Samantha Barclay of Spring Arbor to Serve Over Spring Break in Haiti

2012 Mar 6

Samantha Barclay of Spring Arbor, MI, will serve with a group of Huntington University students from March 12-16 over spring break in Haiti.

Barclay is a junior recreation and sports ministry major at HU.

Members of this trip, which are made up by the women's soccer team, will be making its way to Haiti where team members will be staying with Giving Hope Rescue Mission, an orphanage, where they will be volunteering. They will also travel to different orphanages including a special needs and terminally ill orphanage. They are also hoping to host soccer clinics

HU's Joe Mertz Center for Volunteer Service will also send three teams of students to Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Philadelphia; and Zacapa, Guatemala, from March 12-16. These groups will volunteer in area orphanages, clinics, schools and with local missionaries.

Huntington University is a comprehensive Christian college of the liberal arts offering graduate and undergraduate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations. U.S. News & World Report ranks Huntington among the best colleges in the Midwest, and Forbes.com has listed the university as one of America's Best Colleges. Additionally, Princeton Review has named the institution to its "Best in the Midwest" list. Founded in 1897 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Huntington University is located on a contemporary, lakeside campus in northeast Indiana. The university is a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU).

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