Brock student Sirada Ratchatarungrotkul, far right, volunteers at the All About Bugs station during WinterFEST on Monday, Feb. 18 at the Heartland Forest nature reserve in Niagara Falls. Sirada was among eight Brock students who took advantage of the Alternative Reading Week program to engage with Niagara residents during a Family Day activity. Mostly international students, the Brock contingent enjoyed meeting local families as they had their first volunteer experience in Canada. Sirada, who is from Thailand, teamed up with fellow Brock students whose homelands included Lebanon, Ghana, and China.