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Students Tackle Homelessness

One hundred college students, 10 days, and one social problem to solve. Students across campus came together to creatively provide a realistic solution for Lava Mae, a nonprofit providing mobile showers to those experiencing homelessness in San Francisco.

Read the full story on the Daily Universe website.
https://universe.byu.edu/2017/11/09/byu-students-tackle-homelessness-social-innovations-competition/

From left: BYU MBA students Rachel Whitlock with her daughter Allison, and Dan Sisco, Ryan Adkins, Shawn Merrill, and Lava Mae Senior Director of Programs and Impact Kris Kepler pose with the $3,000 check they won for finishing first in the Ballard Center’s Social Innovations Solutions Competition. The winners were announced on Nov. 3. (Jill Piacitelli)
From left: BYU MBA students Rachel Whitlock with her daughter Allison, and Dan Sisco, Ryan Adkins, Shawn Merrill, and Lava Mae Senior Director of Programs and Impact Kris Kepler pose with the $3,000 check they won for finishing first in the Ballard Center’s Social Innovations Solutions Competition. The winners were announced on Nov. 3. (Jill Piacitelli)

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Writer: Jillian Argento