On Saturday October 25th Stockton College held its 2nd annual Make a Difference Day. The event was held and organized by the Office of Service Learning in hopes to promote service and good character throughout the campus. The day started in C/D atrium at 10 a.m. as about 70 to 80 students waltzed to find a service project that suited their interests. Students had fewer options to pick from in terms of service projects than Day of Service, as only seven organizations needed volunteers for that day. Also a vast majority of the projects were off-campus that was less convenient for the students in terms of familiarity with their environment of the service project. I was lucky and happened to choose a project that was on campus right in the Office of Career Development. The office needed some assistance in scanning documents into the computer system in order to eliminate some of the clutter of boxes and folders of files lying around the office. While this seemed like an easy task it definitely took a toll as it was tedious and frustrating. A total of nine boxes of documents with about 20 folders a piece with about 100 pieces of paper in those folders had to unstapled and scanned. It seemed like a cruel and unusual punishment for six good-natured honors students.
Five people were working on removing staples documents, and when a folder was completed I ran the documents through the scanner. This continued until unfortunately the scanner jammed up and even the tech department was unable to fix it. A reflection session was held afterwards in which we all expressed our frustrations and boredom throughout the process. However, we expressed gratitude in knowing that the college was making an effort to go green and make the campus more environmentally friendly. At the end of the day we were proud and happy to give a helping hand to the cause.