This ain’t no costume — every Halloween for the past several years the Red Cross has made Burke its go-to place for Type A through Type O. And even these guys aren’t scared: [As is often the case - photos courtesy of the wonderfully frightful Judy B.]
Archive for the ‘Community Service’ Category
I Vahnt Your Blood
Posted in Community Service on October 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Homeless Walk
Posted in Community Service on October 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This morning the entire school took to the streets to walk for the Homeless!
Abolition Day December 2, 2009
Posted in Activism, Community, Community Service, History on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“If you thought slavery had been abolished for good with the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, you’re not alone. Most people don’t know that today the buying and selling of humans is the second most profitable illicit trade in the world. It is estimated that more than 27 million people are currently held in some [...]
Art Meets Action
Posted in Community Service, Performing Arts on September 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sometimes art + activism = cool results. One case in point: The Cove, an award-winning American documentary. The movie shows the filmakers’ efforts to avoid the Japanese authorities in order to capture on film the annual dolphin hunt in Taiji, Japan. 20,000 dolphins are killed in Japan every year. This year, because of The Cove’s [...]
Service is Presidential!
Posted in Community Service, tagged Community Service on June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This summer is all about service! President Obama, a big proponent of service and community work, has declared that from June 22 to September 11, a new initiative called United We Serve will be asking all Americans to step up and serve in their communities. Many of our Burke students will be completing and surpassing [...]
Why We Go: The Film
Posted in Community, Community Service, tagged Community Service, NOLA, service on April 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We had a wonderful trip, mostly because of the amazing group of students and the fabulous co-leaders! Thanks to all the students (Jenni, Sara, Julia, Iman, Isaac, Noah, Mike C., Mike B, Rachel, Colin, and Chelsea) and to Amanda, Rod, Elizabeth, Dan and Helene for their leadership. A big thank you as well to our [...]
NOLANOAHNOLANOAH
Posted in Community Service on April 3, 2009 | 5 Comments »
It rained today. It started to pour when we were having lunch, sitting on the former foundation of an abandoned home, taking a break from removing stumps and whacking weeds and attaching doorknobs in the lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana. So it started to rain, and we left the worksite early. We came [...]
A Long Road Ahead for New Orleans
Posted in Community Service, tagged new orleans on April 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have been in New Orleans for four days now, and, through tours and conversations, I feel I have a better understanding of what happened to the city. But I still wonder why progress has been so slow. I have heard from several people that there are billions of dollars in federal aid that have [...]
Laissez les bon temps rouler
Posted in Community Service, Performing Arts, tagged new orleans on March 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mrserviceduran asked why it’s important for us to go back and continue to help New Orleans. NOLA has given so much to America. Not the least of which is the critical role it has played in knitting together the fabric of American music. Buddy Bolden, Professor Longhair, Jelly Roll Morton, Dr. John, Louis Armstrong, The [...]
A lesson learned.
Posted in Community Service, Uncategorized on March 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I know, I know-some of you may be asking “why are you even up and on your computer at 7:45 a.m. on the first Saturday of Spring Break?” The answer is simple; I couldn’t sleep. So, I grabbed a cup o’ joe and while searching on Last Minute Trips.com, to avoid waking up next Saturday in the [...]
The City that Care Forgot?
Posted in Community, Community Service, tagged new orleans on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We refuse to forget the devastation from Katrina, and in our own small way, we’re going down to NOLA to show we still care about this city both as Americans, and maybe more importantly, as fellow human beings. 2005 might feel like a long time ago, but for a lot of residents from New Orleans, [...]
We’re headed to New Orleans!
Posted in Community Service, tagged new orleans on March 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
16 Students. 6 adults. 4 years since Katrina. One amazing city. Even four years later, New Orleans stays on our minds and in our hearts and we continue to remember what happened in August of 2005. Burke returns to New Orleans from March 28th to April 4th to help, working with Lean on Me, Inc. [...]
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