Wheaton students serve the community
August 29, 2007
More than 400 first-year Wheaton College students will spend September and October engaged in community service projects in Norton, Attleboro, Taunton and Boston.
The big kick-off for the "Season of Service," coordinated by the Office of Service, Spirituality and Social Responsibility, will be Friday, Sept. 7 and Saturday, Sept. 8. On Sept. 8, about 100 Wheaton students will spread out to do service projects in subsidized housing complexes managed by the Taunton Housing Authority. Also that day students will help with the creation of a new whiffle ball field in Norton.
Students will work with a dozen social service and educational organizations at 25 local sites. Other upcoming projects will include work at the Women at Work Museum</a in Attleboro, the Woodward Forest in Norton, Norton Library park, Norton Headstart and several other locations.
The Season of Service is part of Wheaton College's ongoing commitment to the surrounding communities. The community service projects give new students a chance to know their neighborhood and their new classmates. The projects also allow them to tap into the ethic of civic engagement that Wheaton stresses as a significant part of the learning experience.
Wheaton College, located in Norton, Mass., is a selective college of the liberal arts and sciences with a student body of 1,500. It is a member of the Twelve College Exchange, which also includes Amherst, Bowdoin, Connecticut, Dartmouth, Mount Holyoke, Smith, Trinity, Vassar, Wellesley, Wesleyan and Williams.
