Concordia College

Hands for Change

Aug 18, 2008
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
MARIA ANDERSON, director, Hands for Change
(218) 299-4167, mlanders@cord.edu
AMY KELLY, Media Relations director
(218) 299-3642

FIRST-YEAR CONCORDIA STUDENTS VOLUNTEER
THROUGH HANDS FOR CHANGE
     
    Students at Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn., will participate in the 15th annual Hands for Change outreach event on Monday, Aug. 25, during new student orientation week. Concordia will send hundreds of volunteers out into the Fargo-Moorhead community to participate in 43 different service projects.
    Activities will begin with a send-off ceremony at 8:30 a.m. at the bell tower (rain site Memorial Auditorium). Barry Nelson, executive director for Metro Youth Partnership will speak at the opening ceremony.
    Students will arrive at various service sites at approximately 9:15 a.m. and work until 11:30 when they will return to campus for lunch. At that time they will discuss their service-learning experiences. The 2008 Hands for Change coordinator Maria Anderson, Leah Enger, the Orientation chair and Dr. Mark Krejci, dean of the college will speak at the closing ceremony at 2:15 p.m.
    Hands for Change projects which are open to the media are listed below with their locations and contact names.

American Red Cross: Shellie Simonson-Ulven—701-364-1800
2602 12th Street North, Fargo
Students will create survival kits and clean the storage room

Elim Care Center: Josh—701-271-1847
3534 South University Dr., Fargo
Students will do outdoor cleaning and maintenance

Fargo Air Museum: Fran—701-293-8043
1609 19th Avenue North, Fargo
Students will work on the exhibit and grounds 

Habitat ReStore: Jessica Bullinger—218-284-5253
210 11th Street North, Moorhead
Students will be fixing the parking lot and organizing the store

Metro Youth Partnership: Pete Morsch—218-299-5437
810 4th Avenue South, Ste. 147, Moorhead
Students will be painting

New American Services LSS: Darci Asche—701-271-1604
1325 11th Street South, Fargo
Students will be cleaning and organizing donations and setting up new apartments

Nokomis I: Becky—701-232-5635
618 23rd Street North, Fago
Students will be playing with children at Lindenwood Park

Pioneer House: Amy—701-271-1860
3540 University Drive South, Fargo
Students will be helping with fair games

Self-Suffiency Center: Joy Kipp—701-237-6355
201 11th Street North, Fargo
Students will be sorting clothes and cleaning windows

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