Video: Annual Heritage Festival promotes giving back - Campus
After a full week of classes, most students reach for the snooze button to enjoy a couple hours of extra sleep. Saturday morning, the 30th Annual Heritage Festival Community Service committee and volunteers got up early to help out around the community instead.
"We wanted to give back to the community and kick off the heritage festival in a positive way," said Brittany Jones, the community service co-chair.
The team of volunteers loaded up on CABS buses and went to five locations around Columbus. They helped out at local nursing homes and creative living sites, and worked on Earth Day projects. Jones' goal was to open the eyes of the community and let them know that Ohio State does care about the city of Columbus.
"I love to volunteer," said Ashley Hawthorne a sophomore in human development family science. "It's my specialty. I love to help people and the community."
In an effort to reach the community, the volunteers built playgrounds, picked up trash and assisted residents. They washed cars for wheelchair-bound people and planted flowers at the nursing home.
"It makes me feel so much better about myself," said Faustine Gau, a freshman in business.
Whitney L.B. Miller can be reached at miller.3859@osu.edu.
After a full week of classes, most students reach for the snooze button to enjoy a couple hours of extra sleep. Saturday morning, the 30th Annual Heritage Festival Community Service committee and volunteers got up early to help out around the community instead.
"We wanted to give back to the community and kick off the heritage festival in a positive way," said Brittany Jones, the community service co-chair.
The team of volunteers loaded up on CABS buses and went to five locations around Columbus. They helped out at local nursing homes and creative living sites, and worked on Earth Day projects. Jones' goal was to open the eyes of the community and let them know that Ohio State does care about the city of Columbus.
"I love to volunteer," said Ashley Hawthorne a sophomore in human development family science. "It's my specialty. I love to help people and the community."
In an effort to reach the community, the volunteers built playgrounds, picked up trash and assisted residents. They washed cars for wheelchair-bound people and planted flowers at the nursing home.
"It makes me feel so much better about myself," said Faustine Gau, a freshman in business.
Whitney L.B. Miller can be reached at miller.3859@osu.edu.
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