FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Madi Wilts, Hands for Change Coordinator
(952)-250-1834, orient@cord.edu
Amy Kelly, College Communications and Media Relations director
CONCORDIA HANDS FOR CHANGE
First-year and transfer students at Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn., will participate in the 24th annual Hands for Change outreach event on Monday, Aug. 28, during new student orientation week. Concordia will send hundreds of volunteers out into the Fargo-Moorhead community to participate in 28 different service projects.
Since 1993, the Hands for Change event has introduced students to their new community. Hands for Change instills the importance of service in relation to the college’s mission statement early on in a student’s college career.
Activities will begin with a send-off ceremony at 8:15 a.m. at the bell tower (rain site Memorial Auditorium). The 2017 Hands for Change coordinator, Madi Wilts, will preside at the opening ceremony with remarks by President William Craft, followed by Mayors Del Rae Williams of Moorhead and Dr. Tim Mahoney of Fargo.
Students will arrive at various service sites at approximately 9:15 a.m. and work until 11:30 a.m. when they will return to campus for lunch. Throughout the afternoon, students will be engaging in conversations and reflection about their service-learning experiences.
Hands for Change projects which are open to the media are listed below with their locations and contact names.
Boy Scouts of America-Northern Lights Council:
Terri Schultz – (701) 499-0649
4200 19th Ave S
Fargo
Filling popcorn packets with popcorn sale information
Great Plains Food Bank
Zanik Bartelt – (701) 476-9110
1720 3rd Ave North
Fargo
Repacking bulk items to be distributed to statewide organizations
Unseen:
Kelsey Hanson – (701) 412-3269
125 8th St. North
Fargo
Park/Street/River clean-up project, stuffing envelopes
Family Wellness
Nicolle Auckland – (701) 234-8162
2960 Seter Pkwy
Fargo
Prep equipment used for MyPlate education programming
Boys and Girls Club/Youth Commission:
Alicia Waldoch – (701) 235-2147
2500 18th St. South
Fargo
Deep cleaning the building and organizing
The Learning Patch:
Donna Stark – (701) 232-6644
806 27th St. North
Fargo
Clean center (wash windows, kitchen cupboards), wash down tables and chairs
Moorhead Parks and Rec/Hjemkomst Center
Kim Wangler – (701) 371-9729
202 1st Ave N
Moorhead
Park/Street/River clean-up project
River Keepers
Kim Morris – (701) 356-8915
Walking around near campus
Mark city storm drains that lead to the river
St Francis Thrift
Marta Ybarra – (701) 235-5944
1425 1st Ave S
Fargo
Organize sales floor with store merchandise as well as cleaning up the retail space
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