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Service Day 2008

April 17, 2008 (rain date: April 22)

Thanks to all who helped make Service Day 2008 a success!!!

HOW WAS YOUR EXPERIENCE?

Take a short survey to let us know!

Special Olympics Feedback Survey

Off-Campus Project Feedback Survey

Take a day and serve!

Classes are canceled on April 17th to give students, faculty and staff an opportunity to serve together as an expression of our common commitment to service at Messiah College.

Put your faith into action!

What can I do on Service Day?

Special Olympics: This reginonal event is staffed by Messiah students and faculty. Over 1,000 volunteers are needed.
Off-Campus Projects: Students and staff are also invited to take part in service through off-campus service projects offered through the Agape Center. Projects will be serving people in and around the Harrisburg area through community partnerships withlocal churches and non-profit organizations.

T-shirt & Training Info 2008

April 8th:

Special Olympics Student Buddy Training @ 6pm in Brubaker. Come pick up your buddy shirt and get details for the day.

April 9th:

Special Olympics Employee/Community Buddy Training @ 7pm in Frey 110. Come pick up your buddy shirt and get details for the day. Students may attend if unable to attend Tuesday's training.

April 10th:

Off-Campus Project t-shirt pick up @ 4:30-6:30 in Jordan 1st floor lounge. Stop by to get your t-shirt.

(Special Olympics buddies can come here if they can't make any training session)

"...and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?"

Micah 6:8, NRSV

"I slept and dreamt that life was joy.

I awoke and saw that life was service.

I acted, and behold, service was joy."

Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941) Indian poet and Nobel laureate

"Love cannot remain by itself, or it has no meaning.

Love has to be put into action and that action is service."

Mother Teresa