Bucknell in Nicaragua 2009
A group of 23 people, including 12 Bucknell University alumni, returned to Nicaragua March 28 on the 10th anniversary of the Bucknell Brigade. Over the past decade, 445 people have traveled to Nicaragua on the brigade, working with the host agency Jubilee House Community to construct a health clinic and sustainable businesses for residents of Nueva Vida, a resettlement community formed after Hurricane Mitch hit Managua in 1998.
The alumni brigade:
Ray Prushnok ’01, Ashley Wilhelm ‘05, Kristine Kengor ’03, Cassie Lajeskie '06, Ben Colby ’03, Jim Ritter ‘04, Susan Zingale-Baird, Cara Anderman ’03, Blakeley Lowry ’99, Jamie Cistoldi Lee ’99, Andrew Lee ’99, Rebecca Schofield ‘05, Jeremy “J.J.” Snyder ‘06.
