Solon Resident Repairs Hurricane Damaged Homes

SOLON, OH - From Ohio Wesleyan University: Katie Kuckelheim of Solon, OH, spent spring break serving others as a member of a 2018 Ohio Wesleyan University Interfaith Service team.

Kuckelheim traveled to Houston, Texas, for a week in March as part of the student-created "Helping Houston Heal: Hurricane Harvey Recovery" team.

Nearly 40 Ohio Wesleyan students participated on five Interfaith Service teams.

The students and their faculty-staff advisers traveled to Houston and New Orleans to repair hurricane-damaged homes; to the Lakota Nation in South Dakota to help rebuild Lakota-Anglo relationships and support Native American youth; to Philadelphia to explore multiple faith traditions; and to Mexico to examine the economics of social responsibility and sustainable practices.

Each team also worked to incorporate the program's "four essential pillars" of restorative justice, transformative reflection, substantive community, and conscientious leadership into their experiences.
Learn more about Ohio Wesleyan's Interfaith Service program at www.owu.edu/InterfaithService.

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