Ashland University students give their time to help community agencies on MLK Day
Tom Puscar
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AU GIVS (Ashland University Gets Involved with Volunteer Service) held its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day service projects Monday with students volunteering to assist organizations in the Ashland community.
Ashland University students and members of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity junior Ethan Wolford and freshman Jake Bucher carry boxes out of the Ashland Parenting Plus offices in the Ashland County Service Center and help move them to the agency's new office on Sandusky Street as a part of AU GIVS (Ashland University Gets Involved with Volunteer Service) Martin Luther King Jr. Day service projects on Monday.
There were about 65 student volunteers who signed up for the service projects. They were sent in teams in two-hour blocks of time from noon-4 p.m. to provide community service to Dale Roy School, Ashland Parenting Plus, Ashland Special Need Ministry, Ashland County Cancer Association, ACCESS, Rape Crisis Domestic Violence Safe Haven of Ashland and Paid In Full Ministry.
Junior Sam Abbott and freshman Brendan Dee carry boxes out of the Ashland Parenting Plus offices in the Ashland County Service Center and help move them to the agency's new office on Sandusky Street. Ashland University students participated in AU GIVS (Ashland University Gets Involved with Volunteer Service) on MLK Day Monday.
Freshman Jake Bucher and junior Ethan Wolford carry boxes out of the Ashland Parenting Plus offices in the Ashland County Service Center. The agency is moving into an office on Sandusky Street, and students were participating in AU GIVS service projects Monday
"We are so appreciative of the help. We are a small nonprofit and we don't have a lot in our budget for moving our offices. So this is an incredible blessing for us," said Ashland Parenting Plus Director Catherine Swope about the help with moving of boxes from the agency's current offices in the Ashland County Service Center to its new offices, which are still in the process of being renovated in a building along Sandusky Street.
Ashland University students and members of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity freshman Brendan Dee, senior Ryan Ortner and junior Ethan Wolford load boxes from the Ashland Parenting Plus offices in the Ashland County Service Center into the back of a pickup as they help move them to new offices on Sandusky Street. Student participated in AU GIVS (Ashland University Gets Involved with Volunteer Service) on Monday.
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