Sarah Henderson '10 paints a local youngster's face as part of
Salve Regina's annual community service event,
CommUniversity Day, in May 2007.

The Corporation for National and Community Service has named Salve Regina to the Community Service Honor Roll With Distinction for exemplary service efforts and service to disadvantaged youth. Launched in 2006, the Community Service Honor Roll is the highest federal recognition a school can achieve for its commitment to service learning and civic engagement.

Left Photo: Mary Jane Milice shows off the butterfly she crafted
with the help of Dana Shoop '09 during the March Into Reading
festival.

Right Photo: Sara Goudreault '09 (right) explains the different
parts of a bee to Aubrey Baker.

2008 marked the fifth annual March into Reading festival, an event designed to inspire an interest in reading and reinforce the importance of literacy skills by celebrating the magical world of books. The annual event is organized by the Aquidneck Collaborative for Education and Salve Regina.

The West Warwick Youth Center, a project spear-headed by police
Lt. Joseph Gemma '95, opened its doors Aug. 12, 2007.

Police Lt. Joseph Gemma '95 led the drive to open a local youth center in West Warwick, RI. Gemma first approached the town's police chief, Peter Brousseau, and police Maj. Charles Desrosiers '03 (M) about the possibility of building a youth center in August 2000. After winning approval from the town council and more than four years of writing grant proposals, Gemma's persistence paid off. The West Warwick Youth Center opened its doors on Aug. 12, 2007 and currently accommodates 50 to 60 youngsters a day.

Robert Skeffington '89, Raymond Jorgensen and Richard Santilli '89
are the owners of Priority Management.

Priority Management Group (PMG), a health care billing company in Pawtucket, R.I., encourages their employees to practice random acts of kindness. Each year, in the true spirit of Christmas, Richard Santilli '89, Robert Skeffington '89 and PMG president Raymond Jorgensen give $300 in cash to their employees to hand out as they see fit. PMG employees have targeted a broad spectrum of people, from the elderly to college students to families with children. They have also helped homeless families at local shelters and provided money for Hurricane Katrina disaster relief.

Lisa Ferrazzoli '82 shakes hands with
district coordinating director Raymond
Gbedowoa in Adabraka, Ghana, after
donating six sewing machines to the
village's women's shelter, while Tetteh
Amegatcher of the Reach 4 Peace
nonprofit organization looks on.

What does and African queen, a teacher, a mother of three and the founder of six international preschools have in common? They are all the same person: Lisa Ferrazzoli '82. Ferrazzoli established her first preschool in Gothenburg, Sweden as a playgroup for her daughter Elena and other children. Her school became an instant success, and today, Ferrazzoli operates three international preschools in Gothenburg and three more schools in Ghana, Africa, where she has also set up computer labs, hospitals, malaria clinics and women's shelters. In appreciation to Ferrazzoli, the villagers named her queen of Adabraka giving her the African queen name "Naa Odaemi", meaning queen mother/savior - of Adabraka.

More than 50 female student-athletes turned out to play in the
Powder Puff charity football game to benefit the Leukemia Society
Nov. 18, 2007.

Fifty female student-athletes took to the field Nov. 18, 2007 to play a charity Powder Puff football game in honor of 4-year-old Kathleen Quinn, the daughter of history professor Dr. John Quinn, who has been diagnosed with leukemia. Sponsored by the university's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, the event was organized by softball players Katherine Vieira '09 and Jennifer Sousa '08. Sousa who worked in the pediatric playroom at the Hasbro Children's Hospital during the summer of 2006 crossed paths with Quinn and his family during their daughter's treatment. The game raised more than $1,000 to benefit the Tomorrow Fund at Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence, R.I., a Fund that offers financial and emotional support to families of children with cancer.

Andrea Roshier '94 brings a smile to a youngster at Camp
Arrowhead.

From the age of 13, Andrea Roshier '94 volunteered at Camp Arrowhead in Natick, Mass, a camp that welcomes a wide range of disabled individuals, from children as young as 5 to teenagers and handicapped adults. Today, she is the camp's director.

The experience has deepened her awareness of being handicapped. "I try to help people understand that we're all in this world together," she said. "We all have abilities and disabilities, even if they are only temporary." For Roshier, spending summers at the camp is inspiring. "It makes you realize that if they can press on, anyone can," she said. "At the end of the day, I feel so proud of them. I think: Look what they have learned to do."

Jessica Faiteau '10 and Jordan Young have dinner together
March 15, 2007 during an event for children from the Dr. Martin
Luther King Community Center sponsored by the Student
Alumni Association.

Pizza, fun and games were the fare on March 15 and March 23 2007, when members of Salve Regina's Student Alumni Association (SAA) hosted a dinner for children from Newport's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center.

"This annual event brings children from the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center to campus to spend time with our students," said Stephen Kumnick '03,'04, officer of alumni/parent programs. "The children from the center enjoyed a meal in Miley Hall in addition to spending time with our students creating bead necklaces and bracelets."

Robert Hoffman '08 and a Special Olympics athlete light
the Olympic torch.

Student volunteers turned out in force April 19 for the 28th annual East Bay Area Special Olympics Games at Rogers High School in Newport. Salve Regina students organize this event yearly for the Special Olympics organization.

Posing for a photo with children from Child & Family residential
homes after a basketball clinic Dec. 8, 2007 are (back row, from left)
assistant coach Alick Furtick '02 and teammates Andrew Chartier
'11, Daniel Royce '11, Timothy Daly '10, Stephen Walsh '08, Michael
Walsh '08, Quinn O'Brien '08, Michael Cassell '09 and (middle row)
Mathew Lynch '09, Joseph DeSantis '09, Windell Hinkson '11,
captain Christopher Goodridge '08, Justin Woodworth '09 and head
coach Sean Foster '97.

Salve Regina's men's basketball team hosted a clinic for local children who live in residential group homes operated by Child & Family of Newport County. Teammates shared their time teaching nine aspiring young players a little bit about life, basketball and what it's like to be in college. "In addition to teaching these children basic basketball skills, we also taught them some life skills, such as the value of hard work, balancing their day, eating right and sleeping well," Foster said. "It was a truly rewarding experience with phenomenal children who bring so much happiness despite having difficult living circumstances," he said. "This was a fantastic experience for both the children and our players."

Class of 2008 valedictorian Santia Mazzeferro
volunteers at the Carey Elementary School in
Newport, where she did her student teaching.

"Education is not based on academics alone. Instead, education is about molding and creating responsible, respectful and productive world citizens. Since we arrived on campus, we were encouraged to actively work for a world that is harmonious, just and merciful," Mazzaferro said. "My teaching philosophy evolved because Salve Regina has enabled me to articulate my ambition to lead children to the development of those same qualities."

Leila de Bruyne hugs Moses and Rahab, two children who now call
the Flying Kites Children's Centre in Kinangop, Kenya home.

Leila de Bruyne '07, Justine Axelsson '07, Elizabeth Calabrese '07, Ryan Connell '07, Bridget Sheerin '07 and Sean O'Toole '07 co-founded Flying Kites, Inc., an organization whose mission helps vulnerable and orphaned children in developing countries break free from the cycle of poverty. Flying Kites opened its doors to the children of Kenya in September 2007, and today, 10 children call the centre home. Their long-term plan is to establish additional Centres in many locations all over the world.

Bobby Gondola, Jr. '06 sits among his 4th grade class at Simonstown
School in South Africa.

During his trip to Africa, Bobby Gondola, Jr. '06 helped create a youth resource directory in the impoverished townships in the Cape Flats of South Africa, taught fourth grade and high school classes and directed a fundraiser for Nyumbani Orphanage, the first HIV/AIDS orphanage in Kenya.

When asked what does Christmas Through the Eyes of a Child mean to him, Gondola responded, "Calling attention to other perspectives, on even the most universal of things and remembering that while gifts on Christmas morning are oftentimes associated with the holiday - gifts come in the form of support, nurturing and commitment."