Service Day 2019 View Other Sessions

The School of Public Health exists to help our neighbors near and far. Service Day puts that into practice with one mass day of volunteering on Saturday, April 13, 2019. Service Day connects the School of Public Health community - including students, alumni, faculty and staff - by promoting health and engaging the community. Groups and individuals will volunteer in their local communities while representing the School of Public Health. It is centered around a project that can help make a difference in your local community. Examples include volunteering at a food bank, painting a community center, and planting a community garden. Join us! Service Day provides students with an engaging and rewarding day, alums an opportunity to connect and build a Michigan community away from Ann Arbor, while faculty and staff support their local communities and connect outside of the office.



Nichols Arboretum

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The Reader Center: 1610 Washington Heights Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Volunteers will assist staff to remove invasive species in the natural areas of the Arb. Depending upon the weather, volunteers will either be removing invasive shrubs like honeysuckle or buckthorn, or invasive herbaceous plants if they have begun to sprout. This is physical outdoor work. Volunteers may be using loppers and hand saws. They will be cutting, pulling, dragging, and stacking plant material. The work involves bending, kneeling, and standing. Long pants and sturdy closed toe shoes are required. We recommend volunteers dress in layers to be comfortable outside for the duration of the workday. Refillable water bottles are encouraged.

Please arrive to the SPH I lobby between 8:15-8:30 am for a brief group welcome.

Volunteer activity is from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm 

Lunch is provided following volunteer activity.

For questions, please contact Student Site Leads: Olawunmi Oduyebo (ooduyebo@umich.edu) and Alextia Armstrong (alextiaa@umich.edu).

To register any family members who are interested in joining you at your Service Day site, please email Whitney Vojtkofsky (whitdix@umich.edu).

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