UWSEM Nomination

Great Job to All!

"Changing our World with every helping hand."



Thank you to Students Working Onward Together for a great year of service and dedication to the community. You are true advocates for a better tomorrow, and I thank you for giving your time to make Southeastern Michigan a better place to live.

-Adam Harris, SWOT Director

SWOT involved in ASB Detroit

SWOT serves Southeastern Michigan during
ASB Detroit 2008

ASB Detroit Friday Closing Ceremony

22 members of SWOT were present at the Historical Alternative Spring Break Detroit 2008 Program sponsored by United Way for Southeastern Michigan. SWOT would like to recognize those individuals who participated in this event as we move forward in "Changing our world with every helping hand."

ASB Detroit Videos

ASB Detroit Photos

ASB Detroit Blog

"The members of SWOT are a special group of individuals because not only do they care for the community but they also understand the importance of community involvement." - Adam Harris, SWOT Director

(Quoted from Michigan Journal)
"I think this is the best expressions of our mission that I've seen in the four years I've been CEO." -Michael Brennan, CEO of United Way for Southeastern Michigan

Thank you The Pointe After!

Students Working Onward Together would like to thank The Pointe After for sponsoring SWOT for our new designed t-shirts.


Click here if you would like to get more information on The Pointe After. Again we are very thankful for their contribution and sponsorship to Students Working Onward Together.

"Changing Our World with every helping hand."

Message from Assistant Director

Dear Alternative Spring Break Members,

Students Working Onward Together (S.W.O.T.) and I would like to welcome you to The University of Michigan-Dearborn, to the city of Detroit, and to the state of Michigan! As members of this community we thank you for giving so much of your time and effort to help those that are so important to us.

S.W.O.T. was recently formed this past summer by Adam Harris and members of the executive staff. When Adam Harris came back from Alternative Spring Break in Lake Charles, Louisiana and after witnessing the teamwork and bonding of people around the idea of a better tomorrow, he was inspired to make an impression on his community at home, here in Detroit and its metropolitan area. From there he came to me and some others and asked if we wanted to dedicate ourselves in an effort to make change. Excitedly we accepted and began the challenge of getting others around us involved in creating a better tomorrow.

S.W.O.T. believes that “a better tomorrow, starts with our actions today. It is our job to serve our community for the preservation of humanity. From this day forward we will lead and not follow, and work toward understanding the socialization of our society.” As a student organization of The University of Michigan-Dearborn we are honored to help United Way in its efforts this year with Alternative Spring Break in Detroit.

Remember, change starts with you but it shouldn’t end there. Spread hope, spread compassion, and spread the desire to change what is weak. From there, success of all will follow. Again, S.W.O.T. and I welcome you, and thank you for your efforts.

Sincerely,

Daniel R. Kimmel
Assistant-Director
Students Working Onward Together

TEAM FRESH

This week I took apart in the Alternative Spring Break Detroit 2008 experience. Being a team leader and intern for the ASB Detroit project, I had a unique opportunity to meet students from around the country and within the state, who were very excited about rebuilding the surrounding metropolitan community of Detroit. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the sponsors: FedEx, Deloitte, United Way, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Panera Bread, Enterprise, Kroger, Target, and United Way for Southeastern Michigan. Thank you for such a great experience!

This week I worked with the Ray West Memorial Ramp Project. TEAM FRESH, including I were helping to rebuild a ramp for a young man who was parallelized from the waist down. It was very heartfelt to know that this young man could not get in and out of his house without the help of his children lifting him. So our task was to build a ramp to give this young man his freedom back.

The entire week, the weather was very challenging and it caused as a disturbance to the project but not to the individuals who were participating. Team Fresh has been a blast and we really love hanging out with each other. I wish all the members of this Great team much success in the future and I know each one will bring about change to our world.

Thank you sponsors of ASB Detroit 2008!

I would like to send a sincere thank you to United Way for Southeastern Michigan and the University of Michigan-Dearborn for making this experience possible.

-Adam Harris, SWOT Director

Alternative Spring Break Detroit 2008

http://www.umd.umich.edu/asb

"Over the last two years, United Way has teamed with local communities across the Gulf Coast to mobilize the passion of young adults to help rebuild after the devastation of Hurricanes Ivan, Katrina and Rita. This year, we continue to build on the groundswell of commitment of Gen Y. United Way and young adults from across the country will converge on communities along the Gulf Coast and in Detroit as well. Volunteers will dedicate a week of their lives to helping rebuild communities."

-Alternative Spring Break Detroit 2008 Blog