2008 Woodie Awards
Small in numbers, but big in making a difference
The ONE chapter continues success to help end poverty
Kelly Daley
Issue date: 4/10/08 Section: Features
Miles away from the Sacred Heart campus in Bridgeport, almost 18 percent of the population lives below the poverty line, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
The university is doing something about it through the ONE campaign.
As of March, Sacred Heart ranked first in the nation for the ONE campaign Campus challenge, according to the university website.
"We competed with every other university in the nation, to gain points and move up in the rankings," said sophomore Mike Fazzino, the president and founder of the university's ONE chapter.
"Sacred Heart doesn't have the numbers of a larger university, but we certainly have the heart and have been working to make a difference."
The ONE chapter at Sacred Heart recieved a $1,000 grant to create a project to help end poverty, along with nine other schools who qualified for the One Campus Challenge.
"For our project, we found that the Luis Munoz Marin School in Bridgeport's playground was in pretty bad shape," said Fazzino.
With nine gallons of paint and 500 hours of work, volunteers form the university fixed up the playground and painted a map of the world.
"We wanted the kids to see the map and know that just one person can make a difference. We painted a giant ONE logo, too, because if all the kids see how we helped them, maybe they'll do something to help others," said Fazzino.
Over 900 students are enrolled at the Luis Munoz Marin school.
"We felt like we needed to give back to the Bridgeport community. We made a safe place for the kids to enjoy themselves and so that they could have somewhere to go and have fun," said sophomore Amanda Francini, vice president of the university's ONE chapter.
The ONE chapter also sponsored a 24-hour fast in which canned goods were collected and money was raised for the ONE campaign.
"We raised several shopping carts full of food and over $1,200. All the proceeds went to St. Charles Food Pantry in Bridgeport," said Fazzino.
The university is doing something about it through the ONE campaign.
As of March, Sacred Heart ranked first in the nation for the ONE campaign Campus challenge, according to the university website.
"We competed with every other university in the nation, to gain points and move up in the rankings," said sophomore Mike Fazzino, the president and founder of the university's ONE chapter.
"Sacred Heart doesn't have the numbers of a larger university, but we certainly have the heart and have been working to make a difference."
The ONE chapter at Sacred Heart recieved a $1,000 grant to create a project to help end poverty, along with nine other schools who qualified for the One Campus Challenge.
"For our project, we found that the Luis Munoz Marin School in Bridgeport's playground was in pretty bad shape," said Fazzino.
With nine gallons of paint and 500 hours of work, volunteers form the university fixed up the playground and painted a map of the world.
"We wanted the kids to see the map and know that just one person can make a difference. We painted a giant ONE logo, too, because if all the kids see how we helped them, maybe they'll do something to help others," said Fazzino.
Over 900 students are enrolled at the Luis Munoz Marin school.
"We felt like we needed to give back to the Bridgeport community. We made a safe place for the kids to enjoy themselves and so that they could have somewhere to go and have fun," said sophomore Amanda Francini, vice president of the university's ONE chapter.
The ONE chapter also sponsored a 24-hour fast in which canned goods were collected and money was raised for the ONE campaign.
"We raised several shopping carts full of food and over $1,200. All the proceeds went to St. Charles Food Pantry in Bridgeport," said Fazzino.
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