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March 11, 2004

Service Learning Trips a Spring Break Alternative

SIOUX FALLS, SD - Twenty-Seven Augustana students have selected to participate in service learning trips during the college's spring break, March 22-26.

Coordinated by the Augustana Chapel of Reconciliation, the students are headed for Pine Ridge in South Dakota, Phoenix, Ariz., and Holden Village in Washington.

At Pine Ridge, Augie students will be working on a Habitat for Humanity House. They will stay at the retreat center in Pine Ridge, become immersed in the native culture, spend time becoming familiar with a weekend youth drop-in program, and visit the Oglala Lakota College in Mission, S.D.

The group traveling to Phoenix will be working with Habitat for Humanity in El Mirage, Ariz., the second poorest city in the state. Currently 25 Habitat homes are under construction. Augustana alumni living in the area have been invited to join the students.

Preparing the site for spring and summer guests is the objective for the Holden Village group. The Augie students will also enjoy hiking, snowshoeing, and retreating in the Cascade Mountains.

Participating students and their destinations:

PINE RIDGE

• Jennifer Stavenger, Brighton, MI
• Christy Hallenbeck, Sioux Falls, SD
• Carly LaCroix, Sioux Falls, SD
• Liz Kaspar, Lincoln, NE
• Lisa Lorenz, Worthington, MN
• Andy Fett, Spearfish, SD
• Alison Graf, Apple Valley, MN
• Kara Wiechmann, Parkston, SD
• Amber Hallberg, Echo, MN
• Lindsey Hibma, Worthington, MN
• Jon Larson, Red Wing, MN
• Jaime Munsch, Wells, MN

PHOENIX

• Emily Knight, Watertown, SD
• Marta Madsen, Lincoln, NE
• Angie Hummel, Lakefield, MN
• Megan Houck, Watertown, SD
• Katie Andert, Benson, MN
• Ryan Howard, Lennox, SD
• Sandra Weaver, Sioux Falls, SD
• Matt Dorothy, Harrisburg, SD
• Charles Oldenkamp, Allendorf, IA

HOLDEN VILLAGE

• Jenny Onberg, Rosesmount, MN
• Gina Verdoorn, Hull, IA
• Fenecia Homan, Brandon, SD
• Nicole Muenchow, Brooklyn Park, MN
• Angie Wade, Fort Dodge, IA
• Kristina Kveene, Sioux Falls, SD