Les Anderson is a professor in the Elliott School of Communication at Wichita State University. This is his second year of bringing journalism students to Greensburg to tell the story of its rebirth.Craig Stramel is a volunteer at heart.
The spring 2008 Fort Hays State University grad is in Greensburg again this week, assisting and also learning from Matt Deighton, volunteer coordinator for the South-Central Kansas Tornado Recovery Organization. Craig met Matt on earlier trips to volunteer in Greensburg.
Craig, 23, just finished his student teaching in Long Island, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Volunteers'
He can’t stop volunteering
May 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: People · Volunteers
Humor can help. . . sometimes
May 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Matt Deighton, a Greensburg native and volunteer coordinator for the South-Central Kansas Tornado Recovery Organization, was talking this afternoon about how humor can be helpful when dealing with stressful situations.
As he talked, the storm sirens went off in Greensburg. Everyone’s expression abruptly changed.
“That’s not funny,” he said. “I think they’re training a new dispatcher. [...]
Tags: People · Volunteers · Weather
