Hobart and William Smith Colleges

During the Orientation Day of Service, several students help the Geneva Theatre Guild straighten up their storage area.

From Historic North and City Central to Founders Square and South Lake, the Day of Service for Orientation brought the Classes of 2019 to more than 30 volunteer locations across Geneva and in the surrounding area. In this photo, students spruce up the Historic North neighborhood welcome sign.

On the second day of Orientation, all first-year students join together to give back to Geneva during the annual Day of Service that takes place during their first weekend on campus.

Hameed Mourani ’19, of Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., Oluwaseun Adetola ’19, of Bethany, Conn., and Caroline Gerrard ’19, of Rochester, N.Y., rake leaves with members of the Historic South Neighborhood in Pulteney Park.

During Orientation Day of Service, Griffin Thrush ’19, of Westport, Conn.; Spencer Planit ’19, of Scarsdale, N.Y.; Orientation Mentor Sophia Melvin ’18, of Ithaca, N.Y.; and Jiaxun Liu ’19, of Wuhan, China, enhance a landscaping berm at Arbors Green in Geneva.

Grace Marshall ’19, of Petoskey, Mich., works on a flower berm at the roundabout in Washington St. Park.

Nick Pugh ’19, of Boston, and Stephen Cosola, of Garden City, N.Y., assist with cleanup efforts at Washington St. Park during the Orientation Day of Service.

In Geneva’s Arbors Neighborhood, Day of Service volunteers remove wood fragments from a resident’s backyard. More than a dozen students joined with community members to lend a hand at the property.

Kara Martinez P’19 snaps a photo of her children Dylan Bennett ’19 and Katie Bennett before returning to their home in Annapolis, Md.

Orientation Mentor Sophia Melvin ’18, of Ithaca, N.Y., enjoys a laugh with fellow volunteers during a park cleanup project at Arbors Green.

In the Field House, more than 250 students take part in packaging meals for Stop Hunger Now, an international non-profit organization that distributes food and lifesaving aid to children and families in need across the globe. This is the second year of the Colleges partnership with the organization.

Junsong Zhang ’19, of Nanjing, China, Max Barsh ’19, of Summit, N.J., and Jack Haskell ’19 of Wellsburg, N.Y. join City Council At-Large member Tony DiCostenzo to clean the Washington Street Cemetery on Saturday. The cemetery is part of the Founder’s Square Neighborhood.

Students gather with Lynn Doyle (left), a resident of the Historic South Neighborhood, after cleaning up Pulteney Park, the area that was once the center of Geneva.

Erik Wolf ’19, of Grand Lake, Colo., assists decorating a bicycle during the kick-off celebration of a new play area and community garden that will be situated next to Geneva Garden Apartments along Pulteney Street.

Kenisha Ross ’19, of Orange, N.J., Eliza Santin ’19, of West Newton, Mass., Ana Mazariegos ’19, of Mamaroneck, N.Y., and Sarah Banta ’19, of Hudson, Mass., package meals for Stop Hunger Now in the Field House on Saturday morning.

President Mark D. Gearan talks with first-year students who are working at the Stop Hunger Now event. The Classes of 2019 packaged nearly 60,000 meals for the organization on Saturday.