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.
