The 16th Annual Celebrate Service... Celebrate Geneva... DayS of Service will be held Saturdays, September 20th, October 18th, and November 2.
Volunteers from the area will unite with the common purpose of giving back to the Greater Geneva community. The event is being planned by volunteers from all areas of our community with support from local businesses, service providers, and educational institutions. Sponsors that donate $250 or more to DayS of Service include Walmart, B.E. Wright (Snapple), William Smith Congress/Hobart Student Government, Pepsi (Geneva Club Beverage), Finger Lakes Health, Sodexho, Geneva Awning and Tent Works, Clemens Signs, John Holtz Honda, Wegmans Food Markets, and First Book. These sponsors are featured on the back of the DOS T-shirts that are worn by all volunteers. If you would like to participate, please e-mail DOS@hws.edu.
This year, the DayS of Service planning committee seeks to engage more volunteers than ever before to participate in DayS of Service. Last year, three pillars of service, based on the values of Hobart and William Smith Colleges, were identified as points around which to do service. We have further extended these pillars to reflect the focus of the three DayS: September 20 (the environment), October 18 (community well-being), and November 2 (children and literacy). The service sites this year will be scheduled on the different DayS to reflect these pillars, with the hopes that this will offer meaningful and purposeful service opportunities for everyone in the HWS and Geneva communitites!
Kidsfest and DayS of Service: Children and Literacy will take place this year on Sunday, November 2, 2008, beginning at noon. We will have a variety of activities planned for kids and parents, age appropriate snacks, and t-shirts for all who come to participate. Parents should plan on staying with their children the entire time.
WHO: Members of the Colleges community and residents from the Geneva area interested in making our community a better place in which to live and work.
WHAT: DayS of community service, helping local non-profit organizations, agencies, and individuals. Tools, supplies and lunch will be provided; all volunteers need to provide is appropriate clothing and enthusiasm. Our obligation to service is not fulfilled in a single morning of a single day once a year. In the hopes of connecting HWS and Geneva community members to the service that will be most meaningful for themselves and the organizations served, and to engage more community members in more service opportunities, we have extended Celebrate Service, Celebrate Geneva into DayS of Service.
WHERE: Volunteers will meet at the Hobart and William Smith Quad (for the September and October dates, the Barn on November 2). The work will be performed in the Greater Geneva area. Transportation will be provided.
WHEN: Saturdays, September 20th, October 18th, from 9:15 a.m. - 4:00 p.m, and November 2 from 11:15 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Celebration in the Quad at 2 p.m (tentative).
WHY: To make our community a better place in which to live and work.
