Op­por­tu­nity to Ser­vice with St. Paul’s Se­nior Com­mu­nity

MISHAWAKA—The Ser­vice Learn­ing De­part­ment is part­ner­ing with St. Paul’s Se­nior Com­mu­nity to host an event for the res­i­dents at St. Paul’s. This event will be held on Tues­day, Feb. 21, from 6 to 8 p.m. at St. Paul’s Se­nior Com­mu­nity on Iron­wood Dr. in South Bend. Stu­dents in­ter­ested in vol­un­teer­ing for this event should con­tact the Ser­vice Learn­ing De­part­ment in AC 346 by Mon­day, Feb. 20. The de­part­ment can be reached by email at Ser­vice­Learn­ing@bethelu­ni­ver­sity.edu.  

This is the first time Bethel has part­nered with St. Paul’s to put on an event like this. In the past, Bethel cul­ti­vated a re­la­tion­ship with the fa­cil­ity by send­ing stu­dents there for Bethel’s an­nual Ser­vice Day.  

This event is look­ing more at cul­ti­vat­ing com­mu­nity be­tween younger and older gen­er­a­tions. Ana Dekker, a stu­dent worker in Bethel’s Ser­vice Learn­ing De­part­ment, is as­sist­ing with pub­li­ciz­ing this event to stu­dents.  

"We will be help­ing walk res­i­dents to party,” Dekker said. “Bethel [can] get into the com­mu­nity and just serve.” 

Along with walk­ing as­sis­tance, there will be time for stu­dents to en­joy a photo booth, eat some light re­fresh­ments and have fun with older gen­er­a­tions.