609 volunteers serve the Arkadelphia community for Spring 2019 Tiger Serve Day
April 15, 2019
- Mercedes MataA grand total of 609 students, faculty and staff gathered to serve the community of
Arkadelphia on Saturday, April 6, as part of Ouachita Baptist University’s semi-annual
service blitz, Tiger Serve Day. The community-wide event consisted of 110 projects
completed by the volunteers while focusing on this year’s theme of “Lending a Hand.”
Tiger Serve Day “shows that we all need each other,” said Ian Cosh, vice president
for community and international engagement and director of the Elrod Center. “It is
about burden lifting and burden sharing as a life style.
“It is a signature event of the Elrod Center designed to demonstrate our unity and
neighborly care,” Cosh added.
During the half-day event, teams of six to eight volunteers work on various projects
around Arkadelphia, ranging from yard work to cleaning and organizing. The projects
seek to impact individual community members as well as local businesses and organizations
like Lighthouse Ministries.
“I love the energy, excitement and joy of the crowd as they are all together right
before going out to serve, and I also love to hear the stories of the volunteers as
they return,” said Judy Duvall, associate director of the Elrod Center. “They go out
to serve others but are so blessed by the people and the work they get to do.”
“The connections that are made make an impact in people's lives, and they feel like
they are still loved and cared for,” said Chanelle Pieterse, a senior elementary education
major from Harare, Zimbabwe and member of the Tiger Serve Day Leadership Team. “As
a student, I think it is rewarding to spend time serving, loving and being loved by
Arkadelphia's community.”
For more information, contact Judy Duvall at [email protected] or (870) 245-5320.
By Mercedes Mata // Photos by Kameron Barnard, Abby Blankenship and Kori Goudeau.
April 15, 2019
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- Elrod Center
- Tiger Serve Day
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