Second annual President’s Day of Service held
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrases “sga” and “student government”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article reports on the second annual President’s Day of Service and its participation, activities and organizers.
- The paper reported that 944 people registered to volunteer with 45 organizations across Baltimore, and that President Ronald Daniels called the event an opportunity to join the community.
- The article says the event began at Daniels’ request and replaced INVOLVED, a service day previously held only for freshmen.
- According to the article, opening the event to the full university community led to increased participation from sophomores, juniors, seniors, graduate students, faculty and staff, although fewer freshmen attended than the year before.
- The reporter writes that Susan Chase said some volunteers wanted to stay longer at a nursing home and that organizers believed the event’s service goal had been achieved.
- The paper reported that a student-run committee planned the event and that this was the first year the Student Government Association co-sponsored it.
- The article adds that junior Jackie Ferguson said transportation and security made volunteering difficult and that the event made service feel safer and more accessible.