Kids and College Students One-to-One provides fun, friendship for local kids Ten yeurs ago.
four young boys were
caught vandalizing Trinity Lutheran Church , :.(ro�, the street from the PLLI campll� .
It
wa, �mal1 lime stuO"-breaking pencils in the ,ancillary lind damaging the grounds. pari�h
worker
Scafturnn
al
the
church.
The
Connie
Tt'OIlized ,hal the boys needed
;111('1111011. mIl punishment. $cafturon (Ontllclt"d some PLLJ student" �he knew
[0 Sl'C if Ihey would be interested in
hcfricndin� lhc�c four boys.
They agreed.
and One-Io-One was begun.
The One-lO
Om' program. �ponsorcd by Trinity. pairs tip troubled
youngsters with PLU student
volunteers. or
The students :lel
in big hrother
hi/o! sbler roles . being a friend [0 the kids. Once the progmlll was �Iarled. Scafturon
Tl'a1izcd that there were many childrcn in thc (!rca tlmt could benefit from it. 50 , �hc went to
loc�11 schools looking for chil(lrcn who
nccdcd help, and �hc �tartcd recruiting at PLlI for vt)lunteer�. One'lo�Onc involvc, weekly .Iflcrruloll mceling� where l'\'loryonc-kid� and COIlC�l' ,cudenh-gct'
IOgclhcr
tn
h,lve
fun.
Thomp�on.
" Somc of [he kids come from
really hard backgrollnd�. It can be frusuating Ht time�, but whcn you sec what a llifferel\ce
football . ha'l·h'IIL jump ropt.° , CrJrl�, ta� ,IIIJ
yOll Gm make in worthwhilc. , .
four square. "The meetings are a great way for the PLlI
"oy� tell years ago to over forty children ages
�lUdel1t!> to gel away from campus, and forgel
6�J 2.
ActivillC' JI thc weekly mel·ting� include
about
school
for a
while . "
s:lid
PLU
II
kid's life , it makes it all
The program ha� grown from those four
The succes� of One�to·One seems 10 he
volunteers from Trinity who supervise the program . Trinity also sponsors several relreats for Ihe PLlI studcnts e.lch ycar
10 develop a dose�
knit community.
PLU studenlS tlrc husy peop le . and ils'�
hind for Ihern to find exIra hours in the week. but the over 40 �tu(lelll� involved in One�to� One think it's worth the time,
thc combination of willing PLU studenls and
volunteer Brian Schlueter. Many of Ihe kids come from broh'n home... .
so One�IO�Ol1e
provide� h:ldly
needed 'KKial interm:tion for them.
It al'>O
give!> Ihem somCOl1e 10 depend on illld tru�l.
A�ide from Ihe weekly lI1eelin�!> . the PLlI
,tudellls �pend a minimum of two hour, a week with their ' 'little brOlh(Or, · · or " lil[le �i�ter�. , . Thi� time is �pcnt alone with the child. " You Icarn a 1m ubnut what'� gnin� Oil out,idc
PLU . "
,aid
,ophornore
Tom
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