Hundreds of University of Guelph students will be pitching in at organizations around town this Saturday as part of a massive one-day volunteer initiative.
Students participating in the university’s Project Serve day are expected to contribute about 1,200 hours of volunteer service to more than 30 local organizations, a news release said.
Project Serve began in 1997 as a way of introducing students to community involvement and voluntarism, it said. The program is now an annual event.
Working in teams of five to 15, students will spend a half-day doing jobs ranging from environmental cleanup to sorting food at non-profit agencies, the release said.
Some of this year’s participating agencies include the Guelph Enabling Garden, the Guelph Youth Music Centre, Wyndham House, St. Joseph’s Health Centre and Onward Willow.
Registration and additional information are available online at studentlife.uoguelph.ca/Ice/navigate/project-serve.