{"id":52955,"date":"2018-09-05T15:12:19","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T19:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=52955"},"modified":"2018-09-05T15:12:19","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T19:12:19","slug":"student-volunteers-to-head-out-across-niagara-for-milestone-brock-cares-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2018\/09\/student-volunteers-to-head-out-across-niagara-for-milestone-brock-cares-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Student volunteers to head out across Niagara for milestone Brock Cares event"},"content":{"rendered":"

New and returning Brock students will come together Saturday to give back to the community they call home throughout the school year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Badgers will head out across Niagara Sept. 8 to show their support for a variety of events and organizations during the 10th annual Brock Cares Day of Service.<\/span><\/p>\n

Students will assist with a Canadian Blood Services drive, collect donations for Project SHARE\u2019s Pack the Purolator event in Niagara Falls, prepare Niagara Catholic\u2019s outdoor education site in Thorold for visiting children, and play games with residents of Linhaven, a long-term care facility in St. Catharines.<\/span><\/p>\n

They will also lend a hand at community events, sort at food banks, freshen up service organization facilities and participate in community clean-ups.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a chance for students to not only become acquainted with the community they\u2019re living in, but to also say \u2018thank you\u2019 to Niagara residents for welcoming them in,\u201d said Kristen Smith, Brock\u2019s Manager of Community Outreach Programs in Student Life and Community Experience. \u201cWe hope connections are formed that result in continued volunteer opportunities throughout the year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

About 300 participants, including some Brock employees, are expected to roll up their sleeves and show Niagara their support through outings in eight Niagara municipalities.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re hoping this will be the largest Brock Cares Day of Service yet in honour of the event\u2019s 10th anniversary,\u201d said Community Engagement Co-ordinator Megan Brown. \u201cGiving back is part of the culture here at Brock and people recognize and embrace that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Many student participants return year after year, eventually taking on leadership roles in the initiative.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brock Cares comes on the final day of the University\u2019s <\/span>Welcome Week<\/span><\/a> and helps to \u201cset the tone for the rest of the year,\u201d Brown said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The initiative will be followed next week by <\/span>VolunteerFEST<\/span><\/a> on Thursday, Sept. 13 in Market Hall. <\/span><\/p>\n

More than 30 Niagara organizations will participate in the vendor fair-style event to actively recruit volunteers and raise awareness of their respective missions.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve really been working to create new partnerships and leverage existing connections that already exist within the Brock community,\u201d Brown said, adding she\u2019s hopeful both initiatives will grow in the coming years.<\/span><\/p>\n

There\u2019s still time to <\/span>sign up to participate in Brock Cares<\/span><\/a>. Volunteers are provided free breakfast and transportation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brock Cares is run by Student Life and Community Experience in partnership with the Brock University Students\u2019 Union.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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