SALT Chooses Project for World Relief Campaign 2010!

Every year, the Social Action Leadership Team (SALT) of the Chapel of the Resurrection at Valparaiso University selects one project for which to raise money. This is in addition to numerous activities done locally which generate hundreds of volunteer hours by students and benefit the Valparaiso area.

SALT is excited to announce the 2010 WRC: Casas for Kids: From House to Hope!  This campaign will benefit children in the village of Los Angeles on Ometepe Island in Nicaragua.  SALT will fund the construction of a house to be used as a foster home for four to five children in the village of Los Angeles.  The name of our project was inspired by the Spanish word for house, “casa.” SALT will be working in cooperation with Praxis Center and CICRIN Orphanage in Los Angeles to carry out this fund raising campaign and educate the Valparaiso community about the impact that a consistent and loving home can have on a growing child. 

The campaign kickoff weekend is Feb. 5-7, 2010, with a coffeehouse at the Union Campus Cafe from 8 to 10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5. Cost is $3 and musicians will provide entertainment. Then Sunday morning, at 10 a.m., members of SALT will be involved in the Service of Holy Communion as readers, offertory procession participants, etc.

Campus organizations are encouraged to partner with SALT in hosting an event to raise awareness and donations. SALT also invites you to keep this worthy cause in your thoughts and prayers. For more information, please contact WRC chair Abby Lange.

The Mission of SALT

The Social Action Leadership Team (SALT) is the Spirit-led social justice ministry of the Chapel of the Resurrection at Valparaiso University in which students in community seek to embody the Christian call to be the "salt of the earth" (Matt. 5:13). SALT helps students develop a passion and practice of Christian social action. SALTers draw upon God’s love for people to cultivate the skills of community organizing, awareness raising, and fund development. SALT alumni are equipped to lead lives of social justice and serve as agents for positive change in their communities.

See SALT in action in the latest VALPO Magazine which chronicled a spring break trip to New Orleans!

Get Involved

When classes are in session, SALT meets every Tuesday night at 9:30 pm in the Lumina Room of Huegli Hall.  We would love to see you at our next meeting!!

You can join SALT’s list serv by sending an email to majordomo@valpo.edu. Leave the subject line blank and type the message “subscribe salt-l” in the body of the message. The character after the hyphen is an “L”.

SALT Blog

Have a look at what SALT's been talking about by checking out their blog: 

http://valposalt.blogspot.com/

2009-2010 Staff:

James Strasburg, Chair

Abby Lange, World Relief Campaign Chair

Rachel Dahlgren, Local Projects

Emily Fitch, PR

Melissa Kariger, Secretary

Megan Lee, VIA Editor

Mackenzie Flahart, VIA Assistant Editor

Alissa Kretzmann, Spring Break Trip Coordinator

Krista Schaefer, International Projects

John Webster, Chaplain

Mary Zastrow, Shaker Editor 

Advisor: Pastor James Wetzstein 

James.Wetzstein@valpo.edu