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Gamma Knox Service Dorm
The Knox Service Dorm was initiated in the fall of 2005 to provide a residence hall for students dedicated to service. The service-learning provides a unique and fun atmosphere that really draws students together. Through planning, and executing service projects with one another, the dorm quickly becomes like a family.
The service dorm has four main objectives:
- To support personal growth of the residents through service and education.
- To build a residential dorm that is defined by its occupants’ dedication to community service.
- To expose the Eckerd College community to service and educational opportunities on campus and off campus.
- To serve the needs of local, national, and global individuals and communities.
Requirements
- Organize one group service program per semester
- Participate in three service programs per semester
- Participate in house activities that help to develop a community identity
Benefits
- Free community building service trips (Past years have gone to Orlando)
- Funding for service events
- Transportation for service events
- Knox Service Coordinator mentorship
- Have fun and make friends!
Spring 2009
For our spring retreat, Gamma Knox went to Give Kids the World (GKTW) in Orlando, Florida. This organization works with Make a Wish Foundation to give children, with life threatening diseases, the opportunity to go to Islands of Adventures, Hollywood Studios, or any of the Disney theme parks (Epcot, Animal Kingdom etc.) while providing housing and food for them in a theme park, animated filled property. Our time spent at GKTW was extremely rewarding - we worked from 8am-1pm and did everything from serving breakfast, driving families on a tram to and from where the wanted to go, serving ice cream, and running the carousal. Interacting with the families, celebrating birthdays in the Gingerbread House, and the opportunity to tour this wonderful facility provided us with a fantastic spring retreat.
See what we were up to in Fall 2008.
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