Julia Brajcich- Service

  Hi everyone, my name is Julia Brajcich and I am a psychology and spanish double major from Shoreline, WA. I am the baby of my family (I have two older brothers and two older sisters!) and come from a long line of zags. I am so glad to be a Seton this year and have loved getting to know all the other girls. Other than Setons, I am involved in GEO and Mission & Ministry around campus. GEO is a student club dedicated to making Gonzaga more sustainable and educating the general university community. In Mission & Ministry I am in a CLC (christian life community), lead a CLC and help out with retreats put on for the students! I am so thankful that I am part of the Gonzaga community. 

     Of service, sisterhood, and leadership, the pillar that stands out to me the most is service. From a young age, I was always intrigued by all of the volunteer opportunities that I could involve myself in. Because of that, I knew coming into GU that I was interested in Setons. The weekly service that I was placed in this semester was sorting donations at the St. Margaret’s location of Catholic Charities. Before this I was used to service that consisted of interacting with the people I was serving so at first it was a bit of a shock. At first I was disappointed that I wouldn’t be interacting with people, but then I realized that just because it wasn’t what I was used to didn’t mean it was less important. This is the type of service that I feel is more likely to be overlooked when people research volunteer opportunities. Each week there were so many donations and it felt overwhelming, yet each week it was amazing to see how much my Seton sisters and I accomplished. Even though it was challenging at times, knowing how much of a difference we were making in the lives of the staff, residents and greater Spokane community was always reassuring.