{"id":707,"date":"2016-02-25T08:43:36","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T13:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety\/?p=707"},"modified":"2024-01-30T15:51:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T20:51:02","slug":"allstate-public-safety-benin-service-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/allstate-public-safety-benin-service-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Allstate service project reaches across the sea"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_6943\"<\/a>The Allstate Center is unique. You’ll notice a different atmosphere as soon as you walk through our doors. When you pass academy\u00a0cadets in the hall, they line up for you as a sign of respect.\u00a0Donation bins are often scattered around the campus for the recruits\u2019 latest service project. And wherever you go, you\u2019ll likely be addressed as \u201csir\u201d or \u201cma\u2019am.\u201d<\/p>\n

This respectful and service-oriented mindset is something we try to foster here at the Allstate Center. The students in our College of Public Safety are public servants, after all, and that service begins the moment they step through these doors. That\u2019s why we are so \"valentines<\/a>proud of our latest recruits. Not only have they launched local service projects, but they are even engaging with\u00a0communities across the sea.<\/p>\n

For Valentine\u2019s Day, recruits and academic students joined forces to create cards for a community in Benin, West Africa. Armed with glitter glue, pink-and-red construction paper, and holiday stickers, they wrote messages of friendship and encouragement\u2014all in French, the official language of Benin. Over 40 cards were filled with warm wishes, such as\u00a0\"valentine<\/a>Je vous souhaite une vie merveilleuse<\/strong>\u00a0(I wish you a wonderful life).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Rebecca Sarver, the Allstate Student Life and Leadership Coordinator, mailed the cards to her friends in Benin, who will be distributing them throughout their community. The global aspect of the event appealed to the recruits. \u201cI thought it was interesting that it was to people [overseas],\u201d said Nicole Comiskey, a recruit from CRC 89.<\/p>\n

This event will be the first in a series of service projects. On\u00a0March 3,\u00a0<\/span>drop by the Allstate Library from 12-7pm for “Postcards for Peeps.” We’ll be making Easter cards for patients recovering in a local hospital.<\/p>\n

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Fast Facts About Benin:<\/em><\/p>\n