Clubs host festival for Liberty Partnership Program
Issue date: 11/4/04 Section: News
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Marist's Liberty Partnership Program (LPP) held its sixth annual Harvest Festival last Wednesday, Oct. 27.
The event took place in the Cabaret with the help of 20 Marist clubs. Students offered a wide variety of games and activities for 57 LPP children from four schools in Kingston and Poughkeepsie. This was LPP's largest event ever held on campus since it had the highest attendance. The Psychology Club served as the main sponsor by offsetting the cost of refreshments and providing an activity table.
LPP students could choose to visit any activity table sponsored by the clubs. Activities included pumpkin painting, T-shirt decorating, making ethnic bracelets, decorating Halloween bags, throwing "pies" in the faces of Marist students, playing Wiffle ball, making candy apples, decorating cupcakes, and participating in a recycle relay race.
Participating clubs included Teachers of Tomorrow, Kappa Lambda Psi, Circle K, Sigma Gamma Rho, Campus Ministry, Psychology Club, Black Student Union, ARCO, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Phi Kappa Sigma, Alpha Sigma Tau, Tau Beta Sigma, Dance Club, Social Work Association, Students Encouraging Environmental Dedication, Marist Ski Team, MCTV and Sigma Gamma Rho.
LPP is funded through the New York State Education Department. Marist has sponsored the program since 1990. Marist students serve as tutors, mentors, interns and volunteers to help serve at-risk students in Poughkeepsie and Kingston in grades 5 through 12. The goal of the program is to provide a broad range of services aimed at motivating students to graduate from high school and enter college or the workforce. Principals, teachers and parents refer students to the program.
LPP provides after-school sessions, tutoring, counseling, college tours, mentoring, cultural enrichment, and field trips through partnerships with the schools and community entities. Each year, over 225 students are enrolled in LPP in seven schools in Kingston and Poughkeepsie, and at least 200 Marist students serve as tutors, mentors, interns or volunteers.
The event took place in the Cabaret with the help of 20 Marist clubs. Students offered a wide variety of games and activities for 57 LPP children from four schools in Kingston and Poughkeepsie. This was LPP's largest event ever held on campus since it had the highest attendance. The Psychology Club served as the main sponsor by offsetting the cost of refreshments and providing an activity table.
LPP students could choose to visit any activity table sponsored by the clubs. Activities included pumpkin painting, T-shirt decorating, making ethnic bracelets, decorating Halloween bags, throwing "pies" in the faces of Marist students, playing Wiffle ball, making candy apples, decorating cupcakes, and participating in a recycle relay race.
Participating clubs included Teachers of Tomorrow, Kappa Lambda Psi, Circle K, Sigma Gamma Rho, Campus Ministry, Psychology Club, Black Student Union, ARCO, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Phi Kappa Sigma, Alpha Sigma Tau, Tau Beta Sigma, Dance Club, Social Work Association, Students Encouraging Environmental Dedication, Marist Ski Team, MCTV and Sigma Gamma Rho.
LPP is funded through the New York State Education Department. Marist has sponsored the program since 1990. Marist students serve as tutors, mentors, interns and volunteers to help serve at-risk students in Poughkeepsie and Kingston in grades 5 through 12. The goal of the program is to provide a broad range of services aimed at motivating students to graduate from high school and enter college or the workforce. Principals, teachers and parents refer students to the program.
LPP provides after-school sessions, tutoring, counseling, college tours, mentoring, cultural enrichment, and field trips through partnerships with the schools and community entities. Each year, over 225 students are enrolled in LPP in seven schools in Kingston and Poughkeepsie, and at least 200 Marist students serve as tutors, mentors, interns or volunteers.