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Moving Hands Change their Communities
by Kristalyn Bunyan
Smiling, laughing, meeting new people,
Baptist and Leo White scholars sorted clothes at a thrift store, cleaned a Jesuit house, and installed fencing at Mountin' Hopes, a therapeutic riding center.
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helping others, and learning new tasks can all be accomplished in one activity called volunteering.Hundreds of Mars Hill College students have been changing their community by raising money for local non-profit organizations or giving them hands-on help.
Honors scholars spent their first week of college at retreats where community service was a major focus. Marshbanks and Grayson scholars maintained trails and painted signs on Bailey Mountain. Baptist and Leo White scholars sorted clothes at a thrift store, cleaned a Jesuit house, and installed fencing at Mountin' Hopes, a therapeutic riding center.
Bonner scholars dug drainage trenches at a house in West Asheville with the cooperation of Youth Build, which helps juvenile delinquents gain construction skills and a GED.
Bonner scholars are required to volunteer a total of 140 hours a semester, while the other scholars must give 35 hours.
Bonner scholars dug drainage trenches at a house in West Asheville with the cooperation of Youth Build.
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Scholars are not the only ones contributing to their community. Sororities and fraternities hold annual benefits for various projects, and one fraternity sponsors a blood drive. All freshmen must give at least four and half hours of service. Most organizations that belong to the Student Government Association must contribute to their community.
Students who want to know what kind of service projects are available can contact Missy Harris, the Service Learning Coordinator in Life Works at 689-1297, or visit the web page at http://lifeworks.mhc.edu/service.
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