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Hartsville, S.C. — Continuing Coker College’s
long tradition of community service, several students spent part of
their summer vacation in Louisiana helping Hurricane Katrina victims.
Enduring intense heat and difficult physical demands, 15 Coker students
spent a week installing new sheet rock in a home in Boothville and painting
and gutting houses in the Upper Ninth Ward and Midtown area of New Orleans.
“It was great to see the students come together and work tirelessly to
help Katrina victims they had never met,” said senior Michael Koshis
of Greenville.
The students not only repaired physical damages that the 2005 storm caused,
they were also able to help heal some of the emotional harm that the
hurricane left in its wake. Koshis believes that seeing volunteers from
other areas of the U.S. and the world is uplifting for people of Louisiana.
“People walking down the street would come up and thank us for the work
we were doing,” he said. “They know that other people care about
them.”
Plans are already underway for a group of Coker students to return to
Louisiana next summer, according to Demetrious McCoy. McCoy, a senior
from Darlington, has helped organize the trip for the past two years.
In 2008, Coker College celebrates 100 years of educating students who
are committed to making a positive difference in the world.
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release by Tanisha Morrison '09
Photos courtesy of Michael Koshis '07
September 14, 2007
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