The Day of Service was an interesting event that I participated in at Stockton. It was a day for Stockton students to have a chance to volunteer for organizations in the area who need the help. This event took place on September 10th, 2011 and it started around 8 am. The even began with a nice breakfast and some moving speeches about September 11th, 2001 by an EMT from the area and our very own President, Herman J. Saatkamp, Jr.
After the remembrance we continued on to our volunteer projects. My friends and I were originally signed up to take part in Books Without Borders, which is where students go through old books that can’t be resold and send them to Third World countries so underprivileged students can have access to the same information we have. But then we found out that the project called Osprey Nests we very short staffed so we stepped up to fill the group.
Building osprey nests was a lot of fun. I volunteer at a wildlife center at home so doing something to benefit wildlife was second nature for me. I was really inexperienced with tools however, but I quickly learned with this project. I was sawing and drilling in no time (I didn’t hurt myself or anyone else either, which is quite a feat for me). We built three tops of the structures for the nests and we set one on a pole to be put in the ground. Hopefully one day we could put one of these osprey nest structures on our campus. That way we can encourage our own mascot to live here.