Staff members in University Advancement carry their Panther pride and dedication to service beyond campus! Here, you’ll find what types of causes, volunteer work and community service projects our colleagues are committed to — complete with links and contacts in case you or someone you know might be interested in similar humanitarian endeavors! We encourage you to share your own philanthropic passions for us to post. Please email your details with a photo or two to Melissa.

 

natalie-deshotels-panther-philanthropy2natalie-deshotels-panther-philanthropyNatalie Deshotels, assistant director of the Chapman Fund, volunteered on a mission trip in Mexico with Serving God’s Kids last November.

“Serving God’s Kids is a Catholic organization with a mission to love and serve children in need, primarily orphans. I worked on a donation-based foster home run by sisters and personally fundraised to attend. We were able to surprise the kids and sisters by taking them to Xcaret, Cancun’s luxury waterpark, zoo and theme park. My favorite memory of the trip was watching the nuns float with life jackets in the lazy river, all while having a terrified 12-year-old glued to my back for about two miles of swimming!”