Service  |  Academic Work  |  Education & Training  |  Capacity Building  |  Deliberative Democracy 

Types of Service   short-term  |  ongoing school year  |  summer

• Rockbridge Area Occupational Center (sheltered workshop for adults with developmental disabilities).  Short-term, ongoing school year.
• Campus Kitchen Project deliveries to RAOC (above) and Magnolia Center.  Short term, ongoing school year, and summer.
• Project Horizon (domestic and sexual violence shelter).  Short term, ongoing school year, and summer.
• Natural Bridge Juvenile Correction Center.  (Tutoring at the facility, as well as assistance with Work Release Program intern at Campus Kitchen).  Short term, ongoing school year, and summer.
• Exploring connections with "Career Cafe," a job placement program for unemployed adults.
• First-year Bonner service trip to New Orleans, with work focus on re-building Katrina damaged homes.  Short-term. 

Academic Work   courses  |  service-learning  |  CBR and policy research   |  departments and institutes

• Poverty 101 - An Introduction to the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty.
• Poverty 102 - Service-Learning course, connecting readings from Poverty 101 with hands on service.
• CBR  project: "Rockbridge Poverty Assessment 2008"
• Rockbridge Poverty Forum/Learning Institute, growing out of CBR  poverty study.  Bonners helped organize and attend this event. 
• Economics of Social Problems (Prof. Art. Goldsmith)
• Poverty and Education (Prof. Don Dailey)

Education & Training   forums  |  workshops  |  reflection activities

• Rockbridge Poverty Forum/Learning Institute, growing out of CBR  poverty study.  Bonners helped organize and attend this event. 
• First-year Bonner trip to New Orleans: meeting with New Orleans community member, leader, and advocate Duane Nettles.

Campus and Organizational Capacity-Building   training  |  fundraising  |  resource development

• All Bonner Training and Enrichment meeting: guest speaker Uncas McThenia, longtime community resident and advocate for justice
• All Bonner Training and Enrichment meeting: guest speaker Ted DeLaney, with focus on local community needs and development over the years
• All Bonner Training and Enrichment meeting: guest speaker Mayor Mimi Elrod, with chance for Bonner students to make inquiries related to their service work and larger, related poverty issues
• All Bonner Training and Enrichment meeting: guest speaker councilperson David Cox, with discussion focus on social needs of community, economic development, and social issues related to Bonner students' service

Research, Policy Analysis, Deliberative Democracy   evaluations  |  policy research  | issue forums  |  advocacy

• CBR  project: "Rockbridge Poverty Assessment 2008"
• Rockbridge Poverty Forum/Learning Institute, growing out of CBR  poverty study.  Bonners helped organize and attend this event. 
• Ongoing issue and policy research on approaches to Juvenile Justice and employment programs for individuals facing employment challenges 

Contacts   staff  |  faculty  |  students  |  community partners (local, regional, national)

• Melissa Caron, Coordinator of Service Leadership, Bonner Program Coordinator.  CaronM@wlu.edu.  540-458-8131.
• Prof. Harlan Beckley, Director, Shepherd Poverty Program.  BeckleyH@wlu.edu.  540-458-8164.
• Prof. Don Dailey, Education Dept. and Shepherd Poverty Program. Daileyd@wlu.edu. 
• Prof. Art Goldsmith, Economics Dept.  Goldsmitha@wlu.edu.
• Mike Hamilton, Volunteer Cooridinator and Human Rights Advocate, Natural Bridge Juvenile Correction Center.  540-291-2129.
• Jenny Sproul, Campus Kitchen at W&L Coordinator, sproulj@wlu.edu.  540-460-7389.
• Meredith Downey, Director of Rockbridge Social Services, 540-463-7143.
• David Dax, Exec. Director, Lexington-Rockbridge United Way, 540-463-4482