SOL and Corstone Announce a Service Trip to Nicaragua for Family Members who have Lost a Loved One
Teaming with Corstone, Participants find the Opportunity to Heal By Serving a Community in Need
Seeds of Learning is teaming up with Project Grace to arrange and coordinate a "memorial" trip, open to anyone who would like to honor a loved one by serving a community in need.
"We are privileged and thrilled that Todd Evans, Founder of Seeds of Learning, has agreed to lead this trip," said Carole Mahoney, co-founder, along with Catherine Bowen Stern, of Project Grace.
The Nicaragua Family Trip is scheduled for June 19 through June 29, 2010. During the 10 day trip, volunteers will have the chance to live and work together as they spend their days mixing concrete, laying bricks, digging the foundation, tying rebar, and other tasks to help build a school with local parents, teachers, youth, children and SOL staff. Evenings will be spent together as a group, enjoying atypical dinner, with time built in for reflection and sharing stories. The cost of the trip is $2,200* and includes group airfare, lodging, insurance, ground transportation and all meals.
There will be an information meeting on Sunday, November 15 in Mill Valley including a slide show presentation of a similar trip presented by Todd Evans. For more information or to request an application, please contact Catherine B. Stern, Co-Founder, Director, catherines@corstone.org, 415-999-2694 or Carole Mahoney, Co-Founder, Director carolem@corstone.org, 415-381-4980.
* A limited number of scholarships are available.
About Project Grace
Project Grace, a program of the non-profit organization CorStone, was founded in early 2008 and was inspired by the award winning documentary film "Motherland" available in stores and on iTunes December 2009. The program brings together parents, siblings and other family members grieving the loss of a loved one for unique service trips around the world. Project Grace was created with the purpose of providing a compassionate, non-judgmental environment in which participants can offer each other support, share their own stories, provide real, tangible aid to a community in need, and honor a loved one. The goal is to support participants as they find strength in service to others. Common ground is reached through peer support and cross-cultural sharing.