Tagged as “Community Service”

I had always loved dogs, but I thought I’d never be able to have one as a college student. So when I heard about the Guiding Eyes for the Blind (GEB) program my sophomore year, I was eager to get involved. I did a little research, got in touch with the area coordinator, and applied to be a certified puppy raiser.

Before getting a...

With what could only be described as painful optimism, sophomore Fallon Blossom narrates how she lost her home as she leads her fellow Ithaca College students through the gutted remains of the house she grew up in.

“So this used to be my house, y’all,” she says, gesturing to the walls that have been caked with mud and...

When my friend Matt asked me to go on a trip with him to Louisiana over winter break, I thought it would be your typical college vacation—lots of partying, no work, no worries.

But it wasn’t. It was a chance to help heal the wounds that Hurricane Katrina had inflicted on the Gulf Coast when it hit more than a year-and-a-half...