Newsbriefs
April 7, 2007
Spick and span for the dominican
Everybody has heard that cleanliness is next to godliness. This spring, 10 girls are finding out how true that is.
In May, Trinity Western University will be sending a summer missions team to the Dominican Republic for the first time. The all-female squad started Spring Cleaning, in effort to raise funds for the trip.
In return for trip donations, team members will clean whatever a client desires, from vacuuming to window washing to yard work.
What started as a service geared towards students has now expanded to include staff and the greater community. “We like doing staff best,” said co-leader Lauren Ball, smiling, as she cited the more resources available to staff than students.
The service has generated about $400 after only one week, which brings total fundraising to over $13,000—almost half of the $30,000 needed to send the 10-member team on the one-month trip.
Fundraising isn’t the only purpose of the cleaning service. “It’s been really fun getting to know each other better,” said Amy Barker, who is heading up Spring Cleaning.
The team will be using the raised monies to live in the Dominican Republic and assist Students International, a missions organization. While there, they will live in pairs with local families in a secluded village of 300 inhabitants in the mountains. The team will work with kids’ clubs, assist local pastors, and help out with community gardens.
But, according to co-leader Erin Stearns, much of the trip is still unknown.
“A lot of the trip is just living and learning there [with the native people]” said the third year student. “That is what is really exciting to me.”
If you would like something cleaned, you can contact Spring Cleaning at twumaidservice@hotmail.com.
New digital sign unveiled
Visitors to Trinity Western University will be greeted by more than just the Welcome Centre, as a brand-new sign at the entrance of the school has been erected.
According to Paul Johnston, Director of Campus Services, the sign was donated by a parent who saw a similar structure at another university.
“We have a donor from Toronto who was passing by Queens [University], saw one of those digital signs, and liked the look of it,” Johnston said. “He gave us a call and said, ‘Could you use one of those?’”
The sign is double-sided and will electronically scroll current events on campus. Unlike TWU’s previous sign, which required manually changing the letters, this one will be configured from the touch of the keyboard. Johnston notes that these digital capabilities will provide “more options than just a silver sign that sits in the middle of the grass that people sometimes look at and sometimes don’t.”
“It’s a really great tool,” he added.
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