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Interested in volunteering abroad? Come to chapel and stay for community time on Oct. 24

Anne Keasling
October 24, 2002

Zahara Hecksher, co-author of "How to Live Your Dreams of Volunteering Overseas," will share instructive stories, encouragement and practical advice for those interested in volunteering overseas on Thursday, Oct. 24, in Boe Chapel. The former director of the Washington DC office for Global Exchange, Hecksher is currently working for the Center for Economic Justice in Washington DC while she lectures on international volunteering at college campuses around the country. Her international work has ranged from planting trees in rural Zambia to helping build a new medical clinic in Nicaragua. The lecture on Thursday, Oct. 24, at 11 a.m. in Boe Chapel is co-sponsored by the St. Olaf Office for Servant Leadership, the Center for Experiential Learning, the International and Off-Campus Studies Office, and the Carleton College Career Center.

Contact Carole Engblom at 507-786-3315 or leigh@stolaf.edu.