More than 1,000 Tulane students to volunteer 9/1

New Orleans' City Business Magazine reports that more than 1,000 students from Tulane University, along with faculty, alumni, and staff, plan to participate in the university's Outreach Tulane community service day on Saturday...

"Activities will include painting public schools, cleaning and yard work, cutting fabric squares to make beds for animals, socializing with elderly residents, sorting and packaging food and other donations, building a Habitat for Humanity home and picking up trash and debris.

""This is the largest single day of community service for our students, faculty and staff," said Vincent Ilustre, director of Tulane's Center for Public Service."

Volunteers will gather at Saturday 9/1 at 8 a.m. on Newcomb Quad of the uptown campus and be bused to sites across the city.

The Outreach Tulane effort is an annual, one-day volunteer community service event for incoming and returning Tulane students, as well as faculty, staff and their families, according to the Tulane website.In its 15th year, this event hosts around 1,000 participants in the opening weekend of the Fall semester.

The program is coordinated by CACTUS-the Community Action Council of Tulane University Students and the Office of Student Programs at Tulane University. This year, the Outreach Tulane partners include Hands On New Orleans, Padua Pediatric, LASPCA, Second Harvest, Malta Park, Habitat for Humanity, Project Lazarus, Green Project, ARC of GNO, City Park, Beacon of Hope, Communities in Schools, Esperanza School.

Contact James Singleton at jsingle@tulane.edu for more information and check out the list of projects where volunteers are needed, and what you should know when volunteering.

Also of Interest: Video: New Orleans: A Labor of Love - several good reasons for students to volunteer, wherever they are