Tag: Bernon Center

Barton Road’s New Direction

By Office of Faith and Service | October 31, 2012

The Barton Road After School Program is off to a great start! We have a new team this year with only a couple returning members. Our hope is to continue improving the program and its curriculum to not only help the children academically, but to create strong leaders. We have only had two on-site sessions,…

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Day Three: From the Windows, To the Walls…

By Office of Faith and Service | January 20, 2012

Grace Morton ’14: Our Wednesday night festivities started off at a small local restaurant called “2 Paul’s Radically Urban Barbeque,” where we indulged ourselves in classic Cajun sandwiches. Pulled pork and brisket were top on the list for the group favorites, especially when topped with the special sweet jelly pepper sauce. Once we were stuffed…

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Day One: Drew where are you?

By Office of Faith and Service | January 19, 2012

Kelsey Bronski ’14: Since we arrived in Lafayette we have seen a drive-through daiquiri store and discovered we could hop our backyard’s fence into Walmart’s parking lot. Needless to say we’re not in Wellesley anymore. We’ve ventured into Walmart at least 3 times now- and everyone there wants to be our friend. We have been…

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Day Two: Framing

By Office of Faith and Service | January 19, 2012

Kyle Shute ’12: In the spirit of emerging ourselves into the Lafayette culture, we went to Old Tyme Grocery and indulged in some phenomenal po’ boys (basically a sub). The owner of the restaurant spontaneously serenated us with his accordion. Last night I let the arcade get the best of me. We pooled our tickets…

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At Local Mass. College, Service Is “A Part Of Life.”

By Michael Chmura | March 11, 2010

C2C WEblog Bloging Toward A Better Future writes: “One of Wellesley’s most creative neighbors is Babson College.  While most envision Babson as an incubator for America’s best young entrepreneurs, the Bernon Center for Public Service at Babson extends this often business-centric notion to include social entrepreneurship.  In just 10 years, the Bernon Center has grown……

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