Even though it was a busy day, my mentee and I attended the Celebration of Service very briefly. The event was coordinated by the office of Service Learning and we stopped by and said hello to Daniel as well. I figured, since my mentee would have to do the service learning projects, it would be great if she could meet the man in charge of it all and the man that she has to go to if she has any problems at all. The Celebration of Service was a day dedicated to something that very much sounds like its name: celebrating the service that our fellow classmates and friends have done for the community. Being the part of the honors program, I feel like we can all relate because we each have to do our own service learning project every semester.
I have always been a strong supporter of volunteering and its great to have a day dedicated to celebrating the people who dedicate their time to help out in the world. There was plenty of posters showing different ways that students can get involved. This was great for students who had an interest in dedicating their time to volunteering but wouldn’t know where to begin. Or in some cases, it presented ideas that some students might have never thought of on their own and this way they would get a chance to broaden up their horizons and think of new things they could do to help the community.
Though we stayed for a few minutes, the celebration of service looked like it had a busy crowd going in. After all, being in front of the library right in F-Wing would get a good flow of traffic, meaning more students would be able to take advantage of what the celebration of day of service is about: celebrating people who help their communities while having the opportunity to get involved themselves.