Loyola Academy - Yearbook (Wilmette, IL)

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Love in f-.loijon Describes Volun Teer Work ove in acTioh is a good descripTioh of The work done by sTudehT voluh- Teers aT Loyola. VolunTeer- ihg Their services, Loyola Academy sTuder1Ts have given of Their Time and eher- gy To various service pro- jecTs ih and ouTside of school. Following The exam- ple seT forTh by ST. lghaTius, These sTudehTs embody Those characTerisTics of be- ing 'llvleh for OThers. Their spiriTed work, chanhelled Taking Time ouf from his Tuesday evenings, Junior Rich O'Dwyer spends Time wiTh The elderly. Through The lvlihisTry DeparT- mehT, has beriefiTed many iD The Chicago area who have heeded help. The mosT popular voluh- Teer projecf is The Soup KiTcheh wiTh Loyola sTudenT and faculTy members hum- berihg ih The fifTies, a much smaller involvemehf Thah in years pasT. This may be ih parT because ST. Thomas has experienced a flood of workers from all over which has limiTed The level of ih- volvemehf. The Soup KiTch- eh is locaTed aT ST. Thomas of CanTerbury in The UpTown area of Chicago. To com- baT The falling numbers, The lVlihisTry deparTmehT offered oTher alTerhaTives like a new experimenTal projecT To help The poor ih EvahsToh. The volunTeer work includes The preparaTion and serving of food To The underprivileged. 22 VoluhTeers This projecT noT only ehables The volunTeer To help oThers by saTisfyihg Their physical hunger buT also helps To fulfill Their infehse hunger for com- pahiohship. AhoTher popular voluh- Teer job is working wiTh The elderly aT Pembridge Nursing Home in Evahsfon. The group includes 45 regular members who go every oTher Tuesday evening. The members leave aT abouT 6:30, and uh- Til 8:30, They play checkers, cards and Talk wiTh The meh aT The Nursing Home. This provides The individual wiTh a chance To work wiTh people who have fallen ouT of The mainsTream of socieTy. lvlahy have become senile, while oThers are jusT unable To cope wiTh The pressures of socieTy. Working wiTh Those aT Pembridge allows The vol- ur1Teers To appreciaTe Their youTh and viTaliTy. John Quigley, a sehior who is ac- Tive in a number of volunTeer projecTs says of his volunTeer work, l enjoy iT because l geT a loT ouT of iT, l feell can do some Thing for oTher peo- ple while sfill having a good Time. We can brighTen Their ofherwise dreary roufine. Our work aT Pembridge gives us a special sense of safisfacfion. SaTurday mornings for mosT mean sleep, buT for a few diehard voluriTeers, SaT- urday mornings meah Trav- ellihg To UpTowh To TuTor Hmong refugees in English and Teach abouT Those he- cessiTies imporTanT for Those who are unfamiliar wiTh The ways of America. These may include familiarizihg Them wiTh The procedures of pur- chasing goods aT a sTore or helping The refugees handle Their bills. There are mahy volun- Teers aT Loyola who work on Their owh aT hospiTals, re- Tarded childrens homes, and nursing homes. These sTu- derifs also fihd someThihg special in Their work wiTh The less forTur1aTe. G-eTTihg a hug from a refarded child, geT- Tihg Through To an elderly mah sTruck wiTh sehiliTy, and The sense of saTisfacTioh when one sees a refugee able To do his shopping on his own are jusT a few of The benefiTs of voluhfeer work. All volunTeer work gives The Thrill of knowing ThaT one is doing someThihg for oThers. Jim O'Connor T YQ f' 'N Aff . 3 1-.X Q. N . M .T X TS-....,

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From leff, John Quigley. Rich O'Dwyer, James O'Connor, Bill Lackowskl, Tim Quigley, John KuTsch, The members of The El- derly group. Confldlng his cards, one of The elderly of Pembriclge seeks consulTaTion from senior Pal Pip er in o game of poker. Photos by James 0'Connor. Check Mare, Rich O'Dwyer and Peter Blaumueller conlemplole Their nexT move againsT The In- famous Slanley aT Pembridges Tuesday Bachelor Night Volunleer 23