OMAHA, Neb. -- While many of her teammates were focused on returning to campus for the start of the fall semester, Creighton softball sophomore catcher Elly Beeson embarked on a seven-day trip to the Dominican Republic for one final summer excursion.
Neither Elly nor her father -- Dr. Thomas J. Beeson, a professor in the endodontics department at the Creighton Dental School – or mother are strangers to the Dominican Republic. The Beesons' most recent trip in August marked their fourth time traveling to the Caribbean. The trip, organized by the G3 Foundation -- an international non-profit organization dedicated to treating dental disease within indigent populations -- included staying in the capital of Santo Domingo and taking daily journeys on a bus packed with volunteers and equipment.