Fern said students from two other university groups - the Ag. Society and the Horticulture Honor Society - have agreed to bring pumpkins to The Lutheran Home this month. Other UW-RF students volunteer on a weekly basis to visit residents and bring in pets. If we can't get our residents to them, they come to us. It's been so wonderful for our residents to see the students doing kind acts just because they want to.
Efforts begin during the first week of the autumn term on campus.
We asked them to do 3 hours of community service work. Schendel said 800 students participated last fall and 750 this year. Our goal is to give students a connection with the community and instill a value of giving something back. We hope we are training students to be good stewards. Schendel identified over 80 sites in the River Falls area where students can do community service projects.