Blog #38: McMahon, Hanley

We awarded 22 Volunteer Service Awards in 2014, 15 in the spring, and 7 in the fall. In this blog, we are introducing two of our seven fall recipients. Kara McMahon is spending a year in Granada, Nicaragua with Futbol Sin Fronteras, also known as Soccer Without Borders. They are a youth development organization that enables girls to learn and grow by providing soccer instruction, teambuilding activities, educational opportunities, and health workshops to combat extreme poverty. Dana Hanley is spending 13 months with Manna Project International (MPI) in Nicaragua where she is project lead for a women’s jewelry cooperative. In addition to helping oversee the distribution of materials, the sale of jewelry, and the cooperative’s finances, she is helping to plan and administer weekly classes for the women related to mathematics, computer literacy, and leadership and empowerment.