In the Community: Student-Athletes Help St. Bernard Project
Jan 24, 2012 | General
Jan. 24, 2012
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NEW ORLEANS - Giving back to the community is one of the cornerstones that Tulane athletics and the Devlin S-AFE Center are built upon and the organization donated two days of service to the St. Bernard Project last week to help build homes for the nonprofit organization. The project was a joint effort with student-athletes from Boston College's Devlin S-AFE Program.
Both the Devlin S-AFE Center at Tulane and the Devlin S-AFE Program at Boston College are namesake programs sponsored by Bob and Kate Devlin. These programs offer an outlet for student-athletes to make a difference in their communities through community service initiatives.
"This was a really great opportunity for us to be part of the community and help out post Katrina," said Tulane women's golfer Samantha Troyanovich. "There is still work to be done and houses to be built, but we are really happy to be a part of this project. It was nice to be getting back to New Orleans before school starts and it was really good to work with Boston College, as well."
On Thursday, January 12 and Friday, January 13, the Tulane Student-Athlete Advisory Council sent nine members to a pair of locations in the Greater New Orleans area to help rebuild two houses that were affected by Hurricane Katrina. Along with the Green Wave student-athletes, Boston College traveled 22 student-athletes to the Crescent City to lend a hand in the build.
"We go down there to build a house and make a difference in someone's life, but in doing that, we ultimately receive much more than we could ever give them," said Boston College's Kevin Melnick, a golfer who led the trip last year. "We go down there to bring hope, but they're the ones that have the hope and they teach us a lot about ourselves."
St. Bernard Project (SBP) is an award-winning rebuilding, nonprofit organization founded by Liz McCartney and Zack Rosenburg, a teacher and lawyer, respectively, from Washington, D.C. in 2006. Their mission is to remove physical, mental and emotional barriers for vulnerable families, senior citizens and disabled residents who are struggling to recover from the devastation and trauma caused by Hurricane Katrina and the Oil Spill. With its innovative, vertically integrated construction system, SBP is poised to serve as a model for disaster rebuilding and affordable housing.
To get involved or learn more about with the St. Bernard Project you can visit their website at www.stbernardproject.org.
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