Nearly 80 Volunteers Provided 500 Hours of Community Service for Union's Annual Repair Affair

Union's Dean of Enrollment Management, Jerry Jackson, participated in the annual event. Jackson and a group of other college administrators painted a local resident's home.

Volunteers couldn't have asked for better weather for Union's annual Repair Affair. With thoughts of winter far behind, a group of nearly 80 volunteers gathered together to provide much need service to the homes in the Knox County community.

Sponsored by Union College's Common Partners Program, the 8th annual Knox County Repair Affair is a one-day event that combines volunteer muscle and energy from Union College students, staff, administration, alumni and friends to provide repair services to homes for individuals who are unable to make repairs for themselves.

Volunteers worked on eight different home sites and performed duties like interior and exterior painting, building wheel chair ramps and roof repair. Together the group provided an estimated 500 hours of community service throughout Knox County.

The Junior Class of Union's Bonner Scholars coordinated this one-day event with student Lisa Fugate taking the lead. The Barbourville Junior Women's Study Club, K & C Auto Sales, Bonner Scholars, Union College Community Government, Appalachian Children's Home, and other community organizations sponsored the event. Long John Silvers, Dairy Queen, McDonalds, Little Caesars, Snappy Tomato Pizza and Pizza Hut provided lunch for volunteers.

April 22, 2005

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