ONEONTA, N.Y. -- "Into the Streets," the day of service to the community sponsored by the Center for Social Responsibility and Community at the SUNY College at Oneonta, will take place on Saturday, May 2. Annually, several hundred students and community volunteers team up for "Into the Streets," which is Otsego County's largest single day of volunteer service.
Hundreds of students in 48 teams from SUNY Oneonta, along with students from the Oneonta Job Corps Academy, will travel to 36 assigned sites where they will spend up to six hours in activities such as painting, cleaning, and window-washing at non-profit agencies, schools, and churches; clean-up at area parks and trails; landscaping on the grounds of residential communities and nursing homes; and sprucing up cabins at Gilbert Lake State Park. The motto for "Into the Streets" is "Try it for a day, you may love it for a lifetime."
The College's Center for Social Responsibility and Community partners with local and national non-profit agencies to arrange the service projects undertaken during "Into the Streets." SUNY Oneonta students Tanya Henderson, Stephanie Griffith, and Laurelle Ritter have been coordinating arrangements for the event since last fall, recruiting students and campus civic groups and networking with the heads of participating community non-profits, schools, and organizations.
The student-led event will begin at 9 a.m. with breakfast at the Alumni Field House and a send-off by SUNY Oneonta President Nancy Kleniewski. The volunteers will return to campus for a dinner at the Hunt College Union, where event participants will discuss their experiences and reflect on the service they provided.
More information about "Into the Streets" is available from Linda Drake,
Director of the Center for Social Responsibility and Community, at (607)
436-2633 or by e-mail to csrc@oneonta.edu
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For more information about the College, please call the Community Relations Office at (607) 436-2748 or send e-mail to Carol Blazina, Vice President for Community Relations.SUNY College at Oneonta - Ravine Parkway - Oneonta, NY 13820 - 607.436.3500
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