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I love WABASH day for many reasons. I get to see Wabash alumni in a new light. One of my favorite photos of the late Dr. Tom Topper I took while he was standing not in an operating room, but on top of the gym set he’d just helped complete. There’s that photo of Herm Haffner covered with sweat and grime, yanking roofing nails from the house he’s rehabbing, another of John Bridge ’72 handing out food to the homeless at St. Richard’s school. And it’s encouraging, in the middle of a busy semester, to see how much good can be done by a few caring people in just a few hours. This year with a magazine deadline and Wabash Day activities converging, I had only a few hours to get away on Saturday and Sunday, so I thought I’d try a different angle—to see a couple of the “smaller” projects, and those led by younger alumni. And I learned that there are no small projects when Little Giants are involved, even when just two or three come together.
Read full article »So what brings a Wabash graduate with a degree in Religion to Mthatha? There is a former municipal dump just outside the city limits where about 1,500 people (if not twice that amount) reside without any attention from any government officials. These squatters have carved out a small piece of the world for themselves there. Inside this community of Itipini (Xhosa for “at the dump”) there exists a clinic and preschool established by the African Medical Mission specifically for the residents of Itipini. This is where I work, assisting the nurses there in a number of ways, including being a part time taxi/ambulance for the people of the dump, who are very grateful that someone is there to help educate their children and to give them medical care.
Read full article »There has been a devastating Earthquake here in China, of which I am sure you know. I have not been affected directly, but millions of people have. Everyday I turn on the TV and realize just how lucky I am to have the life I have. Many of my Chinese friends have family or other friends there, which is making it a tough time for them, and me as well. It wasn’t that long ago that I was in Sichuan on vacation climbing mountains and visiting the pandas, but now a great deal of that area has been destroyed. I am, for the most part, speechless when I see the photos of the aftermath.
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