Rebecca Grzybowski

Binghamton Scholars Program  

William Ziegler  ziegler@binghamton.edu

• Maintain a GPA over 3.25

• Experience hands-on leadership opportunities

• Volunteer opportunities: All Saints Soup Kitchen, VINES, donation of blankets to hospitalized children

• Complete a Capstone Project

 

VINES   

Natalie Hughes natalie@vinesgardens.org          

• Collaborated with VINES representatives to create an independent project

• Assembled a cookbook with recipes and tips on how to cook and preserve vegetables

• Volunteered and worked in a community garden in an economically disadvantaged neighborhood

 

Global Medical Brigades    

Jennie Wilson globalmedicalbrigades@binghamton.edu  

• Traveled to Nicaragua for a public health brigade in January 2016

• Empower rural communities to prevent common illnesses

• Construct infrastructural projects, such as the installation of latrines, septic tanks and concrete floors

 

Student United Way

Abigail Giles suw@binghamtonsa.org

• Collaborate with Sodexo Food Recovery Network to recover leftover food to package for soup kitchens

• Complete an innovatory list of weights, temperatures, and quantities of food

• Volunteer at Carlisle After School Program to facilitate physical activities and maintain a safe environment in an economically disadvantaged neighborhood

 

Johnson City Mentor Program   

Joanna Cardona jcardona@binghamton.edu       

• Visited Johnson City Middle School and provide assistance to a young, at-risk student

• Offered guidance and tutoring to a middle school student who struggles at home and academically

• Completed 50 hours of service at the middle school and attend a seminar once a week

 

Pen Pals

Kaitlin Biagiotti  kbiagio1@binghamton.edu

• Exchange letters with an elementary school student from the local area

• Appeal to an elementary school student with interesting letters, messages, and drawings

• Meet the student and give them a tour of the campus

 

St. Rose of Lima Volleyball Assistant Coach  

Brett Harrell (516) 799-6004

• Teach the fundamental skills of volleyball to teenage girls, ranging from 6th-9th grade

• Create drills and game strategies through collaboration with coaches to schedule practices 

• Establish clear guidelines to be followed by all players 

 

Faith Mission Soup Kitchen in Hempstead  

Julie LeBau (516) 223-6335 and Carmen Dordal

• Prepare and serve food for mass consumption

• Clean tables and floors, stack the chairs and ensure the establishment is held up to health code standards

• Monitor clothing room in order to ensure everyone can receive clothes, soap and other necessities

 

Construction in Central America  

Ernest Kabelka (516) 698-8398

• Travelled to Nicaragua in 2013 and Costa Rica in 2014

• Communicated with the Spanish-speaking natives

• Built the foundation of two new classrooms by foraging rebar, mixing cement, and digging trenches

• Repainted the outside of pots, the building, and tire toys and donated new toys and equipment to the children