple can be contacted at swhipple@cedarsliving.com. Any donations are greatly appreciated.
The school is named after Pat Pezzelli who along with Father Guidice had the aspiration of a better life for these children. Susan Whipple, Pat's daughter took over the project after the passing of her father to cancer. This orphanage was founded by Father Guidice in the 1980's and originally started with the resources to educate 50 students, since then the orphanage has been able to expand by one classroom each year, allowing for the school to house and teach 350 current students.
After a devastating Hurricane season a few years back, the Pat Pazzelli Memorial School, an orphanage dedicated to education, was highly impacted. Due to the Hurricanes, they lost some of their limited space that was in use as classrooms, for the children. Damages caused by the hurricane have set back the progress of the school and has had a high impact on their resources.
Our team has been working on a few projects for the program. We are currently providing them with a new innovative website to help raise awareness and funds, and are working on implementing a pen-pal system between the students of Bryant University and the Pat Pezzelli Memorial School. In our efforts to help the organization we are seeking any school supplies and monetary donations. In Haiti, ten American dollar buys school supplies for one student for the entire year and one-hundred dollars covers all of the school and living expenses, for one child, for the entire year. We will be collecting any physical donations, such as books, notebooks paper, and pens, on behalf of the organization and can be contacted at cvanderv@bryant.edu. To make any monetary donations, Susan Whipple can be contacted at swhipple@cedarsliving.com. Any donations are greatly appreciated.
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