Hello once again everyone,

Just last weekend on October the 24th, GIVE and ASWSU representatives partnered with the Center for Civic Engagement in an effort to maximize the impact produced by a project we've planning known as National Make a Difference Day. What follows is a general description of the project and a few pictures of us working to make a difference within the Pullman community.

Make a Difference Day is a national service day, which is one of a series of service days that the CCE will be sponsoring throughout the remainder of the year. The general concept behind these projects is to come together as a communal force, and positively impact our local communities through service projects and initiatives. To accomplish this goal the CCE works closely with community partners to develop projects where Washington State students can reach out to our community and give back to the city and environment that we call home.

ASWSU and GIVE in particular helped sponsor this event by taking charge of a Rake Run for the CCE, and getting out in the community to help elderly citizens get rid of the leaves that have been accumulating in their yards. For the individuals assisted with this project, manual labor of this nature can at times be either a daunting or impossible task, and it was extremely evident how appreciative they were of the work that we accomplished and the impact that we were making in the community. Below are a few pictures from the project that document the type of work that we were doing on Saturday.



Here is Derick En'Wezoh, President of the Associated Students of ASWSU, working on the back yard for one of our community partners.

We had a total of fifteen people at our Rake Run and we split off into three different groups to take routes in different areas throughout the city of Pullman. Some of the houses that we helped in the community had tools that we could use to help facilitate the process, but also each group was equipped with their own supply of rakes, gloves, and bags to do work.





This is Sam Shaddox, ASWSU Director of Legislative Affairs. In this picture he was finishing up the side of one of the houses we worked on.

Our groups were out in the community for a total of three hours and we racked up about forty five hours of registered service through the CCE.



Here is Sam and Derick planning the best course of action on how to tackle this drive way and clean out the leaves.

Groups were led the entire time by either Exec Board members from ASWSU or Group Leaders from the Center for Civic Engagement. The general consensus was that everyone had fun and was proud of the work that we were able to do for the community.



Before and after images of the front yard of a house we worked on.

Before:



After:



And here is the final product after Sam, Derick and myself finished loading up all our leaves for the day. Twenty full garbage bags which we would drop off with other groups at a recycling site.



Continue to watch this space for future updates about CCE projects and National Days of Service, and thank you to everyone who contributed to our project and the success of Make a Difference Day.

Edison Kent
Director of Philanthropy and Community Outreach
Associated Students of Washington State University
(425) 268-1255 edison.kent@email.wsu.edu
http://www.aswsu.wsu.edu