3 volunteers will help tackle social issues in Butler County
Three volunteers recited the oath of office Tuesday, June 20, at the Slippery Rock University Center for Community Engagement, Empowerment and Development (SUCCEED) at the same time as hundreds of other new volunteers.
They will work with the Institute for Nonprofit Leadership at SRU as Volunteers in Service to America (VISTAs) for the 2023-24 academic year, as a way to not only learn about the community, but find out how they can help it.
“I figured this would be the best way for me to spend time helping my community as well as learning about it,” said Riah Eisner, a former SRU student and new VISTA. “If I’m going to get my degree from here, I might as well get to know the community and its needs and help to address its resources.”
VISTA is a federal anti-poverty national service initiative founded in 1965 to provide resources to nonprofit organizations and public agencies to help address poverty and poverty-related problems in the country.
