The Campus Y is dedicated to being a student-centered organization with the intent of developing ethical student leaders with a focus on community service.  I was nudged into volunteering at the Campus Y by a political science professor, Professor Caspary, who required some kind of community service as a part of his class.  I started out tutoring for a program called High School Tutorial at University City High School.  The Campus Y became my home for the remainder of my college years.  It was the first place I was given leadership training and responsibilities.  I volunteered with several other programs and served on the student governing boards, Base-Cabinet and Cabinet.  I was lucky enough to be at the Y during the Helen Davis years.  She was an inspiration pushing Y students to strive for inclusion and social justice.  

I was fortunate enough to have been asked to serve on the Campus Y Board of Advisors after my graduation from Washington University.  It has been amazing to watch the new programs that students create in response to the needs in the St. Louis and Wash U community.   And still some 30 years after my graduation, the Y has remained student- focused with students creating, choosing and leading programming.  It has been amazing to watch each new set of student leaders carry on the Campus Y's work.  I am honored to be in a position to help the Campus Y provide students with the same kind of experience that I had as a student in the 1980's.  

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