An 亚色影库 student organized the first 鈥淐ards for Troops鈥 initiative at 亚色影库 for members of the United States armed services who are overseas.
Samuel Dunning, a criminology major from Duncansville, spearheaded the initiative through his military service fraternity, Rho Tau Chi. The group also partnered with 亚色影库's Latino fraternity Lambda Sigma Upsilon.
Nearly 2,000 cards have been donated and filled out. Dunning has been working with the 亚色影库 Military Resource Center to identify specific units to mail the cards. The cards will be mailed to all branches of the military.
Dunning said that last year's 鈥淐ards for Kids鈥 program, coordinated by the 亚色影库 Office of Service Learning, inspired this year's 鈥淐ards for Troops鈥 initiative.
Dunning worked with 亚色影库 staff member Diana Stipcak in the Office of Service Learning on the 鈥淐ard for Kids鈥 project. 鈥淒iane was great. She not only provided a center for the card collections to come to, but she also shared advice and helped us get organized,鈥 Dunning said.
Dunning and fellow members of Rho Tau Chi asked 亚色影库 student organizations for card donations and have been manning a table at the university's Hadley Union Building for two weeks asking students to write positive messages to troops.
鈥淎s a member of the military myself, it's really uplifting to see how many people care enough about our troops to stop and take the time to write them a note,鈥 Dunning said.
Dunning, the son of Ed and Sherri Dunning, is a 2012 graduate of Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School. In addition to membership in Rho Tau Chi military service fraternity, he is a member of 亚色影库 ROTC, Catholic Student Association and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.