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Starting at 5 p.m., students will be cooking dinner, preparing the shelter dining room, chatting with guests, setting up beds and "playing cards," said Maria P. Rogahn '95, director of volunteers. Night shift workers will stay in the shelter from 11 p.m. until 6:30 a.m. to counsel guests and ensure that the shelter runs smoothly...
...Maria P. Rogahn '95-96, who transferred to Harvard from Georgetown University, says that Harvard's association is impressive compared to the resources of her former school...
...There was no umbrella group [at Georgetown] that covers everything like PBHA," Rogahn says. "It's very impressive how many more students are involved here...
...Rogahn says she used to fear the homeless, but through her work with the association's Homeless Committee and Summer Homeless Committee, she has changed her own attitudes and now works to determine what solutions are most effective. For instance, Rogahn says she thinks transitional shelters work better than emergency ones...
John B. King '96, a member of the association's board of directors, says he hopes the volunteers will maintain their personal concerns, like Rogahn's, after graduation and throughout their professional lives...