The Center for Community Engaged Learning teamed up with the Alumni Office to host our Fall Spartan Day of Service on October 5th, 2024. We had 325 student volunteers serving at 12 sites in the Greater Lansing Area and 2 sites in Detroit. These volunteers collectively worked 1,950 hours on a variety of projects, including neighborhood cleanup and community resource flyering with the Allen Neighborhood Center, preparation for Potter Park Zoo’s Boo at the Zoo event, fall garden cleanup at South Lansing Urban Gardens, and assisting with classroom tasks at Pattengill Biotechnical Magnet School.

Overall, our Spartan volunteers made an estimated $61,600 of financial impact in the community. “It’s really nice to have the help to get projects done that we just don’t have time for,” said Lena Edson, Program Manager at the Equine Center for Learning. Students volunteering at the Equine Center for Learning painted the outdoor riding arena and spread mulch on a new sensory trail. “The sensory trail is something that the whole organization has wanted for a really long time.”

For more community partner perspectives on our student volunteers’ impact, watch the video below.

Thank you to our community partners for welcoming our students! Our community partners for this event were Pattengill Biotechnical Magnet School, South Lansing Urban Gardens, Webster Farms Community Garden, Eastside Community Action Center, Allen Neighborhood Center, Potter Park Zoo, Fenner Nature Center, the Equine Center for Learning, MSU Pollinator Gardens, Rescue Nature Now, and the MSU-Detroit Partnership for Food, Learning, and Innovation.

Thank you to our student volunteers! For more ways to get involved, explore our student opportunities, find a project on SpartansVolunteer or Spartans Serve, and check back for future service events!