The proceeds of the run will contribute to The Caitlin Yager Fund for an International Alternative Winter Break Experience, a fund that supports Marietta College students planning to participate in a service project as part of the College's International Alternative Winter Break Program.
Each year, Marietta College pairs with Bridges to Community to work in communities in Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. Bridges to Community is an international not-for-profit organization whose two-part mission is to improve the lives of impoverished communities in developing countries through volunteer service trips, and to simultaneously educate and transform those volunteers to be more aware of the connections we all share and the ways we can all impact our lives for the better. Volunteers live in rural areas in dormitory style housing, eat local foods, and work side by side with people from the communities that they are helping. Projects include building schools, youth centers, latrines, stoves, and plant nurseries.
Last year's recipients traveled to Derrumbadero in the DR to work on a youth center made from plastic bottles filled with sand. The group stayed in the town hall and spent the days working alongside children and adults in the community.
Each year, Marietta College pairs with Bridges to Community to work in communities in Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. Bridges to Community is an international not-for-profit organization whose two-part mission is to improve the lives of impoverished communities in developing countries through volunteer service trips, and to simultaneously educate and transform those volunteers to be more aware of the connections we all share and the ways we can all impact our lives for the better. Volunteers live in rural areas in dormitory style housing, eat local foods, and work side by side with people from the communities that they are helping. Projects include building schools, youth centers, latrines, stoves, and plant nurseries.
Last year's recipients traveled to Derrumbadero in the DR to work on a youth center made from plastic bottles filled with sand. The group stayed in the town hall and spent the days working alongside children and adults in the community.