(Photo shows several of the students heading back to campus after a hot afternoon inside the old Thornwell Elementary School, which is to become the new center of the Community Action Agency.)
Began the day with a quick blog about the day of service that was scheduled by Coker Staff for the students and other volunteers from Coker. I know there were a few people involved in the planning and Darlene Small and Jason Umfress shouldered a big part of the effort to make this day happen. Thanks to them and all the others who helped.
A friend of mine writing on FACEBOOK commented that it is a great to remember 9-11 but it would probably be even greater to use this memory as an opportunity day to make something better. I appreciate those from my first-year class who let me be involved as we helped begin to make it look like the Community Action Agency might be able to reclaim the old Thornwell Elementary School into a full-service Community Action Agency office and headquarters.
Here is a photo from SCNOW: http://www2.scnow.com/news/2010/sep/11/coker-college-freshman-krista-thorpe-im-95773/?referer=None&shorturl=http://scnow.com/im/95773/
ReplyDeleteHere are some other photos from a Facebook page that show some of the students painting at a Habitat for Humanity house.
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Lisa's story on SC NOW and it will probably make the Messenger depending on news of the week:
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