What can be accomplished in 3,133 hours?
With 256 of those hours, Eddie Roohan, Spanish and theology double
major, used his savings to cofound the Bridge to Life School in Cambodia
for 60 students.
Hailey Smith, psychology major, used 819 of those hours to help children
with serious illnesses at Ronald McDonald House and Make-A-Wish
Foundation, troubled youngsters at Los Angeles County's Sylmar Juvenile
Hall and special needs children.
Roohan and Smith were among six Loyola Marymount University graduates
honored at this year's Riordan Community Service Awards for contributing
more than 3,100 volunteer-hours to nonprofit organizations through
LMU's Center for Service and Action.
"We honor six outstanding students who have dedicated their time and
energy to the poor and marginalized" said Pam Rector, director of the
Center for Service and Action. "We, their parents, friends, supervisors
and members of the university community, come together to thank them
for living out one of the traditions of Loyola Marymount University -
being ‘women and men for and with others.' "
The honorees received $1,000 from the Riordan Foundation, founded by
Richard Riordan, the former Los Angeles mayor, for their outstanding
service.
The other Riordan Service Award winners were:
Liberal studies major, Lara Torii volunteered 960 hours at various
organizations including the Good Shepherd Shelter tutoring fourth-,
fifth- and sixth-grade students at the shelter's school), the Marian
Service organization and the Learning resource Center.
Mercedes Adams, a political science and classical civilizations double
major, who volunteered 512 hours, including 120 at the Los Angeles
Children's Law Center, helping children and their families work their
way through the court system. Adams will be attending Loyola Law School
next fall.
Veronica Recinos, a sociology and Spanish double major, volunteered 330
hours at the Impacto after school program run by the Dolores Mission's
Base Community and Underwings program.
Matthew Scott, a business management major, created an English language
program to help homeless Latino immigrant men overcome the language
barrier during the 256 hours he volunteered at the Guadalupe Homeless
Project.
May 25, 2010
News Contact: Celeste Durant | 310.338.7708 | celeste.durant@lmu.edu