Matt Carrigan
Hello everyone! My name is Matthew Carrigan and I am the President of the We Are Campaign here at Penn State. I have been exposed to service for as long as I can remember. I have attended Catholic School…
Hello everyone! My name is Matthew Carrigan and I am the President of the We Are Campaign here at Penn State. I have been exposed to service for as long as I can remember. I have attended Catholic School…
I first started getting involved with service when I was in high school and my passion grew from there. I saw an advertisement for Habitat for Humanity and after seeing this ad, I applied to go on a trip…
I’ve been involved in service since I was very young, mainly thanks to my mother who led my Girl Scout troop (597, whattup?!). I became more involved in high school through clubs like Interact and National Honor Society. But I…
My first participation with community service was in high school, through Key Club and National Honor Society. Among the projects I worked on in high school, the most impactful was helping with my very first blood drive. When I…
My name is Nina Gallelli, and I am the President of Paws of Friendship Service Club. Service has been an integral part of my life for the last sixteen years. This began when I entered Catholic grade school, where a…
I started community service in middle school. Throughout grade school, I was a part of several clubs that promoted service projects. We raked and shoveled for older residents of our town, we went on charity 5ks and 10ks, we organized…
I started doing community service in high school with some of the clubs that I was involved in and didn’t want to give that up in college. I remember learning about the different service organizations on Penn State’s campus and…
I first started volunteering in middle school with my church youth group. We did service activities in inner city Philadelphia. I’ll never forget how our projects touched the people who were in need of both recognition and appreciation. Upon coming…
It all started way back in middle school when I joined the Boy Scouts. I fell into the usual things our troop was doing as we raked cemeteries, helped out at the soup kitchen and collected food for the needy….
Service has played an important part in my life. At a young age I discovered that devoting yourself to the needs of others opens up the world around you. Being able to connect with people from all parts of life,…