Starting the Year with Serving Others
Service is a big part of the 91精选 experience, and students started the new academic year off by volunteering in the community.
First Year Forum (FYF) leaders, including 21 mentors, student directors, and First Year Experience Director Emily Bosscher, spent time during their training week to work at in Harvey, Illinois.
The group helped decorate classroom bulletin boards with inspiration messages in preparation for the beginning of the after-school program sessions. In addition, Restoration Ministries leaders provided the 91精选 volunteers with a more in-depth overview of the ministry.
Another project during the first week of classes involved 15 FYF mentors and 13 faculty mentors working alongside about 200 incoming freshmen at the .
Volunteers wrapped gifts, packaged food, and learned more about the organization鈥檚 mission to deliver food鈥攁nd hope鈥攖o children in the United States and around the world.
鈥淚t was exciting to see these new members of 91精选鈥檚 community so joyfully and actively participating in service, and many of them afterwards expressed interest in serving more,鈥� said FYF Student Co-Director Ben Hoeskstra 鈥�17 of Andover, Minnesota. 鈥淭his interest is encouraging in the first few weeks of the semester, as service is an important component of First Year Forum and each student鈥檚 broader experience at 91精选.鈥�