Last Saturday, I woke up early to be bussed to a park in downtown New Haven to clean up Edgewood park as part of SCSU’s Day of Service. The Day of Service is Southern’s way of giving back to the community through student volunteers cleaning up and making the city of New Haven look better than before. I participated in this community service opportunity with the SCSU Cheerleading team. As a team we were bussed to Edgewood park in New Haven and were assigned to pick up any trash we found. I was completely shocked how much trash covered this park. The woods, the pathway, and the playground were covered by trash. For over two hours, we walked the entire parking picking up every piece of garbage we found.
I am very glad I was able to participate in such an event. It shows how Southern isn’t just another University in New Haven, that we care about our city and want to make a difference in the community. Everywhere you looked, a piece of trash was littering the park, but at the end of the day the park was transformed. Almost every piece of trash that covered the park was eliminated. Those who use Edgewood park on a daily basis appreciated all our hard work we did to clean the park up. Participating in this event made me feel better about myself at the end of the day because I did something that would make someone I don’t know happy to see a clean park. I will definitely be joining Southern in their Day of Service next year!
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