Connecting Campus to Community
One of the roles of Campus Ministry, in addition to accompanying students on their faith journeys, is to connect them with the communities near their respective campuses. This is often accomplished through various service projects when needed.
A great example of this happened this past weekend when Elisa Thompson, the Co-President of the Sustainability Club and a student at West Liberty University, organized efforts of the club to help the Sisters of the Congregation of St. Joseph prepare their community garden at Mt. St. Joseph for spring planting.
Elisa is an active student in Campus Ministry and Shirley Carter, the Director of Hilltop CM at West Liberty, helped connect the two groups.
“I was so happy to work with Elisa in reaching out to Sr. Kathleen Durkin of the Congregation for this project,” Carter stated. “It not only aligned with the mission of the club but helped the Sisters as well who, in turn, help the community.”
According to Thompson, “our club goals are to better our campus and wheeling community through promoting sustainable practices and education, and we had fun doing it!”
Other club members who helped were Co-President Lorelei Eagle, Samuel Trusty, Ayden Ash, and Daniel Pitts.
Pictured in the group photo inside the Sisters of St. Joseph’s community garden are from left to right in front: Elissa Thompson and Lorelei Eagle; second row Samuel Trusty, Ayden Ash, and Daniel Pitts.
