Big Event helps Nacogdoches
By: Ashley Edwards
Issue date: 9/11/08 Section: News
The office of student life will unite with student volunteers and Nacogdoches organizations to complete various service projects during The Big Event on Saturday. The day's activities are designed to join students with their communities and to help make where they live a better place.
"We hope this is the beginning of a new tradition on campus," said Michael Preston, director of student life. "We would like to host one every semester."
Students are urged to check in for The Big Event at the Baker Pattillo Student Center at 8 a.m. to receive volunteer assignments. All projects will be completed in less than five hours, and breakfast will be served for all student volunteers.
"Taking part in community service projects brings a unique form of joy," said Brooke Hawkins, community mobilization specialist of Nacogdoches Safe and Drug Free. "Helping the community you are a part of are skills that build real character."
There will be opportunities to partner with the following local organizations: Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council, Habitat For Humanity, Salvation Army, Young Life, Women's Shelter of East Texas, Treatment Center, H.O.P.E., G.O.D.T.E.L., Keep Nacogdoches Beautiful, The East Texas Healing Center, Nacogdoches County United Way and the Boys and Girls Club of Deep East Texas.
"Students and agencies participating in The Big Event will benefit from Saturday's volunteer work," said Sarah Hueber. "Students are going to have an opportunity to spend an entire day getting to know the ins and outs of the Nacogdoches community while agencies will be receiving student volunteers to assist with projects they otherwise would have had trouble completing."
Assignments for the organization projects vary.
They will include "working on Website design for The Salvation Army, beautification projects with Keep Nacogdoches Beautiful, painting a new building for Young Life, cleaning up city parks, assistances with collecting needed items and more," Hueber said.
Interested volunteers should plan to attend The Big Event.
"The event is a chance to get students into the community and volunteering for the common good," said Preston. "I think all sides benefit."
aedwards@thepinelog.com
"We hope this is the beginning of a new tradition on campus," said Michael Preston, director of student life. "We would like to host one every semester."
Students are urged to check in for The Big Event at the Baker Pattillo Student Center at 8 a.m. to receive volunteer assignments. All projects will be completed in less than five hours, and breakfast will be served for all student volunteers.
"Taking part in community service projects brings a unique form of joy," said Brooke Hawkins, community mobilization specialist of Nacogdoches Safe and Drug Free. "Helping the community you are a part of are skills that build real character."
There will be opportunities to partner with the following local organizations: Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council, Habitat For Humanity, Salvation Army, Young Life, Women's Shelter of East Texas, Treatment Center, H.O.P.E., G.O.D.T.E.L., Keep Nacogdoches Beautiful, The East Texas Healing Center, Nacogdoches County United Way and the Boys and Girls Club of Deep East Texas.
"Students and agencies participating in The Big Event will benefit from Saturday's volunteer work," said Sarah Hueber. "Students are going to have an opportunity to spend an entire day getting to know the ins and outs of the Nacogdoches community while agencies will be receiving student volunteers to assist with projects they otherwise would have had trouble completing."
Assignments for the organization projects vary.
They will include "working on Website design for The Salvation Army, beautification projects with Keep Nacogdoches Beautiful, painting a new building for Young Life, cleaning up city parks, assistances with collecting needed items and more," Hueber said.
Interested volunteers should plan to attend The Big Event.
"The event is a chance to get students into the community and volunteering for the common good," said Preston. "I think all sides benefit."
aedwards@thepinelog.com
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