Program Directors:

Lydia Breskin '09, breskinl

Jamie Chen '09, chenja

Northfield Community

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Periodic or Weekly Commitment

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Faribo Project is one of Carleton's longest running service programs. The program provides an opportunity to befriend adults with developmental disabilities who are living in a local small group home. Volunteers get together for a weekly visit and spend time with residents, engaging them in games, musical entertainment, and craft-making, with a special event field trip once per term.

~ From the Volunteers ~

When they come over to the house, volunteers are welcomed by staff in the brightly-lit kitchen and go meet "the guys," who are always excited when their guests visit. They talk, they listen to music, they play BINGO with prizes. One of the residents might take out his guitar, and another might show the volunteers some pictures on his camera. Mostly, they just have a good time.

“They know our names, they know what we’re interested in, and we can say the same about them.”

-- Their favorite activity is BINGO.”

-- Yeah they lOve BINGO!"

“At first we were trying to do ALL these activities, but we saw that the guys don’t even really want that. We realized that we’re friends. We’re just friends, we’re just going over there to hang out ... It’s an extremely genuine experience.”

“It’s really exciting when you feel like certain barriers are crossed. It took [one of the guys] a year to start signingh with us … and then we could communicate so much more.”