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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE **************MEDIA ALERT****************
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The Labre Ministry at John Carroll University, a student-led project that reaches out to Cleveland’s homeless, will continue it’s regular Friday night visits to the city’s downtown. Tonight, students are preparing a special cookout for the homeless community: “Labre on the Lake.” The students will pick up approximately 80 homeless people and provide transportation to Edgewater beach for a cookout.
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WHO:
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The St. Benedict Joseph Labre Ministry at John Carroll University is comprised of John Carroll students, faculty, and staff who prepare hot meals and collect items such as clothing, blankets, topical medicines, and reading materials for Cleveland’s homeless. Approximately 120 people living on the streets are served by the Labre Ministry each week.
The Labre Ministry reaches Cleveland’s homeless where they live - under bridges, in the alleys.
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WHERE:
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Edgewater Park, (Cleveland, Ohio
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| WHEN: | Friday, September 7, 2007, 6 p.m. |
CONTACT:
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Bryan Mauk 216-406-6475 or 216-906-2667
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John Carroll University, located in Cleveland, Ohio, is a liberal arts university grounded in the Jesuit, Catholic tradition. The university has some 3,100 plus undergraduates and just over 700 graduate students. The U.S. News & World Report’s 2007 annual college guide ranks John Carroll University among the top 10 master’s-degree granting universities in the Midwest and first in average graduation rate. Originally founded as St. Ignatius College in 1886, the university was renamed in 1923 to honor America’s first Catholic bishop, John Carroll of Maryland. John Carroll is one of 28 Jesuit colleges and universities located in the United States. ### #7-51
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