We had a great kick-off to the academic calender with another success Do-It Day event. Coordinators Joe Laws and Nafe Tengatenga spent the final weeks of June through the early September organizing and planning the event so that 700 members of the Trinity College Community could make an impact in the Hartford neighborhood.
The different sites, including Knox Park, the Connecticut Coalition for Mutual Assistance Association, the Boys and Girls Club, the Children's Museum, and others from a wide spectrum of interests and programs, added up to more than 25 sites.
After an afternoon of work, the students met back on the Mather Quad for a picnic of delicious donated food from local restaurants. Great Job to the Do-It Day coordinators, site captains, and participants who represented Trinity College so well to the Hartford Community!
At the same time that the established Do-It Day Service Project successfully completed its 11th anniversary, another Trinity College tradition began. The opening of the COOP, the college thrift store, marked another step in campus efforts to reuse and recycle. In the thrift shop you can find anything from microwaves, to mirrors, posters, clothing, shelves, lamps, pens and pencils, etc. Not only does the shop promote more a more sustainable living style at an affordable price, but the volunteers that run it allow for all profits to go to local charities. Interested? The COOP is located on the bottom level of Jackson, below the Tripod office.
Would you like to volunteer? email Giuliani Lopez, Class of 2011.
Also, check out this article about the COOP on the Trinity Website.
