{"id":588,"date":"2015-03-27T15:58:33","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T19:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/?p=588"},"modified":"2015-03-27T15:58:33","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T19:58:33","slug":"mu-students-service-project-helps-at-home-and-afar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=588","title":{"rendered":"MU Student\u2019s Service Project Helps at Home and Afar"},"content":{"rendered":"

MANSFIELD, PA\u2014<\/strong> With the theme of \u201cTogether, We Can Make a \"Jason<\/a>Difference,\u201d Mansfield University students, led by senior Project Director Jason White, are collecting clothing, arts and crafts and children\u2019s toys for El Salvador and Tioga County for their Collection Collaboration Campaign.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea for this project came from my Eagle Scout Project with the Boy Scouts of America in 1999,\u201d White said. \u201cFor that project, I set up card board boxes as collection centers in local businesses and churches in the area of Troy, PA. With the assistance of friends and family members, I collected 375 coats, 50 pairs of boots, and 123 pairs of mittens and gloves, which I then donated to the Salvation Army and the Bridge at the Sayre Baptist Church.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Northern Tier native, the connection to El Salvador and the Village of San Rafael Tasajera is also personal for White. Daniel Teodoro, a 2014 MU graduate, has done extensive work to help the people of this impoverished island village in his home country through his non-profit EMANA, which means \u201cenergia humana\u201d or \u201chuman energy.\u201d White travelled to San Rafael Tasajera with Teodoro last summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Jason<\/a>\u201cSan Rafael Tasajera is home for more than 1800 people who suffer from a lack of basic education, income, and access to clean water,\u201d White said. \u201cEMANA works alongside community members to address their needs and to develop creative sustainable solutions.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is my last semester as a student at Mansfield University, and I see this project as my last opportunity to make a significant, positive contribution as a student working with fellow students,\u201d he added. \u201cI want use this project to give socially conscious, philanthropic individuals a chance to be part of a project that includes an international team dedicated to helping people in the United States and El Salvador.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mansfield Public Relations Director Dennis Miller made Teodoro\u2019s work in San Rafael Tasajera the subject of his latest Huffington Post blog<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Donations are being collected until April 17 at the First Citizens Community Bank offices in Mansfield and Troy and at the Mountie Den Campus Bookstore in Alumni Hall at MU.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Warm weather clothing can include shirts, shorts, pants, skirts for adults and children and baby clothes. Also arts and crafts, children\u2019s toys and books are being accepted. These items will donated to villagers in San Rafael Tasajera.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cold weather clothing being sought are coats, boots, hats, mittens, gloves and scarves. They will be distributed to local charities in Tioga County.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mansfield students will sort and package the donations as part of the University\u2019s community service day, \u201cThe Big Event,\u201d on April 18.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For more information, or to make a large donation, contact White at whiteja03@mounties.mansfield.edu or call MU Community Conduct Officer and Service Coordinator Frank Crofchick at (570)662-4981.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To learn more, go to emanaelsalvador.org\/ccc<\/a> or facebook.com\/EmanaCCC<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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