At a glance
Spring Into Action Day of Service, an annual community service event co-sponsored by Alfred University’s Gary Horowitz Service Learning Program and Alfred State College’s Center for Civic Engagement, returned this year after a hiatus in 2020 due to the global pandemic.
Spring Into Action Day of Service, an annual community service event co-sponsored by Alfred University’s Gary Horowitz Service Learning Program and Alfred State College’s Center for Civic Engagement, returned this year after a hiatus in 2020 due to the global pandemic.
Service projects began Saturday, April 17 in eight communities and continued through Saturday, April 24. More than 160 student volunteers from both colleges completed 15 service projects for this event.
Service projects for Spring Into Action 2021 include sites in Alfred, Alfred Station, Allentown, Almond, Belmont, Hornell, Wellsville, and West Almond. Community partners include ACCORD Corporation; Alfred-Almond Community Sports Association; Alfred Community Garden and Alfred State College; Allegany County Saddle Dusters, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, and IMPACT: Friends of Allegany County Trails; Almond Woodlawn Cemetery; Art for Rural America and the Fassett GreenSpace; Cornell Cooperative Extension of Allegany County; Hornell Area Concern for Youth; Fairview Cemetery; Hornell Area Community Garden (United Presbyterian Church and Hornell YMCA); Rural Cemetery Association of Hornell; Union University Church and the Alfred Seventh Day Baptist Church; and the Village of Alfred.
Some examples of ways in which Alfred State students made a difference during Spring Into Action include supporting the Alfred-Almond Community Sports Association by assisting with cleanup at the Almond Lions Park; providing lawn care, raking, and pruning at the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Allegany County’s new office location in Belmont; and assisting the Rural Cemetery Association of Hornell with spring cleanup of a cemetery.
Photos from the days of service can be found on the Spring Into Action Day of Service Facebook page.