HOPE LODGE

On Saturday, February 20th, twelve students, Kathryn Ney, FCCLA adviser, and Rubye Ney traveled to Iowa City for a morning of fun and community work. Two of the students were visiting from Poland. The group first shared breakfast at IHOP in Coralville, then traveled to Hope Lodge, a free residence facility for cancer patients receiving treatment at one of the three Iowa City hospitals. The group received a tour of the facility before the work began. The patients must live outside of a 40-mile radius and usually stay six to eight weeks at the residence along with one caregiver. Volunteers provide much of the help needed to manage the facility, so IMS's FCCLA volunteered their services to clean. The students divided into small groups to tackle the vacuuming, dusting and sanitizing jobs necessary to maintain a healthy environment for the patients. Students included Jacey Dehogues, Rachel Schrock, Mallory Martens, Quinlan Schrock, Jess Miller, Anya Slabaugh, Britni Piegors, Amel Miraoui, Konrad Wolkowski, Linnea Slabaugh, Megan Martens and Anndra Ropp.