Don’t forget to sign up for Showers of
Service! It will be April 13, 2013 from roughly 8:30am-2pm. There will be food,
you receive a T-shirt, and it will be very fun. We asked PT Student Brianne
Keller to reflect on her experience participating in Showers of Service:
My
name is Brianne, and I am a PYI student. I have participated in Showers of
Service every year that I have been at SLU. My first two years, I participated
with the Micah Program, and my last two years, I participated with my APO
family. I have done everything from cleaning empty lots of garbage to spending
time with individuals with disabilities. Showers of Service is an amazing
experience where the entire community joins together to make a difference in
the community. It is so wonderful to see so many dedicated and selfless
Billikens give up a few hours on their Saturday to make the community better in
some way. No matter how small the task might seem, there are hundreds of
students all around the neighborhoods making differences, and it ends up being
a huge effort to serve the community in which we live.
Because you can pick which group you
are with during this Saturday of service, you can choose to participate with
any community or organization on campus. This gave me an opportunity to meet a
lot of new people, even in my senior year on campus. There are so many people
on campus, and this is a way to get to know more people. When I spent time with
members of the community during this day, I was humbled and was able to see
life from another person’s perspective. I was amazed at the stories that the
people shared with me, and I will cherish these memories forever. Sometimes I
take this community for granted because of our SLU “bubble”, and this is an
opportunity for me to step back and realize that there is so much more to our
community than I realize. Showers of Service is something I look forward to
every year because I know that it is a day of helping to improve the community
that I am a part of while also having a blast with other Billikens that share
the same passion as me.
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