THE GOOD NEWS FROM 19 EYE STREET
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National Day of Service March 20, 2021 This past spring, the Gonzaga Fathers Club organized the inaugural Gonzaga National Day of Service. “By all accounts it was a great day of service both locally and nationally that helped connect the Gonzaga community with their local communities and model our ‘Men for Others’ mantra,” said 2020-2021 GFC President Grant Palmer. “Our hope is for this effort to become an annual event for the Gonzaga community moving forward.” The 2022 event is scheduled for Saturday, March 19 — please visit Gonzaga.org/DayofService for more information.
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1. The Gonzaga family — including alumni, parents, students and friends — identified, organized, and mobilized across the country to lead 27 service projects in support of their local communities. Pictured here is a group of Gonzaga students outside Second Story, a non-profit which provides housing, counseling, and life skills support for young people in Virginia. 2. Volunteers outside the Pope Francis Outreach Center at Assumption Catholic Church in southeast DC. In addition to projects in the Washington metropolitan area, Gonzaga alumni and friends also organized service work in New York City, Los Angeles, Columbus, Charlotte, and Panama City. 3. Volunteers led a clothing drive for the Father McKenna Center, which is located in the basement of St. Al’s. 4,5. Projects included beautification and clean-up of parks, churches, and schools.
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WINTER 2021
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