First-Year Students to Volunteer Through Hands for Change

Aug 24, 2011

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
LEAH HOBLIT, Hands for Change Coordinator
(218) 299-4167, csc@cord.edu
AMY KELLY, Media Relations director
(218) 299-3642

FIRST-YEAR CONCORDIA STUDENTS VOLUNTEER
THROUGH HANDS FOR CHANGE


    Students at Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn., will participate in the 18th annual Hands for Change outreach event on Monday, Aug. 29, during new student orientation week. Concordia will send hundreds of volunteers out into the Fargo-Moorhead community to participate in 39 different service projects.
       Activities will begin with a send-off ceremony at 8:15 a.m. at the bell tower (rain site Memorial Auditorium). President William Craft will speak at the ceremony.
    Students will arrive at various service sites at approximately 9 a.m. and work until 11:30 a.m. when they will return to campus for lunch. Throughout the afternoon, students will be engaging in conversations about their service-learning experiences. The 2011 Hands for Change coordinator Leah Hoblit and Dr. Mark Krejci, provost and dean of the college, will speak at the closing ceremony at 4:15 p.m.
    Hands for Change projects which are open to the media are listed below with their locations and contact names.

    American Red Cross: Florija – (701) 364-1800
    2602 12th St, North, Fargo
Variety of projects including painting and organizing offices, and cleaning out disaster vehicles returned from the Minot flood relief

    Bonanzaville USA: Joe – (701) 282-2822
    1351 Main Avenue West, West Fargo
    Cleaning the exhibits and beautifying the grounds

    Edgewood Vista: Karla – (701) 365-4740
    4420 37th Ave. S., Fargo
    Building raised plantar boxes and participating in programs with residents

   
       Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre: Shelly – (701)-235-1901
       333 4th St. S., Fargo
A variety of projects including painting, weeding, moving offices and clerical work

F/M Humane Society: Julianne – (701) 866-0881
1201 28th Ave. N., Fargo
General cleaning around the animal kennels

Fraser, Ltd.: Barb – (701) 232-3301
2902 University Dr. S. #2, Fargo
Serving in the child care center doing crafts, reading or playing with the children; general maintenance including painting and deep cleaning

Great Plains Food Bank: Cierra – (701) 476-4112
1720 3rd Ave. N., Fargo
Packing food for Great Plains’ "Backpack Program;" brainstorming ideas to teach recipients to prepare the food in the backpacks

Project HERO: Georgia – (701) 212-1921
5012 53rd St. S., Suite C, Fargo
Sorting linens, sorting medical supplies and cleaning the supply shelves

Red River Zoo: Becky – (701)-277-9240
4255 23rd Avenue South, Fargo
Beautifying the grounds; weeding flower beds and clearing garbage around the fence lines

United Way: Teresa Enderson (701) 237-5050
219 7th St. S., Fargo
Putting together and organizing packets for United Way's annual campaign

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