Spring 500

Spring 500 was on Sunday, April 7th from 12 p.m.-5:00 p.m. The purpose of Spring 500 is to have 100 Kohawks do 5 hours of service! Noel Rozum, an AmeriCorps Vista in the Office of Service Learning and Campus Engagement,coordinated this wonderful day of service! I am the Student Organizations Liaison in the Office of Service Learning and Campus Engagement. I got to help recruit volunteers for the Spring 500!  You can visit this office at any time and learn about community service opportunities in Cedar Rapids. I enjoy working there a lot and learning about all we can do for Cedar Rapids. On Sunday we went into the Moundview neighborhood and did a clean up. We also mulched trees with Trees Forever. Many of our neighbors said that they could see the difference after we had picked up a lot of litter! It was a sunny and successful day!

Spring 500 volunteers! Courtesy of Rod Pritchard 

I got to ride in the ROTC golf cart all day and take pictures of all of the Kohawks serving! None of us had eaten lunch yet, so we went through the Wendy's drive thru in a golf cart! Overall this day taught me that Kohawks do love to serve and our time serving in the community does matter. It is very simple to get involved with service at Coe. You can do many things such as joining Greek Life, participating in Dance Marathon, joining Habitat for Humanity, participating with Children of Promise, or just coming to the Office of Service Learning and Campus Engagement to find out about the endless opportunities!

Golf cart fun! 

Have a Marvelous Monday,
Nina :)