UCLA Celebrates Its Fifth Annual Volunteer Day
Before classes even start, 6,500 incoming freshman and transfer students began their college careers at UCLA by giving back to the community on Tuesday morning.
All new students participated in UCLA's fifth annual UCLA Volunteer Day, where they were divided between more than 50 locations within the city's 15 City Council districts to work on different projects.
At locations that range from elementary to high schools, veterans medical centers and public parks, the students will be painting, tutoring, restoring community areas, and distributing school supplies along with other activities.
However, the new students were not the only ones getting into the spirit of giving back. A total of 7,400 volunteers made up of employees, upperclassmen, alumni and parents showed up to help out.
Volunteer Day is a part of Chancellor Gene Block's initiative to make a name for UCLA as a national leader in volunteerism and create interest for students, staff and alumni to continue to give back to the community.
UCLA volunteers will contribute an estimated 35,000 hours of service in just one day, according to the UCLA Office of Media Relations.
