Students from the Fit and Well Community went to the Watershed Center to volunteer their time on Thursday, October 26. While students were at the Watershed Center, they took the time to clear out and pull invasive weeds in the forest trail area. The purpose was to make sure the areas the weeds were covering receive sunlight so plant life and food can grow for animals who live … [Read more...] about Fit and Well Watershed Center Volunteer Trip
Students from the Teacher Education LLC enjoyed playing with the children and families from Sunshine Elementary during the annual PTA Fall Festival. This is the second year in a row the Teacher Education LLC has served as volunteers for this event. The students serve as facilitators of the games played by the children and their family members. Activities included a cake … [Read more...] about Teacher Education Sunshine Elementary Volunteering
Bears for Sustainability traveled to Springfield Lake to enjoy a morning of kayaking and water clean-up. Partners at the James River Basin Partnership provided water clean-up supplies and students had a contest to see how much trash they could collect from the lake. Check us out online and follow us on Facebook Twitter and Instagram … [Read more...] about Bears for Sustainability go kayaking
About 10 students from Bears for a Just Community went to the Ozarks Food Harvest Home Garden to volunteer. While at the Home Garden, students learned about how the home garden impacts the Springfield community and surrounding areas. The students spent two hours helping to harvest about 62 lbs. of food. They also picked weeds out of multiple gardens and separated compost to … [Read more...] about Bears for a Just Community volunteer at Ozarks Food Harvest Home Garden
About 20 students from the Future Health Care Professionals LLC to the Convoy of Hope warehouse where we put together different packs and boxes together for relief efforts. The boxes we put together will be going to areas affected by previous hurricane disasters. Students packaged pasta, put together multiple Gardens in a Bag, put together hygiene packs and much … [Read more...] about Future Health Care Professionals trip to Convoy of Hope