Alumni move on to meaningful careers in service
Lizzie McQuillan
Issue date: 11/4/08 Section: News
On Tuesday, November 11, from 11-2 in McGuire Hall, almost 40 service programs and non-profit organizations will come to Loyola for the annual Community Service Career Fair. The fair promises to offer opportunities open for students with different qualifications, majors, and life experiences.
"A year of service is absolutely invaluable," said Katie League, '05, who now works as a case manager at Beans and Bread Center in Fells Point, which provides 350-400 meals, five days a week to people living on the streets of Baltimore. The organization also offers more services such as casework services and guidance on how to navigate the shelter system in the city, which is available in their resource center. Clients have the opportunity to use the center's bathrooms, phone, and rummage through clothing donations throughout the day.
League knew she wanted to dedicate her life to serving those living below the poverty lines. She participated heavily during her years at Loyola with different social justice organizations on campus. She worked as a campus ministry intern her sophomore year, and as a student coordinator in the Center for Community Service and Justice her junior and senior years.
League sought advice and guidance from the social workers she met at agencies in Baltimore. She knew she wanted to follow a similar path, and went to Fordham University to earn a masters degree.
"I always knew I wanted to come back to Baltimore," said League, who jumped at the opportunity when a job opened at Beans and Bread. She now works with people suffering from chronic homelessness, dealing with issues such as substance abuse, with the ultimate goal of providing housing in mind.
"A year of service makes people mature, and gives them the opportunity to grow almost as much as four years in college does," said League, who now has the opportunity to supervise a recent graduate working in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps through Beans and Bread.
Maggie Hughes, '06, experienced a two-year dose of service immersion when the Teach for America program accepted her to work in the Baltimore public school system with high school students. The option seemed logical for Hughes, who did not know exactly what path she wanted to follow after graduating. She knew she liked working with people after serving as the student coordinator for two years at The Caroline Center and one year at the Learning Bank. Both of these non-profit organizations tutor residents of Baltimore, mostly living below the poverty line, who are striving to get their GED.
"A year of service is absolutely invaluable," said Katie League, '05, who now works as a case manager at Beans and Bread Center in Fells Point, which provides 350-400 meals, five days a week to people living on the streets of Baltimore. The organization also offers more services such as casework services and guidance on how to navigate the shelter system in the city, which is available in their resource center. Clients have the opportunity to use the center's bathrooms, phone, and rummage through clothing donations throughout the day.
League knew she wanted to dedicate her life to serving those living below the poverty lines. She participated heavily during her years at Loyola with different social justice organizations on campus. She worked as a campus ministry intern her sophomore year, and as a student coordinator in the Center for Community Service and Justice her junior and senior years.
League sought advice and guidance from the social workers she met at agencies in Baltimore. She knew she wanted to follow a similar path, and went to Fordham University to earn a masters degree.
"I always knew I wanted to come back to Baltimore," said League, who jumped at the opportunity when a job opened at Beans and Bread. She now works with people suffering from chronic homelessness, dealing with issues such as substance abuse, with the ultimate goal of providing housing in mind.
"A year of service makes people mature, and gives them the opportunity to grow almost as much as four years in college does," said League, who now has the opportunity to supervise a recent graduate working in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps through Beans and Bread.
Maggie Hughes, '06, experienced a two-year dose of service immersion when the Teach for America program accepted her to work in the Baltimore public school system with high school students. The option seemed logical for Hughes, who did not know exactly what path she wanted to follow after graduating. She knew she liked working with people after serving as the student coordinator for two years at The Caroline Center and one year at the Learning Bank. Both of these non-profit organizations tutor residents of Baltimore, mostly living below the poverty line, who are striving to get their GED.
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