Undergraduate
Saint Michael's students rally for greyhounds
Cause for Paws volunteer service project attracts Vermonters
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Buff Lindau, Public Relations
802.654.2536
blindau@smcvt.edu
Six Saint Michael's students spent Saturday, Oct. 3, on the third annual Foliage Walk for Greyhounds around Berlin Pond in Berlin, Vt., and raised $400 in donations for Northern Greyhound Adoptions of St. Albans. The money will go towards the dogs' dental care, vet visits, food and bedding.
"We love doing it because it makes the dogs so happy, and they're so adorable, and the students are learning how to handle dogs," said Katelynn Page, of Johnson, Vt., and Chapel Hill, N.C., co-coordinator of Cause
for Paws, the Saint Michael's College service program that runs the project.
Cause for Paws is one of two dozen service projects organized by the Saint Michael's Edmundite Mobilization for Volunteer Efforts (MOVE) office. The main focus of Cause for Paws is to promote animal awareness, and to aid the rescue center, a non-profit organization. Students in the program visit the greyhounds twice a week, as well as dogs at the Franklin County Humane Society in St. Albans once a week.
Participants in the Foliage Walk for Greyhounds were Allison Altman, a junior education major from Jericho, Vt., Christine Trombley, a sophomore psychology major from Richmond, Vt., Katelynn Page, a sophomore journalism major from Johnson, Vt., and Chapel Hill, N.C., Caitlin Wilkins, a junior history major from Westminster Station, Vt., Rachel Rainville, a sophomore psychology major from Franklin, Vt., and Megan Durocher, a sophomore psychology major from East Haven, Vt.
At Saint Michael's College, Learn What Matters. Saint Michael's is a distinctive Catholic liberal arts college that provides education with a social conscience, producing graduates with the intellectual tools to lead a successful, purposeful life that will contribute to peace and justice in our world. Founded in 1904 by the Society of St. Edmund and headed by President John J. Neuhauser, Saint Michael's is identified by the Princeton Review as one of the nation's Best 371 Colleges. It is one of 270 colleges and universities nationwide, and one of only 20 Catholic colleges, with a Phi Beta Kappa chapter. Saint Michael's has 1,900 undergraduate students, some 500 graduate students and 100 international students. Saint Michael's students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Pickering, Guggenheim, Fulbright, and other grants. The college is one of the nation's Best Liberal Arts Colleges as listed in the 2009 U.S. News & World Report rankings. Saint Michael's is located just outside Burlington, Vermont, one of America's top college towns.
Photo caption: Saint Michael's College volunteers for the 3rd annual Foliage Walk for Greyhounds, l. to r., Allison Altman, Christine Trombley, Katelynn Page, Caitlin Wilkins, Rachel Rainville and Megan Durocher.
Buff Lindau, Public Relations
802.654.2536
blindau@smcvt.edu
Six Saint Michael's students spent Saturday, Oct. 3, on the third annual Foliage Walk for Greyhounds around Berlin Pond in Berlin, Vt., and raised $400 in donations for Northern Greyhound Adoptions of St. Albans. The money will go towards the dogs' dental care, vet visits, food and bedding."We love doing it because it makes the dogs so happy, and they're so adorable, and the students are learning how to handle dogs," said Katelynn Page, of Johnson, Vt., and Chapel Hill, N.C., co-coordinator of Cause
for Paws, the Saint Michael's College service program that runs the project.
Cause for Paws is one of two dozen service projects organized by the Saint Michael's Edmundite Mobilization for Volunteer Efforts (MOVE) office. The main focus of Cause for Paws is to promote animal awareness, and to aid the rescue center, a non-profit organization. Students in the program visit the greyhounds twice a week, as well as dogs at the Franklin County Humane Society in St. Albans once a week.
Participants in the Foliage Walk for Greyhounds were Allison Altman, a junior education major from Jericho, Vt., Christine Trombley, a sophomore psychology major from Richmond, Vt., Katelynn Page, a sophomore journalism major from Johnson, Vt., and Chapel Hill, N.C., Caitlin Wilkins, a junior history major from Westminster Station, Vt., Rachel Rainville, a sophomore psychology major from Franklin, Vt., and Megan Durocher, a sophomore psychology major from East Haven, Vt.
At Saint Michael's College, Learn What Matters. Saint Michael's is a distinctive Catholic liberal arts college that provides education with a social conscience, producing graduates with the intellectual tools to lead a successful, purposeful life that will contribute to peace and justice in our world. Founded in 1904 by the Society of St. Edmund and headed by President John J. Neuhauser, Saint Michael's is identified by the Princeton Review as one of the nation's Best 371 Colleges. It is one of 270 colleges and universities nationwide, and one of only 20 Catholic colleges, with a Phi Beta Kappa chapter. Saint Michael's has 1,900 undergraduate students, some 500 graduate students and 100 international students. Saint Michael's students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Pickering, Guggenheim, Fulbright, and other grants. The college is one of the nation's Best Liberal Arts Colleges as listed in the 2009 U.S. News & World Report rankings. Saint Michael's is located just outside Burlington, Vermont, one of America's top college towns.
Photo caption: Saint Michael's College volunteers for the 3rd annual Foliage Walk for Greyhounds, l. to r., Allison Altman, Christine Trombley, Katelynn Page, Caitlin Wilkins, Rachel Rainville and Megan Durocher.
