Berry's first-year students will head to over 30 different work sites throughout Rome and Floyd County, accompanied by their First-Year Seminar instructors and First-Year Mentors. Berry student Holly Davis contacted service agencies and set up the projects this summer in her role as Assistant Student Coordinator for the Office of First-Year Experience, a student work position.
In addition to providing approximately 2,000 hours of work to the community, the day is an opportunity for new students to get to know each other better by working side-by-side, according to Katherine Powell, Director of the Office of First-Year Experience.
"It also introduces them to their new community and to the culture of service that has existed at Berry from the beginning. Berry's motto, 'Not to be ministered unto but to minister,' is something we want our new students to embrace right at the beginning of their college careers."
Schedule:
| Organization Name | Job Tasks | First-Year Seminar Instructor |
| American Red Cross | TBD | John Davis |
| Animal Control | TBD | Judy Wilson |
| Antioch Cemetery | Raking, Weeding, Pick up Trash and Limbs | Zeynep Tenger |
| Armuchee Middle School | TBD | Donna Davin |
| Arrowhead Environmental Education Center | Debris Clean Up | George Gallagher |
| Coosa High School | Pancake Fund-raising Breakfast | Andy Bressette |
| Davies Shelter | Yard Work, Maybe Painting | John Grout |
| DIGS, Inc. Rome | Making Garden Art | Alice Bristow |
| East Central Elementary | TBD | Jenn Beard |
| ECOCenter | native butterfly garden landscaping | Renee Carleton |
| Habitat for Humanity | Work in Warehouse | Tom Carver |
| Habitat for Humanity Store | Painting, Repairing/Organizing/Labeling Door Area | Nancy Miller |
| Harbor House | Yard Work, Painting Porch Furniture | Tom Kennedy |
| Healthy Families | Power Washing, Painting, Yard Work, Organizing Storage | Alan Hughes |
| Hospitality House | (small) TBD | Julie Bumpus |
| Johnson Elementary | Painting | Tasha Toy/Jason Peterson |
| Keep Rome Beautiful | hand weed and and remove rocks from Burwell Creek | Jay Daniel |
| Longleaf Pine | Longleaf Orchard and Trail Maintenance | Chuck Lane |
| Main Elementary | Yard Work | Sherre Harrington/Natalie Bates |
| Mercy Senior Care | Cleaning, Organization, Yard Clean up, etc. | Tom Dasher |
| Midway Elementary | Janna Johnson/Kyle Caires | |
| Mountain Springs Church | Clearing Road, Painting, Cemetery and Church Cleaning | Ron Taylor |
| Nature Conservancy | Controlling Invasive Plants, Trash Pick up, Trail Maintenance | Beth Kitts-Morgan |
| Oak Hill | (1) Landscaping Projects | Dominic Qualley |
| Open Door Home | Priming and Painting Fence | Julia Barnes |
| Rome Action Ministries | (2) Packaging 1,500 Food Bags | Tommy Carnes/Michelle Haney |
| Rome Cemeteries | Cut Wild Growth From Shrubbery and General Cleanup | Paul Trolander |
| SOW, Inc. | Cutting Grass, Cleaning, Playing With Kids | Sue Tarpley |
| YMCA, Floyd County | Replace Soccer Nets and Pick Up Trash Along Fence Line | Derek Taylor |
| Zuber Cemetery | Yard Work | Katherine Powell |
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