SCHOOL FACTS
Showers
Showers are
on site. The boys shower is communal and the Girls have several communal
and two enclosed showers.
Program Area
Our program
is in the Auditorium that seats about 600 people but it is not Air
Conditioned. There is also a Gym for fun activities.
Sleeping
Arrangements
Campers
sleep in the 2nd and 3rd floor classrooms and their is no AC but the
school is close to Lake Michigan and the breeze makes sleeping comfortable
unless there is a heat wave.
Additional
Information
The school is in the St. Francis section of Milwaukee, a
beautiful suburb. The campus connects with the Cousins Center
which is the home and offices of the Archbishops.
Groups could walk through the campus and get to Lake Michigan
and a beautiful park. Campers of course are not allowed to go
further than the campus.
WORKSITE INFORMATION
In a city known for its cheese, frozen
custard, Marquette University, Miller Brewing Company, Harley
Davidson and The Milwaukee Brewers there is much work to be
done. The Milwaukee Workcamp is an inner city camp. Our work
concentrates in two major areas; helping families who have
acquired a home through the Dominican Center for Woman or
A.C.T.S. attain repairs, and helping the Senior population of
Milwaukee through the Milwaukee Center f
or
Independence and the Interfaith Senior Center.
Though the
outskirts of
Milwaukee are beautiful there is
much
work to be done with
those less
fortunate.
One
group spends a week immersed in the life of the homeless of
Milwaukee helping Repairers of the Breach, and outreach ministry
to the
homeless.
Most of our work is helping inner city people upgrade and renovate
their homes. Are work sites are varied in that one might be
painting the inside or outside of a house while another might be
building a fence for the backyard of a house. We also work with
Senior Citizens who are unable to take care of their lawns and
property, they are not so much poor as on a fixed income and
elderly. the organization we work with has a goal to allow people
to stay in their home as long as possible.
There are a few but limited amount of day cares and social centers
that we work with.
