Done in a Day! 

On Sunday November 12, nine Thomas Jefferson School of Law students joined Professor Judybeth Tropp and Externship Coordinator Angie Valdiconza at TJSL’s first “Done in a Day” Project with the Monarch School. 

The group met at 8 a.m. and was able to clean and restore the school’s courtyard, kitchen, laundry room and reception area. 

The volunteer coordinator from Monarch was especially thrilled as this was the first group of volunteers to ever come onto campus to roll up their sleeves to improve the campus for the students who attend.

Michelle Berger & Ana Perez

"Your team did such an amazing job cleaning our campus," said Monarch volunteer coordinator Kristen Shea. "The Monarch staff was so happy when they came in and saw the school on Monday." According to Professor Tropp: “We got so much accomplished in a very short period of time and everyone left feeling very pleased that we made a tangible impact on a true quality of life issue for the Monarch School Community.  We hope that this will be the first of many such projects with Monarch and we hope to entice as many students, faculty and  staff along for the fun.”                                                            

According to the Monarch School’s official website: “We provide an accredited education to homeless and at-risk kids while caring for basic needs such as healthcare, food, clothing and personal hygiene.”

 Professor Tropp wishes to thank the following students for doing such a terrific job (very early on a Sunday morning):

Andrea Yu                      Angeline Callahan
Lauren Tomkiewicz      Asher Hartel
Renee Galente             Damika Webb
Ana Perez                     Jennifer Chapman
Michelle Berger            Luke Valdiconza