{"id":1021,"date":"2021-04-19T14:27:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T14:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trocaire.edu\/about\/national-volunteer-month-spotlight-mercy-action-project-map\/"},"modified":"2021-09-17T17:52:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T17:52:05","slug":"national-volunteer-month-spotlight-mercy-action-project-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trocaire.edu\/about\/national-volunteer-month-spotlight-mercy-action-project-map\/","title":{"rendered":"National Volunteer Month Spotlight: Mercy Action Project (MAP)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21386 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/trocaire.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/08\/MAP-Volunteer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"439\" height=\"439\"><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spring 2021 Efforts Result in $1,740 Impact in Local Community<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>April is National Volunteer Month, and Trocaire is marking the occasion by highlighting some of the recent good work by the college\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/trocaire.edu\/student-life\/mission-service-campus-ministry\/mercy-action-project-map\/\">Mercy Action Project<\/a> (MAP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is MAP?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Service is in Trocaire\u2019s very DNA as a college founded by the Sisters of Mercy. As part of Trocaire\u2019s commitment to its Mercy heritage and the impact service makes in the community, every student must participate in MAP before graduation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This co-curricular learning experience provides local service opportunities that integrate Trocaire\u2019s mission while connecting that service to a student\u2019s career path. The purpose of MAP is to promote a campus culture committed to personal enrichment and service in the spirit of the Sisters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spring 2021 MAP students had the opportunity to serve in a group project supporting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jfsbuffalo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jewish Family Services of Western New York<\/a> (JFS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Immigrant and Refugee Resettlement Project<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the ways JFS assists the local refugee, immigrant and asylum-seeking population is by welcoming them to their new homes and providing household necessities to get them started. This spring, MAP students\u2014with help from the generosity of the Trocaire community\u2014collected 20 baskets of household goods to help that effort, which will be placed in houses awaiting their new refugee and immigrant residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MAP students raised more than $1,000 worth of basket items, in addition to $500 in gift cards that will allow JFS Resettlement Project families to purchase items needed to settle into their homes themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Catherine McAuley, foundress of the Sisters of Mercy, would be proud as our students committed to working in the name of one of the Sisters\u2019 Critical Concerns, Immigration,\u201d said Colleen Steffen, coordinator of community-based learning at Trocaire. \u201cThese baskets give dignity to those needing it most by helping them to set up their home with blankets, comfort items, cleaning supplies and emergency items as they begin new lives.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>COVID-19 Relief Fund<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>MAP students also supported JFS\u2019 COVID-19 relief fund by selling 48 succulents in one week, resulting in $240. 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