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Ways to make a difference
UB Employees caring
enough to volunteer
UB is fortunate to be the beneficiary of the time, talent and generosity of
innumerable alumni and friends who volunteer throughout the university community.
There is another side to UB’s volunteer culture that is just as important, however.
This is the time and effort put forth by UB employees for the betterment of
not only the university, but also the greater Western New York community.
For example, more than 50 members of the UB Employee chapter participated
in the annual United Way Day of Caring on August 20, 2008. Joining
approximately 80 other UB faculty and staff, the team mobilized for various
projects, including putting a much-needed fresh coat of paint on several spaces
within the Buffalo Museum of Science, working with Buffalo ReUse to create
community gardens, and helping teachers at two local elementary schools prepare
for the start of the new academic year and also cleaning up an outdoor science
learning lab.
The following day, August 21, the Employee chapter was at it again, this time
volunteering to help new students move on campus. Approximately 20 alumni
set up shop in Wilkeson Quadrangle to hand out bottled water, tote boxes and
luggage, shuttle students and their families, provide directions, and most important,
to make the students and their families feel welcome at UB.
Douglas Levere, BA ’89
From left: UB employees Mechelle Lumpkin, Melissa Jernigan and Kathy Garcia take part in
Day of Caring activities at a local elementary school on August 20.
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