Students Pilot Local Field Work Term Program
Participating in Bennington's new Local Field Experience program, 16 students spent Field Work Term volunteering at 11 organizations in Bennington and North Bennington, including schools, counseling services, family support centers, and other community-based agencies.
The program was designed to help students better understand the working world, explore how large national issues impact the local region, and become more integrated into the Bennington and North Bennington communities.
"It's been extremely helpful," said Linda Donigan, a children's librarian at the Benningon Free Library, where Erica Frohnhoefer '12 has been helping run the after-school program. "It's wonderful to have a young person with a lot of talent and a lot of energy join us ... I think it really has enriched our community."