BC students serving in Cherokee
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church's outreach program as well as
Cherokee history and culture.
"We reach out to whoever is in our
community," Queen said. Many of the
people we help are widows who don't
get any help other than the church."
Before going to paint the house of Mrs.
Johnson, Queen had told the students
she had been waiting months for help.
"This house was supposed to have been
painted this summer," he said, "the
group that volunteered couldn't make it.
We kept thinking maybe if a prayer is
answered a group will come this fall to
paint."
Detailing some of the problems of
the Cherokees of Qualla Boundary,
Queen said the average annual income of
most families is $2,000 below the
North Carolina designated poverty level
of $12,000. His church tries to help, he
explained, by providing a day-care
center, a used clothing outlet and by
sponsoring a Cherokee craft center to
generate funds for the craftspeople and to
preserve the native arts.
The BC team took additional side
trips to a reconstructed pioneer
settlement and mill, through the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park
(hiking just enough of the Appalachian
Trail in the rain to say they did it), and
to Gatlinburg.
Students who served on the trip
were: freshman Stacey Ball of Sarasota,
Fla.; freshman Cherise King of
Winston-Salem, N.C.; freshman Sarah
Nettles of Columbia, S.C.; sophomore
Thomas Smith of Greer, S.C.;
sophomore Aldrin Catabay of Fairfax,
Va.; freshman Edwin Mutua of Mem,
Kenya; Shelly Rampersaud of Oranjes-
tad, Aruba; and Libby Enloe of
Hazelwood, N.C.
All members of the work team
expressed confidence in the good work
they achieved, but Tom Queen of the
Cherokee United Methodist Church
summed it up best when he said, "We
have been blessed in our ministry. I'm
sure you will get a blessing through
your work too."
The BC work team to Cherokee poses outside the ^*’3^
mission school built in 1843, left to right, font to
B|ology Instructor Jean Shaw, Editorial
L>bby Enloe, Shelly Rampersaud, AlJ^m Catabay, Cherokee
Sarah Nettles, Cherise King, Edwin Mutu , poordinator Sybil
Leader Tom Queen and BC Project Insi e- u Lauterer)
Dodson. (BC News Bureau photo by Jock Lauiere ;
Seated beneath the picture of Sequoyah, the father of the written
Cherokee language. Native American matriarchs Mrs. Lucy and Mrs.
Elmeta share coffee and Smalltalk after church where they sang a
duet in Cherokee for morning worship.
PIO taking applications for African trip
Spend next summer in Africa.
The very idea is exotic enough to
give you goosebumps. Yet such is the
focus of the next major international
opportunity provided by Brevard
College's Project Inside-Out.
Coordinator Sybil Dodson
announced on Nov. 1 that "Brevard
Inside Africa" is officially accepting
applications from interested students for
what promises to be a trip of a lifetime.
A work team of 14 BC students will
be interviewed and selected to participate
in the three-week African experience.
May 23-June 12.
"Brevard Inside Africa" will be a
combination service and sightseeing
u-ip. In addition to a week spent on a
mission construction project in Meru,
Kenya, the team will view wildlife in
natural habitats at Nairobi National Park
and safari-style at the 700-acrc Masai
Mara Game Reserve, uavel to a
mountain lodge on the slopes ot Mt.
Nairobi for high-altioide game-viewing,
tour Lake Nakuru and see the legendary
home of over one million flamingoes
and journey to the foot of famous Mt.
Kilamanjaro.
The cost for each student will be
$1,200 (out of a totla of $3,400 Private
contributions toward the project cover
the balance). This covers all travel,
services of an English-speaking guide,
lodging, sightseeing fees and an average
of two meals a day.
Dodson estimates that each student
will need at least $300 spending money,
plus a passport and current specified in-
nocuLitions.
Interested students should pick up a
"Brevard Inside Afnca" application form,
medical clearance and release form and
additional information sheets at the
Project Inside-Out office at Stamey.
Interviews will be held soon.