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Penguin Pen Pals: A Service Project that's "Breaking the Ice" in Socioeconomic and Cultural Diversity
Penguin Pen Pals: A Service Project that's "Breaking the Ice" in Socioeconomic and Cultural Diversity
Saturday, November 9, 2013: 1:30 PM - 2:20 PM
Napoleon C2 (Sheraton New Orleans Hotel)
This session will showcase the YSU Penguin Pen Pal project, which is a volunteer mentoring program between inner-city elementary students and honors students. The program seeks to improve writing skills of the elementary students while exposing the honors students to the lives of children from diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.