Two teams of Trine University staff from the College of Graduate and Professional
Studies’ Angola Education Center participated in Steuben County’s United Way Day of
Caring on April 26.
Both teams completed service projects for veterans of the Vietnam War.
A team made up of Keirsten Eberts, senior director of global partnerships; Brittni
Heiden, Angola Education Center director; Greg Knauer, admission counselor; and Kodi
Buell, director of online learning, painted a porch, gardened and laid mulch, raked
leaves and did other yard work for one veteran and his wife. A second team made up
of Greg Brooks, director, Master of Science in engineering management; Jenson Jiang,
international relationship coordinator; Amy Alt, youth hockey program director; and
Teresa Stuckey, graduate administrative assistant, tore down a shed, built a new one
and did other yard work for another veteran who served in the Army.
“Both of these veterans and their families were beyond thankful,” said Eberts. “They
would not have been able to do the work on their own, either for physical or financial
reasons.”
This is the fourth year Trine University has participated in Day of Caring. During
Day of Caring, individuals in the community join together to help nonprofit organizations
and individuals with projects they are unable to do themselves or do not have the
resources to complete. Projects can include cleaning gutters or windows, construction
or home improvement projects, ramp construction, yard work or gardening, cutting down
or trimming trees, painting and house cleaning.
Visit SmugMug to see more pictures from the event.