Thank You! | asbelsalv2012

To everyone who made this possible,

Mia McLaughlin and I would would like to take a moment to thank all of the wonderful people, offices, committees, friends and families that have helped make our recent trip to El Salvador possible. Through your generous support we were able to make this experience possible and have gotten to see the impact it has had on the students involved. We know that in many ways this trip can be hard to explain and our vision may have sounded unclear at times, but we really value the trust you put in us. We were able to see a pure sense of trust, understanding, and interest in the program from all of our parents, donors, and supporters.

We have created this website in honor of those who have helped us, and we would like to invite you to explore it in order to get a sense of the impact that this program had on the students of Lewis & Clark College. We have also listed a student written daily blog to briefly note the activities we were able to engage in so that we can share our experience with you.

We wanted to share with you the reflections of participants so you could hear how your contribution have impacted us all; so that you can see how even if the individual struggled at first, they came to love this small community of Guarjila. We have been able to make incredible relationships with these people, and learn about their past, their every day struggle, and the brutality of war. Most importantly we learned that all communities face many of these issues, even our own.
It is difficult to encapsulate the impact of an experiences such as this one, but we hope that hearing our thoughts, and seeing our photos will help. Once again, we can not thank you all enough for your generous support, we could not have done this without you!

Thank you all,

Dale Forrister & Mia McLaughlin

We would like to make a special thanks to:

Molly Hetz, whose determination gave us an amazing opportunity last year and whose guidance made this year possible.

Ceclila Benenati for being a great mentor and supportive throughout this whole process.
Kirsten Fix, whose hard work made this trip and all other ASB trips possible.
President Glassner and the Executive Council for their generous Strategic Initiative Funding grant.
Tricia Brand for supporting us from the beginning and helping us with the SIF process.
Center for Career and Community Engagement, for all the behind the scenes work, driving us to the airport and and believing in us from the beginning.
Celestino Limas: without your initial and continuous support this program would never have started. Thank you for always advocating for your community; you have touched us all.
Community Relations Committee for their generous support.
Bess Austin and the Health Center for working with us and keeping us safe.
College Outdoors, for all your support with gear.

Thank you!