Kelly Fahnestock of Carlisle a Student Leader at Lebanon Valley College

2011 Nov 2

Kelly Fahnestock of Carlisle, Pa., is serving as a student leader at Lebanon Valley College this year. Fahnestock is the president of Community Dutchmen and vice president of Habitat for Humanity.

This is an exhilarating club devoted to helping Lebanon County Special Olympics. CD members help with weekly practices, the Quad Bowling Tournament in October, and host a Swim Meet in March for Lebanon County and three surrounding counties.

In 2011-2012 the Habitat chapter at LVC will help with building projects in the city of Lebanon on select Saturday mornings throughout the academic year. Plans are also underway for a service trip to help build with HFH over Spring Break.

Fahnestock is a junior psychology and sociology major.

Lebanon Valley College is located in Annville, Pa., just 15 minutes east of Hershey and 35 minutes east of Harrisburg. Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and Baltimore are all approximately two hours from LVC. Founded in 1866, the College welcomes more than 1,600 full-time undergraduate students studying more than 30 majors, as well as self-designed majors. It guarantees graduation within four years and offers automatic scholarships to students ranking in the top 30 percent of their high school class worth up to one half the cost of tuition at LVC.