Colleges apply for Obama’s interfaith service program
More than 250 colleges, universities and seminaries have submitted
plans to the White House for yearlong interfaith service projects in
response to a campaign launched by the Obama administration.
Joshua
DuBois, director of the White House Office of Faith-based and
Neighborhood Partnerships, said officials had hoped for 100
participants.
"They don't have to agree about their different
beliefs, but we feel like they can agree on issues of service and
strengthening our communities," he said August 2. "And so many of them
are responding and saying . . . we want to take you up on this
challenge."
