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<p>Misericordia University students active in Catholic Relief Services recently made a donation to Campus Ministry to assist Syrian refugees in the Middle East after holding a fundraiser to benefit poor and vulnerable populations overseas.</p><p>The students, under the direction of Ariana Kampfe, a junior occupational therapy major and Catholic Relief Services Student Ambassador, raised $282 by holding a penny race in McHale Residence Hall. Divided into teams by floor, students raced to see which team could collect the most pennies.</p><p>The donation was made online in honor of a local Syrian refugee family that was relocated to the Back Mountain by Catholic Social Services. Misericordia University&#8217;s Campus Ministry has been working with the family to help them settle in Northeastern Pennsylvania.</p><p>The following students organized the fundraiser: Alex Brody of Tunkhannock; Roy and Joan Brody, Michaela Daley, of Doylestown; Michael and Colleen Daley, Ariana Kampfe, of Blairstown, New Jersey; Colomba and Jamie Kampfe, William Sadow, of Kintnersville; Bill and Kathleen Sadow, Kalynn Sefcik, of Gaithersburg, Maryland; David and Donna Sefcik, Jacqueline Strausser, of Gouldsboro; Robert and Karol Strausser and Robert Wagner, of Mullica Hill, New Jersey; Bob and Terrie Wagner.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Misericordia University students active in Catholic Relief Services made a donation to Campus Ministry to assist Syrian refugees in the Middle East after holding a fundraiser to benefit poor and vulnerable populations overseas. From left, first row, are Michaela Daley, Doylestown; Kalynn Sefcik, Damascus, Md.; and Jacqueline Strasser, Gouldsboro. Second row, William Sadow, Kintersville; Ariana Kampfe, Blairstown, N.J.; Robert Wagner, Mullica Hill, N.J.; Gina Oriolo, West Milford, N.J., and Alex Brody, Tunkhannock.Front row seated: Michaela Daley, 2021 Doylestown,PA Kalynn Sefcik, 2021 Damascus, MD Jacqueline Strasser, 2020 Gouldsboro, PA second row: William Sadow, 2020 Kintersville, PA Ariana Kampfe 2021 Blairstown, NJ, Robert Wagner, Mullica Hill, NJ 2021, Gina Oriolo 2020 West Milford, NJ Alex Brody 2021 Tunkhannock, PA </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/web1_FOR-PUBLICATION-Catholic-Relief-Services.jpg</photo0><caption0>Misericordia University students active in Catholic Relief Services made a donation to Campus Ministry to assist Syrian refugees in the Middle East after holding a fundraiser to benefit poor and vulnerable populations overseas. From left, first row, are Michaela Daley, Doylestown; Kalynn Sefcik, Damascus, Md.; and Jacqueline Strasser, Gouldsboro. Second row, William Sadow, Kintersville; Ariana Kampfe, Blairstown, N.J.; Robert Wagner, Mullica Hill, N.J.; Gina Oriolo, West Milford, N.J., and Alex Brody, Tunkhannock.Front row seated: Michaela Daley, 2021 Doylestown,PA Kalynn Sefcik, 2021 Damascus, MD Jacqueline Strasser, 2020 Gouldsboro, PA second row: William Sadow, 2020 Kintersville, PA Ariana Kampfe 2021 Blairstown, NJ, Robert Wagner, Mullica Hill, NJ 2021, Gina Oriolo 2020 West Milford, NJ Alex Brody 2021 Tunkhannock, PA </caption0><photoCredit0>Submitted photo </photoCredit0></div></div>

Misericordia University’s Catholic Relief Services makes donation to aid Syrian refugees