School of Education students work to help Haiti relief
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
A group of IU School of Education students came together on January 28 to personally work towards a relief project for victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Students in Sr. Clinical Lecturer Leana McClain's E325 "Social Studies in the Elementary Schools" class spent a morning assembling relief kits to send to the victims after gathering the required supplies as well as cash to cover shipping and processing costs. The kits were donated to the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), a not-for-profit international humanitarian aid organization that provides emergency disaster relief.In assembly line-fashion, the students stuffed plastic bags full of a hand towel, a washcloth, a comb, a nail file or fingernail clippers, a bar of soap, a toothbrush, and 5 adhesive plastic strip bandages. During the afternoon, the students delivered 150 bags containing the items to a local drop site.
