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Joelle Gnotek

Hello everyone!!I live about 45 minutes away from the city of Detroit and despite our bad rap, I love the city. Thursday we finally had our first 70...

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Hello everyone!!

I live about 45 minutes away from the city of Detroit and despite our

bad rap, I love the city. Thursday we finally had our first 70 degree

day of the year. Yup, spring seems to have finally hit Michigan even

though we're expecting more snow on Wednesday. Needless to say, I am

psyched for Kenya.

I attend Oakland University as a social work major. After studying

business for a while, I discovered that social work is actually what

will empower me to be the best leader for my non-profit, The Save

Africa Project. Despite having to still file some paperwork, we have

been able to provide scholarships to five boys and collect about 2,000

pairs of shoes for people who need them. I had the privelege of

meeting one of the boys who benefit from the sholarship program when I

visited Kenya last summer.

When I'm not in class, working, or running around trying to find

sponsors, recruiting volunteers, or returning emails & phone calls for

The SAP, I LOVE to cook, rock climb, be outside in general (when it's

actually warm enough), act, and hang out with my wildly diverse groups

of friends.

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