Make a Difference Day is Oct. 27

Published Oct 26, 2018 by
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The Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement (CLCE) at East Carolina University is hosting Make A Difference Service Day with several community partners at various locations on Saturday, Oct. 27.
Make a Difference Day is a national day of service, sponsored by USA Weekend magazine and Points of Light, and is the largest single day of volunteering in the country. Millions of volunteers across the nation will unite with a common mission to improve the lives of their neighbors. This national movement is a great opportunity for students to connect with the community through service, learning and leadership.
The CLCE’s goal is to place 100-150 student volunteers with a number of community partners including American Cancer Society, McConnell-Raab Hope Lodge, MacGregor Downs Health and Rehabilitation Center, Making Pitt Fit community garden and several other service sites for the day. Students will leave from Wright Circle on campus at 7:30 a.m. and return at 4:30 p.m.
New this year, volunteers will have the opportunity to serve at the New Bern Hurricane Florence Recovery service site. More than 5,000 structures were damaged and 750 homes destroyed, and the cleanup and rebuilding process requires many helping hands. ECU has teamed up with relief agencies to do this work; one of them is Baptists on Mission.
“For the 2018 Make a Difference Day, we look forward to collaborating with our community partners as well as promoting leadership through service and connecting our students to worthwhile service agencies in the community,” said Trina Locklear, graduate assistant for the CLCE. “Also, having recently served at the Hurricane Florence Recovery site, the people impacted are greatly appreciative and the experience was personally enriching.”
ECU students, faculty and staff can learn more about specific activities and the various projects through the Pirates Give portal (https://orgsync.com/113403/chapter) on ECU’s OrgSync website.
 
-Contact: Alex Dennis, assistant director, Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement,dennisa15@ecu.edu, 252-737-4988