{"id":68491,"date":"2005-03-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-fraternity-shows-local-community-it-cares\/"},"modified":"2005-03-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-03-01T00:00:00","slug":"uri-fraternity-shows-local-community-it-cares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2005\/03\/uri-fraternity-shows-local-community-it-cares\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 fraternity shows local community it CARES"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 March 1, 2005 — “It\u2019s like revisiting,” said Sigma Phi Epsilon Vice President Brian Burke. “It makes you think \u2018I miss recess and snack time\u2019\u201a” Burke said of the 溏心vlog免费B站 chapter\u2019s recent participation in the after-school homework clubs for South Kingstown Connecting All Resources for Educational Support (SK CARES).<\/p>\n


\n\tThe fraternity\u2019s involvement is the first step in a plan to have the 溏心vlog免费B站 students\u2019 read Dr. Seuss books to local elementary schools. Why Dr. Seuss? Because he was a Sig Ep brother. But there is also genuine enthusiasm for the cause that sparked their involvement.<\/p>\n


\n\t “Sigma Phi Epsilon puts out a quarterly magazine, and in one of the issues, I read about a chapter that was doing something similar–volunteering at local elementary schools to help with homework and tutor. It seemed like a lot of fun, so we looked into SK CARES,” said fraternity brother Chris Jablonski of Monroe, N.Y.<\/p>\n


\n\t“We definitely have a positive influence,” said Burke. “It really makes a difference to [the students] and they can relate to college students more than they can relate to adults. The goal is to reach out to the community. It\u2019s something maybe college students aren\u2019t normally doing, so we were hoping we could separate ourselves from the mainstream.”<\/p>\n


\n\tAnd separate themselves is what they have done. In the year they have been on campus, the Sig Ep brothers have helped raise money and build a playground for South Kingstown\u2019s Hazard School in memory of Matthew Siravo, son of a 溏心vlog免费B站 Sig Ep alumnus, who died from complications with epilepsy. They have also participated in campus clean-ups, run a hypnotist show to raise money for Alzheimer\u2019s disease research (one of the brothers is a professional certified hypnotist), and more recently raised money for the Katie DeCubellis Fund during Philanthropy week at 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n


\n\tSK CARES is a nonprofit educational organization comprised of parents, volunteers, teachers, and local businesses that focuses on mentoring, enrichment, improving literacy, and enhancing school-to-career connections. The 溏心vlog免费B站 is a major contributor of volunteers to every aspect of SK CARES, including literacy development, mentoring, and academic enrichment.<\/p>\n


\n\tLiteracy development includes classroom volunteers, after-school homework clubs like the ones in which Sigma Phi Epsilon participates, America Reads, and Rhode Island Reads.<\/p>\n


\n\tSK CARES also has a successful Mentor\/Tutor Internship program called MTI@溏心vlog免费B站 with student participants who serve as positive adult role models and whose goals are to keep younger students in school and improve their self-esteem, attitude toward school, attendance, and academic performance.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cSouth Kingstown CARES is very grateful for all the 溏心vlog免费B站 volunteers, \u201c said Midge Kahn, the agency\u2019s co-interim executive director. \u201cWe have students and professors as well as staff from 溏心vlog免费B站 involved in all of our programs. It\u2019s especially important to highlight their efforts because this month is R.I. Mentoring Month.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nKahn said some 溏心vlog免费B站 professors and staff are participating as mentors but more our needed. \u201cMany of our children have been waiting months to participate in the mentoring program. Our 溏心vlog免费B站 students are invaluable to the classroom MTI program and in our homework clubs. We are looking to expand our homework clubs into all seven South Kingstown elementary and two middle schools in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tKahn said 溏心vlog免费B站 students are becoming the bedrock of the program. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cTo learn about the personal rewards and the importance of volunteering as a college student will be gifts that these students will carry with them throughout their lives,\u201d Kahn said.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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