Eleven O'Connell students joined chaperones Colleen Stablein, Maria McDonald and our former chaplain, Father Phillip Cozzi, on a week long service trip to the Dominican Republic in early July.
The group stayed in Banica where the Arlington Dominican Mission is based. The mission serves 10,000 rural poor living on the border of the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The O'Connell students worked primarily in the small village of Hato Viejo, putting down cement floors and helping to run a vacation Bible school/summer camp experience for children.
Gabby Baltimore '16 shared her personal reflections on this trip in our Student Blog.
Other trip participants included:
Sarah Davis '15
Sara Escobar '15
Thalia Falcon '14
Laura Kuhn '14
Nicole Marinaro '16
Ellie Matney '16
Gaby O'Brien '16
Katie Richardson '14
Nicole Richardson '16
Diandra Saravia '15