The Chalk Squad is a group of UNI students from St. Stephens that live in the residence halls. They represent St. Stephens to all of the people in their hall. As a member of the chalk squad they help get the word out about upcoming events at St. Stephens. They also get to know the people in their halls and help with questions people may have about St. Stephens.

Contact: Mary Brandt - mbrandt@uni.edu

Volunteers are utilized to help with the Red Cross Mini-Blood Drive sponsored each year at St. Stephen's. We also need at least 30 volunteers to roll up their sleeves and donate blood. All donors are scheduled for a specific time to insure a timely process. This semester the blood drive is November 8th 2-6pm. You can register on line at www.givelife.org

Contact: Dan Pelzer - dpelzer@uni.edu

El Faro is a group that strives to give Christian witness to the value and dignity of human life, by empowering the communities of St. Stephen's and El Faro in developing ongoing solutions for El Faro's financial, educational, and spiritual needs. El Faro is an orphanage in Tijuana, Mexico that is in need of help financially and spiritually. In March of 2001, four members from St. Stephen's were sent down to see if our community could help this orphanage of 70 children. Upon our return a committee was formed, and we started the El Faro Water Project. Enough money was raised during the water project, to give El Faro clean, life-giving water for 2 years. Our goal for the St. Stephen's community and El Faro is to develop a more personal relationship. The project that we are currently working on is writing letters to the children of El Faro once a month. Each child has been paired with a member from St. Stephen's to help build a stronger relationship between the two communities.

Contact: Megan Kass - moralesr@uni.edu

Adopt a Grandparent is an outreach area here at St. Stephen that spends time doing various activities with residents at the Western Home We carpool to the Western Home once a month and spend about two hours doing various activities with the residents. The time we spend there is always a lot of fun. The residents enjoy it and it really gives the students involved a sense of purpose. Our next event is on October 31st and we will help the resisdents give candy to the trick or treaters. Meet at the student center at 5:45!

Contact: Kelsey Dudzik - kdudz@uni.edu

Contact: Christine Pimlott - cpimlott@uni.edu

Each month this committee gets together and prepares a meal for the staff and guests at the Catholic Worker House. Generally, the dinner is the last Monday of the month and 20-30 people are served. A menu is planned early in the month and a sign up sheet is hung on the bulletin board for food donations. Food is dropped off the day before the Monday of the meal. Preparation begins at 3:00 in our kitchen. After preparing the meal, we leave St. Stephen's at 5:00 and serve the meal at 6:00.

Contact: Jill Kirkeberg - jillk08@uni.edu

Contact: Andrew LeClere - leclerea@uni.edu