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Show Thursday, December 6, 2012 University Journal St. Jude s weekly dinner an effort Page 9 of LDS and Episcopalian faiths Holiday Assistance, CEC help families with gifts clothing , By EMILY LITTLE elittlesuunews ELISE ANDRUS Kathy Majie, a freshman psychology major from Logan, and Mayuni Nunez, a freshman nutrition major from Circleville, serve dinner (left). Students enjoy a free By KAITLYN TRACY ktracysuunews.com What began as an interfaith between Catholics, Presbyterians, Episcopalians Lutherans and other religions is being carried on by the St. Jude Episcopal Church and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da-y Saints. Every Thursday night , members of the community volunteer by feeding college students at the St. Judes Episcopal Church Parish regardless of their religious beliefs. The campus outreach program was started in 1995 by St Judes dinner' Episcopal Church, Christ the Church King Catholic and Community Presbyterian Church. According to Susan Wiltsey-Smilthe pastor of St Jude's Episcopal Church and director of the outreach campus program, the three churches worked together for years until the Catholic and Presbyterian churches decided to do their own dinners with the college students of their faiths. She said that beginning in from 2005, people Trinity Lutheran Church as well as some Presbyterians and Methodists began helping. h, UNIVERSITY JOURNAL interfaith dinner every Thursday night at St. Judes Episcopal Church (right). The interfaith dinner is run by students within the LDS and Episcopalian faiths. said last semester The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints 1st and 2nd Young Single Adult Stakes began working with St. Judes and this semester members of SUU's Campus Engagement Center have volunteered with the dinners. She said the program exists to serve students and to show them that they matter. We want students to leave SUU with more than a great education, she said. We want them to feel their worth. We want to help them grow into the best selves they can. We do this by teaching service. Wiltsey-Smit- h com The Communuy Engagement Center has been working with Iron County Holiday Assistance to provide holiday gifts for families in Iron County who wouldnt be able to at ford it otherwise by raising donations on SUUs campus through fundraisers like Stuff the Truck, the angel tree, Coins for Christmas Challenge and more. This attempt to give families a happy holiday season has been going on since the beginning of November when the Sharwan Smith Center got the angel tree, a small tree with tags providing an age range and a gender, giving donors an idea for a gift. Hailey Farr, a sophomore sociology major from Salt Lake City and the service leader over the angel tree fundraiser, said they decided on this fundraiser because many people are familiar with this common way to collect donations. Its a great and fun way te Kae Dee Jewkes, a junior history and special education double major from Taylorsville, has been volunteering with the dinners all semester as part of a service learning project. She said all the volunteers are eager to help serve. The about great thing volunteering is I get to see how excited the students get, she said. For many of them it is their only home-cooke- d meal for the week. They are always so excited to see the salad. This story continues online at suunews.com. to get donations, Farr said, referring to the tree. It really gets people interested. Pam associate Branin, director of the Community said Engagement Center, if students didnt get the opportunity to collect a tag while the tree was up, they can still bring any donation to the Community Engagement Center. the Stuff Truck was another way the Community Engagement Center and ICHA collected donations. The truck was parked outside the Gerald R. Sherratt Library on Nov. 27-2with volunteers asking any who passed by to donate a few dollars or gently-use- d or new items. Another fundraiser put on by CEC and ICHA, Coins for Christmas Challenge, took place during the month of November as well. Jars were located in various departments throughout campus, where students could donate their extra change. 8, This story continues online at suunews.com. Hispanic center seeks student help By EMILY LITTLE ehttlesuunews.com The Hispanic Center Tutor Project is now to tutor Hispanic students in Iron County elementary, middle and high schools for college credit. A tutor can be anyone who wants the experience working with young students of all ages. Gabriel Ferreyra, director of the Hispanic Center, said many of the current tutors speak Spanish, but its not a requirement. The tutors can come from any cultural background. Many children who need tutoring are learning English, Ferreyra said. Most tutors who help us are helping kids who are learning English as a second language, Ferreyra said. But we also have math and science that needs to be taught. Ferreyra said many of the children feel accepting applications discouraged because they dont speak English like most of their peers. We want them to feel integrated with the rest of their class, he said. Ferreyra said he hopes many SUU students will apply to be a tutor so these students can receive the help they need. Tom Cunningham, secondary education professor, teaches a class with a tutoring requirement. The Hispanic Center (Tutoring Project) is an option for (my students) to get a place in a school tutoring, Cunningham said. Ferreyra said education majors should consider applying because its a good, opportunity to work with children. with children is a huge Dealing responsibility, he said. So (the tutors) have to commit to the rules . . . and sign a contract. The contract talks about the position, how the tutor will have to submit progress reports and reflections a few times during the semester. Ferreyra said the reason the tutors will have assignments is because they will be receiving three credit hours rather than pay. We try to keep it really formal, Ferreyra said. We want to know (the tutors) are receiving a deeper knowledge during the tutoring project. We want to make sure there is good communication between the student and the teacher. Marina Woodward, a junior special education major from Lindon, said shes considering applying to be a tutor despite the fact that she doesnt speak Spanish. This story continues online at suunews.com. limit 5 nor ccanon nar porson i nn n rH i k Exc&sisns fipp.'y Expires L o o r-irnprin (! A ..? Laura Darger and Sue Braden study together in the Tutoring Center to prepare for final exams. College students can help tutor younger students who need help with English in Iron County schools through the Hispanic Tutoring Center next semester. ft r IJL i 12 n j |