Summer Community OutReach Excursions (SCORE) are student-led pre-orientation trips for incoming Whitman students. SCOREs allow new students to participate in community service projects in the Walla Walla Valley and to get to know their fellow teammates through hard work and lots of fun. We will be piloting the program in the Summer of 2009 with two trips: Food and Housing.
SCORE participants volunteer at a primary service project each morning and go on field trips to non-profits each afternoon to gain an understanding of the social issues that affect our community. Evening activities provide opportunities for fun and reflection for the 8 new students and 2 leaders. Students will be housed near their morning volunteer locations and will cook most meals together.
If you would like to participate in a SCORE, please complete a SCORE Application online by July 1. We will be selecting applicants randomly for participation since we have a limited number of openings available this year. We will maintain a waiting list when our programs fill up.
The Food SCORE will focus on hunger and food issues in the Walla Walla Valley. Participants will work the first three mornings at Welcome Table Farm, located just 3 miles east of Downtown Walla Walla. Emily Dietzman and Andy Asmus farm at Welcome Table using organic practices along with their infant daughter Hazel, two draft horses, and a couple of pigs. The last two mornings will be at West End Farm, four miles west of town, where Whitman alumni Alice Bagley and Bob Belden raise veggies, chickens, and flowers using organic and biodynamic practices. The food team will spend each afternoon visiting food-related organizations, such as the food bank, the Farmers’ Market, the food co-op, and the soup kitchen.
The Housing SCORE will focus on homelessness and housing issues in the Walla Walla Valley. Participants will work the first three mornings under the guidance of Gary Henderson at a Habitat for Humanity house in College Place, Washington, less than four miles from campus. After contributing some sweat equity to a family home, the participants will get a sense of the complexities of homelessness. The last two mornings will be spent with Whitman alumna Mariah Weston at Helpline's women’s shelter, located near Downtown Walla Walla, where participants will help with improvements to the facility and learn about the agency’s services. Each afternoon the housing team will visit social service agencies that provide housing services and information.
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