Students from Austin Peay State University served several non-profit agencies as part of their freshman service project, including at Jeffers’ Bend Environmental Center and the Trail of Tears.
According to a news release, students hopped on buses that took them to volunteer locations all over Clarksville and Hopkinsville, including the Salvation Army, Loaves and Fishes, the Teacher’s Warehouse, Jeffers Bend Environmental Center and the Trail of Tears.
Trinity Mobley, who was a student leader for the Jeffers Bend site says, “While two students helped paint, the rest of us helped tend, pull weeds and clean up the native garden. Everyone at Jeffers Bend was so nice and grateful to have us there helping out.”
Students participated in multiple community service efforts through out the day in various locations across Tennessee and in Hopkinsville, with Director of the Honors Program Dr. Time Winters saying, “This was a great opportunity to provide a little relief for some of our neighbors. We might not be able to save the world, but we can and should demonstrate our genuine concern for those around us. That’s the real school spirit of APSU, that’s what it means to be a Gov.”