Glen Ellyn Student Gives Back During Mardi Gras
A Marquette University student participated in a special service program to help out in post-Katrina New Orleans.
From Marquette University Margaret King, a junior writing intensive English major from Glen Ellyn traveled to New Orleans over winter break with the Marquette MARDI GRAS program. MARDI GRAS, which stands for Making A Real Difference in the Gulf Region and Areas Surrounding, is a student-run organization at Marquette, created in 2006 after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf region. MARDI GRAS aims to form meaningful relationships within the community of New Orleans, rebuild homes and neighborhoods and raise awareness about the needs of the post-Katrina Gulf region. For one week during winter break, King and 94 other Marquette students drove 16 hours to New Orleans in vans and worked on 10 different sites once they arrived. Their tasks …
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