The 1st ever "5k Green Run" took place on Sunday, April 5th at Clark University. The race had 117 runners and raised over $1300 for the Regional Environmental Council in Worcester, MA.
This event was organized by Clark students Bonnie Unger, Sarah Holroyd, and Maria Arabatzis. These students won $5,000 from the Eu-Reka Big Idea Contest sponsored by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program at Clark.
Over 170 Clark students participated in the 7th annual Just Do It Day of Service on Saturday, April 4th, 2009. Students volunteered at 15 different sites in the City of Worcester including the Boys & Girls Club, the Worcester Housing Authority, and Stone Soup. The theme this year was "I Just Did It and I Liked It". Thanks to everyone for helping out and getting involved in our community!
Clark University students on Alternative Spring Break to New Orleans, LA in March 2009.
Top left picture: (left to right) Liz Boventure, Emma Dealy, Michelle Sepe
Top right picture: (left to right) Alyssa Chu, Liz Boventure, Emily Terrana, Emma Dealy, Jontae Clapp, Michelle Sepe, Irina Gaziyeva
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Congratulations to the Stair-A-Thon winners on February 19th, 2009. From left to right: Robin Barron, 1st place; Naomi Vinbury, 3rd Place; Jesse Mattleman, 2nd place. Robin won with an amazing 47 trips up/down the stairs in Jonas Clark in one hour! The stair-a-thon was followed by a Midnight Bagel Brunch sponsored by Hillel.
The Stair-A-Thon is an annual fundraiser sponsored by the Making A Difference Scholars and the CEV Center. Proceeds go to the YWCA Daybreak program which supports violence prevention programs for women and children.
Members of the Southeast Asian Students Association (SASA) volunteered with the Worcester Housing Authority in Fall 2008.
During
Spring Break in March 2008, 20 Clark students traveled to New Orleans to
build homes with Habitat for Humanity. They spent the week staying at Camp
Hope, a renovated school building that hosts Habitat volunteers - over 600
volunteers were there the same week! Clark students worked on homes in New
Orleans East area. For most students, this was the first trip to New Orleans
since Hurricane Katrina. It was an amazing experience! Thanks to all that
supported the group in their fundraising efforts and to everyone in New
Orleans for their hospitality!
Over
170 Clark students participated in the 6th annual Just Do It Day on
Saturday, April 5th. There were 50 first-years who participated as part of
the First-Year Experience, which was a great way for them to get oriented to
the Worcester community. Among the 15 community sites the students served
were the Worcester Housing Authority, the Main South Community Development
Corporation, and Friendly House. Everyone got a t-shirt with this
year's slogan "Just Doing It Since 2003" and the afternoon of service ended
in the Grind with music and food from One Love Cafe and Webster House.
