On September 10, 2011, The Office of Student Development held its Eighth Annual Day
of Service. More than three-hundred students came to volunteer, exceeding the
maximum capacity of the event. Everyone was able to sign up for a specific area
of volunteer work, even though there were more students than expected. Most of
the events ended very early. Some students were pleased with this because they
had other things to do, however others were disappointed they could not help
longer. After everyone came back from their separate events, there was a
reflection barbeque. Although most people knew that there was a barbeque, few
people realized that they were supposed to be reflecting on what they had done.
There were blue cards with questions on the table, but they were not read
because people were too busy eating and socializing.

Along with experimenting in a different
field of community service, students were able to meet upperclassmen and learn
about an organization that they would not have appreciated otherwise. My field
of community service was the Lake Fred Cleanup. The leaders of that group told
us all about the Water Watch club and the Internship opportunities with
AmeriCorps. I enjoyed walking around outside with other students, cleaning up
the lake. After Stockton’s Day of Service, I decided I wanted to join Water
Watch, and I am sure that was the case with many other participants. Overall,
Stockton’s Day of Service was very helpful to both the community and the
volunteers.

Megan Cohalan