{"id":89765,"date":"2019-09-30T17:33:23","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T21:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=89765"},"modified":"2019-09-30T17:33:23","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T21:33:23","slug":"service-project-takes-umw-students-into-the-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/09\/30\/service-project-takes-umw-students-into-the-streets\/","title":{"rendered":"Service Project Takes UMW Students \u2018Into the Streets\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Early Saturday morning, a wave of 200 blue shirts emblazoned with the words &#8220;Little ripples make big waves,\u201dstretched out across the front of the University Center. Wearing the shirts were UMW students gathered for Into the Streets, one of six annual events hosted by UMW\u2019s COAR (Community Outreach and Resources), whose mission is to provide structural support for civic engagement, volunteerism and service.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_89772\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89772\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"89772\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/09\/30\/service-project-takes-umw-students-into-the-streets\/img_20190928_090747\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190928_090747.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Pixel 2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1569661667&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.442&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;72&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000684&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_20190928_090747\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;UMW students gathered in front of the University Center Saturday morning before heading to service projects throughout the Fredericksburg community. Nearly 200 students participated in various volunteer activities throughout the city. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190928_090747-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190928_090747-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-89772\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190928_090747-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"UMW students gather in front of the University Center Saturday morning before heading to service projects throughout the Fredericksburg community. \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190928_090747-300x225.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190928_090747-768x576.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190928_090747-1024x768.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190928_090747-1140x855.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190928_090747-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UMW students gathered in front of the University Center Saturday morning before heading to service projects throughout the Fredericksburg community. Nearly 200 students participated in various volunteer activities throughout the city.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Into the Streets offers students an array of volunteer opportunities \u2013 from landscaping to car washing \u2013 and a chance to check out Fredericksburg along the way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe goal is to encourage students to explore community service, get to know more about the area where we live, and to give back to the community,\u201d said Sarah Dewees, associate director of UMW\u2019s Center for Community Engagement.<\/p>\n<p>Despite scattered rain showers, there was no lack of enthusiasm as volunteers strapped on work boots, gathered supplies and headed to more than a dozen service project sites across the city. Activities included selling plants, decorating windows, assembling picnic tables, gardening, writing letters to veterans and more.<\/p>\n<p>Senior rugby player Ross Whitehead\u2019s group was assigned to the Confederate Cemetery, where they pulled weeds around gravestones and removed debris. \u201cIt was a nice change from my typical Saturday morning,\u201d said Whitehead. \u201cAs students and athletes, my rugby teammates and I value service work and want to support the Fredericksburg community as much as they have supported us. Even more, we want to foster the relationship between the university and the city.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:7,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/news\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/30\\\/service-project-takes-umw-students-into-the-streets\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:230672515}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 491px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"491\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 734px; height: 491px;\" data-original-width=\"734\" data-original-height=\"491\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/09\/30\/service-project-takes-umw-students-into-the-streets\/bridget-gyamfi\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"730\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"487\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"89771\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets047.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"6000,4000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Bridget Gyamfi&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1569686201&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Bridget Gyamfi&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bridget Gyamfi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets047-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets047-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets047.jpg?w=730&#038;h=487&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets047.jpg 6000w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets047-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets047-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets047-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets047-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets047-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets047-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"730\" height=\"487\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"730\" data-original-height=\"487\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Bridget Gyamfi\" alt=\"Bridget Gyamfi helped decorate the windows at MANARC Veterans&#039; Thrift Store in downtown Fredericksburg. Photo by Suzanne Carr Rossi.\" style=\"width: 730px; height: 487px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Bridget Gyamfi helped decorate the windows at MANARC Veterans&#8217; Thrift Store in downtown Fredericksburg. Photo by Suzanne Carr Rossi. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 366px; height: 491px;\" data-original-width=\"366\" data-original-height=\"491\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/09\/30\/service-project-takes-umw-students-into-the-streets\/eliza-van-essendelft-left-and-carolyn-willmore\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"362\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"241\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"89770\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets018.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"5160,3436\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Eliza Van Essendelft (left) and Carolyn Willmore&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1569683790&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Eliza Van Essendelft (left) and Carolyn Willmore&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Eliza Van Essendelft (left) and Carolyn Willmore\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets018-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets018-1024x682.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets018.jpg?w=362&#038;h=241&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets018.jpg 5160w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets018-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets018-768x511.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets018-1024x682.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets018-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets018-1140x759.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets018-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"362\" height=\"241\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"362\" data-original-height=\"241\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Eliza Van Essendelft (left) and Carolyn Willmore\" alt=\"Eliza Van Essendelft (left) and Carolyn Willmore haul leaves at Fredericksburg&#039;s Old Mill Park during this Saturday&#039;s Into the Streets event. Photo by Suzanne Carr Rossi.\" style=\"width: 362px; height: 241px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Eliza Van Essendelft (left) and Carolyn Willmore haul leaves at Fredericksburg&#8217;s Old Mill Park during this Saturday&#8217;s Into the Streets event. Photo by Suzanne Carr Rossi. <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/09\/30\/service-project-takes-umw-students-into-the-streets\/umwstreets012\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"362\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"242\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"89768\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets012.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"6000,4000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1569682350&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"UMWstreets012\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets012-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets012-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets012.jpg?w=362&#038;h=242&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets012.jpg 6000w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets012-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets012-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets012-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets012-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets012-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets012-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"362\" height=\"242\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"362\" data-original-height=\"242\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"UMWstreets012\" alt=\"Nearly 200 UMW students volunteered to garden, decorate, write letters to veterans and more during Saturday&#039;s Into the Streets event, presented by COAR. Photo by Suaznne Carr Rossi.\" style=\"width: 362px; height: 242px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Nearly 200 UMW students volunteered to garden, decorate, write letters to veterans and more during Saturday&#8217;s Into the Streets event, presented by COAR. Photo by Suaznne Carr Rossi. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 735px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"735\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 735px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"735\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/09\/30\/service-project-takes-umw-students-into-the-streets\/umwstreets013\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1096\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"731\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"89767\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets013.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"6000,4000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1569682406&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;165&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"UMWstreets013\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets013-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets013-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets013.jpg?w=1096&#038;h=731&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets013.jpg 6000w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets013-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets013-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets013-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets013-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets013-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/09\/UMWstreets013-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"1096\" height=\"731\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"1096\" data-original-height=\"731\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"UMWstreets013\" alt=\"UMW students volunteered their time during Into the Streets, working for Tree Fredericksburg, Downtown Greens, the Thurman Brisben Homeless Shelter and other organizations. Photo by Suzanne Carr Rossi.\" style=\"width: 1096px; height: 731px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> UMW students volunteered their time during Into the Streets, working for Tree Fredericksburg, Downtown Greens, the Thurman Brisben Homeless Shelter and other organizations. Photo by Suzanne Carr Rossi. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>Along the Rappahannock River, sophomore Kendall Resnick led a group of volunteers to Old Mill Park to team up with Tree Fredericksburg, a non-profit dedicated to restoring and maintaining a vibrant urban forest within the city. With the helping hands of retirees and families, the two groups mulched around the trees at the park.<\/p>\n<p>As a first-time participant, it was the collective sense of purpose that left the biggest impact. \u201cIt was so awesome to see everyone working together to improve our community,\u201d said Resnick, a communication and digital studies major.<\/p>\n<p>A third of Saturday\u2019s volunteers were first-year students, Dewees said, leaving her and others optimistic for this upcoming year. \u201cWe hope that students will also have an opportunity to build relationships with other students during this experience, and find a volunteer activity that they enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early Saturday morning, a wave of 200 blue shirts emblazoned with the words &#8220;Little ripples make big waves,\u201dstretched out across the front of the University Center. 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