2008 Woodie Awards
Univ. grad leads volunteer trip
TESSA GREENLEAF
Issue date: 2/18/08 Section: Variety
Social work isn't just for social workers.
Kerry Steinberg, a 2002 University graduate from Lilburn with a degree in Spanish, knows the importance of volunteer work.
After working with a Peruvian colleague who had witnessed poverty in Peru, Steinberg said she wanted to take Americans there to help its people, and in return, teach the volunteers to serve others better.
Where: Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute building
Contact: Kerry Steinberg, venperuusa@gmail.com,
404-906-0569.
An unofficial nonprofit group not affiliated with the University, Volunteer and Educational Network-Peru Inc. offers opportunities to travel to Peru for one month over the summer.
"This will be our second trip to Peru," Steinberg said. "I led the first volunteer group myself last summer."
The trip boasts numerous volunteer activities including posts at a school for the blind and disabled, a rural elementary school, medical clinic, animal shelter and boys orphanage.
Bobby Cool, a senior health promotion major from Alpharetta, was one of the 15 who went on the first trip last summer. He spent the duration of the trip living with a local family.
"Everyone was very friendly - it was probably one of my favorite parts about it," Cool said. "I made tons of friends there and really looked forward to the travel opportunities that were available on the weekends."
Cool spent his time working in a medical clinic, with responsibilities that included attending a group meeting with a psychiatrist who spoke to parents of children with emotional troubles.
"It wasn't really hard to communicate, you could get your point across," Cool said, of interacting with local residents.
Another volunteer who joined the group last summer is Rob Walsh, a math teacher and girls' varsity soccer coach at Clarke Central High School.
Kerry Steinberg, a 2002 University graduate from Lilburn with a degree in Spanish, knows the importance of volunteer work.
After working with a Peruvian colleague who had witnessed poverty in Peru, Steinberg said she wanted to take Americans there to help its people, and in return, teach the volunteers to serve others better.
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When: Today and Tuesday at 5 p.m.Where: Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute building
Contact: Kerry Steinberg, venperuusa@gmail.com,
404-906-0569.
An unofficial nonprofit group not affiliated with the University, Volunteer and Educational Network-Peru Inc. offers opportunities to travel to Peru for one month over the summer.
"This will be our second trip to Peru," Steinberg said. "I led the first volunteer group myself last summer."
The trip boasts numerous volunteer activities including posts at a school for the blind and disabled, a rural elementary school, medical clinic, animal shelter and boys orphanage.
Bobby Cool, a senior health promotion major from Alpharetta, was one of the 15 who went on the first trip last summer. He spent the duration of the trip living with a local family.
"Everyone was very friendly - it was probably one of my favorite parts about it," Cool said. "I made tons of friends there and really looked forward to the travel opportunities that were available on the weekends."
Cool spent his time working in a medical clinic, with responsibilities that included attending a group meeting with a psychiatrist who spoke to parents of children with emotional troubles.
"It wasn't really hard to communicate, you could get your point across," Cool said, of interacting with local residents.
Another volunteer who joined the group last summer is Rob Walsh, a math teacher and girls' varsity soccer coach at Clarke Central High School.
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