ADVISORY/Santa Clara U: Students Raise Money, Awareness for Refugees, Sleep in Refugee Tent, Fast for One Week.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. -- Please replace the release dated October 16, 2006 with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions. The corrected release reads: ADVISORY/SANTA CLARA CLARA Clairemont Amateur Radio Association U: STUDENTS RAISE MONEY, AWARENESS FOR REFUGEES, SLEEP IN REFUGEE TENT, FAST FOR ONE WEEK Students at Santa Clara University are taking a stand against the crisis facing refugees around the world. During the week of Oct. 16 through 20, an exact replica Earlier document exchange software from Farallon Communications, Inc. that converted a Windows or Mac document into a proprietary viewing format. The viewer could be distributed separately or embedded within the document itself, turning it into a single-document viewer. of tents used to house refugees will be on display in the center of campus. Students will be staying overnight in the tent, giving tours of the tent, and embarking on a fundraising campaign. The students will also participate in a 1000-calorie fast, based on the recent decrease in the U.N. rations from 1800 calories daily to 1000 calories daily. The money the students save on food will be donated to organizations involved with feeding the poor. "This project is important because there are refugees suffering all over the world," said Elizabeth Tellman, student coordinator for Santa Clarans for Social Justice. "They need our attention through prayer, fasting, and resources Co including money." SCU SCU Santa Clara University SCU Southern Cross University (New South Wales, Australia) SCU Southern California University of Health Sciences (Whittier, California) SCU Serious Crimes Unit SCU Special Care Unit is the first West Coast school to have the tent on display. The tent is sponsored by Catholic Relief Services Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is the official international relief and development agency of the U.S. Catholic community. Founded in 1943 by the U.S. bishops, the agency provides assistance to 80 million people in 99 countries and territories in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the and will travel to Seattle University History Seattle University was founded by Father Victor Garrand and Father Adrian Sweere in downtown Seattle, and has served as both a high school and college. In 1893, construction started on the First Hill campus. next. There are a number of events associated with this weeklong week·long adj. Continuing through the week: a weeklong conference. Adj. 1. weeklong - lasting through a week; "her weeklong vacation" seven-day event.
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Monday-Thursday: Students staying overnight in tent
Tuesday: 10 p.m. Liturgy and walk to the tent through campus, names of
refugees read aloud
Tent tours: Monday, 4 p.m.
Tuesday-Thursday, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Wednesday, 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Friday, 10 a.m.
About Santa Clara University Santa Clara University, a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university located in California's Silicon Valley, offers its 8,397 students rigorous undergraduate curricula in arts and sciences, business, and engineering, plus master's and law degrees. Distinguished nationally by the second-highest graduation rate among all U.S. master's universities, California's oldest higher-education institution demonstrates faith-inspired values of ethics and social justice. More information is online at www.scu.edu. |
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