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Looking Back at Day of Service 2015

September 15, 2015

Lisa Gulasy

New and returning students spent Saturday, August 29, giving back to the community as part of Day of Service, an annual event sponsored by the Bonner Center for Service and Learning (BCSL). This year’s event drew 378 students and 79 site leaders who volunteered at 36 community partner sites.

View the gallery to learn more about the types of services volunteers provided, and check out the article “Community Involvement Tips for After Day of Service” for ideas on getting involved with the Oberlin community from 2015 Day of Service coordinator Gabriel Moore ’15.

Photo Gallery

Photograph of people completing paperwork. — BCSL staff greet walk-in registrants with breakfast and assign them site placements. Photo credit: Courtesy of Walter Novak

Photograph of a woman sitting in the grass. — Volunteers get to know others in their group with ice-breaker exercises in Tappan Square. Photo credit: Courtesy of Walter Novak

Photograph of people walking down a street. — Volunteers follow their site leaders down Main Street toward their sites. Photo credit: Courtesy of Walter Novak

Photograph of two kittens. — A Ginko Gallery kitten curiously inspects photographer Walter Novak and his camera. Photo credit: Courtesy of Walter Novak

Photograph of someone holding a kitten. — First-year Alex Kohn poses with a Ginko Gallery cat. Photo credit: Courtesy of Walter Novak

Photograph of a woman putting eye drops in a kittens eye. — Site Leaders Zoii Barnes and Thoma Julian volunteering for [CATSS]. Photo credit: Courtesy of Walter Novak

Two men working in a garden. — Site Leader Aaron Henry and volunteer work at Legion Fields. Photo credit: Courtesy of Walter Novak

Photograph of one man working in a garden. — Site Leader Henry Csikszentmihalyi at Legion Fields. Photo credit: Courtesy of Walter Novak

Photograph of a man and a woman holding a box. — First-year Gisell Glaspie at Legion Fields. Photo credit: Courtesy of Walter Novak

Photograph of a man tidying cloth materials. — Site Leader Gbolahan Adeola helps keep Big Parade materials tidy. Photo credit: Courtesy of Jeong Hyun Hwang

Photograph of people working with tarp material. — Site Leader Felicia Heinley with volunteers at the Big Parade storage facility. Photo credit: Courtesy of Jeong Hyun Hwang

Photograph of woman working with wires. — Photo credit: Courtesy of Jeong Hyun Hwang

Photograph of people working in a garden. — Volunteers extend a woodland garden walking trail at Kendal at Oberlin by removing invasive species, weeding, and spreading mulch. Photo credit: Courtesy of Dale Preston ’83

Photograph of a younger woman talking to an older woman. — First-year Maite Abadia-Manthei records an oral history from a Kendal at Oberlin resident. The recording will be shared with the resident’s family. Photo credit: Courtesy of Dale Preston ’83

Photograph of a younger woman and an older woman exercising. — Site Leader Laura Franco Zapata exercises with Kendal at Oberlin residents. Photo credit: Courtesy of Dale Preston ’83

Photograph of an older woman and a younger man smiling. — Senior Ahmed El Meleegy with a Kendal at Oberlin resident. Photo credit: Courtesy of Dale Preston ’83

Photograph of people working in a garden. — Volunteers at George Jones Farm. Photo credit: Courtesy of Walter Novak

Photograph of a woman and a man working in a garden. — First-year Celia Morris at George Jones Farm. Photo credit: Courtesy of Walter Novak

Photograph of a woman smiling next to a flower. — First-year Imke Hart at George Jones Farm. Photo credit: Courtesy of Walter Novak

Photograph of people cleaning windows. — Volunteers clean windows at the Oberlin Public Library. Photo credit: Courtesy of Dale Preston ’83

Photograph of a woman cleaning windows. — Site Leader Kasey Cheydleur ’15 at the Oberlin Public Library. Photo credit: Courtesy of Dale Preston ’83

Photograph of people sitting around a table cleaning various items. — Volunteers clean and sanitize DVD cases at the Oberlin Public Library. Photo credit: Courtesy of Dale Preston ’83

Photograph of three people sorting items. — First-years Emma Dreyfuss, Ryan Linskey, and Isabel Forden at the Oberlin Public Library. Photo credit: Courtesy of Dale Preston ’83

Group photograph of volunteers working in a garden. — Site Leaders Emily Belle and Augustus Arthur with volunteers at Prospect Elementary School. Photo credit: Courtesy of Dale Preston ’83

Photograph of people completing paperwork.

Photograph of a woman sitting in the grass.

Photograph of people walking down a street.

Photograph of two kittens.

Photograph of someone holding a kitten.

Photograph of a woman putting eye drops in a kittens eye.

Two men working in a garden.

Photograph of one man working in a garden.

Photograph of a man and a woman holding a box.

Photograph of a man tidying cloth materials.

Photograph of people working with tarp material.

Photograph of woman working with wires.

Photograph of people working in a garden.

Photograph of a younger woman talking to an older woman.

Photograph of a younger woman and an older woman exercising.

Photograph of an older woman and a younger man smiling.

Photograph of people working in a garden.

Photograph of a woman and a man working in a garden.

Photograph of a woman smiling next to a flower.

Photograph of people cleaning windows.

Photograph of a woman cleaning windows.

Photograph of people sitting around a table cleaning various items.

Photograph of three people sorting items.

Group photograph of volunteers working in a garden.

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