{"id":292692,"date":"2015-12-10T12:35:45","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T16:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/?p=292692"},"modified":"2015-12-10T12:35:45","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T16:35:45","slug":"maggie-l-walker-governors-school-students-build-ramps-for-residents-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/maggie-l-walker-governors-school-students-build-ramps-for-residents-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Maggie L. Walker Governor\u2019s School students build ramps for residents in need"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fourteen students from Stephanie Welles\u2019 Relevance Rising seminar and six members of Paige Hawkins RAMPS Club completed installation on two handicap access ramps last Thursday, December 3rd<\/sup> between 10:30 am \u2013 1:30 pm, providing a safe entrance for residents of Nine Mile Road that live with health and mobility issues.<\/p>\n

For the past three years, Mrs. Welles\u2019 has taken her RR seminar to Guatemala for an interdisciplinary field experience that is both service learning and cultural immersion by providing services to the village of Tzunan\u00e0 community library.\u00a0 RAMPS Club helps to build accessibility ramps for those without the means to afford it themselves. Materials needed to complete the project are ordered from Ramps by Students and are based upon the design need of the recipient.<\/p>\n

Mrs. Welles learned of one resident\u2019s need from the 2015 MLWGS RAMPS Club president and MLWGS graduate Kaitlyn Kurdziel, who was aware of a homebound gentleman from Guatemala in the US for twenty years but had suffered a spinal cord injury fourteen years ago. Because of RR\u2019s Guatemalan connection, Kaitlyn thought the students of Mrs. Welles a good source for collaboration on these installations. Senior Will Sherrill, stated: \u2018our class is a service class and we do service all the time, so this was a project we knew we\u2019d do.\u201d<\/p>\n

The other ramp recipient was a graduate of the original Maggie Walker High School. Will added, \u201ca few parts were missing for this ramp, but we were able to improvise. Overall, both were well planned out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fundraising for this project began last spring with a series of coin drives, bake sales and ice cream socials to reach their goal of $1,000.00.<\/p>\n

Students involved learned the value of community service and teamwork to accomplish this project.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/relevancerisingmlwgs.weebly.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

www.rampsbystudents.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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