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WILKES UNIVERSITY STUDENTS VOLUNTEER AT LOCAL NONPROFITS AND BUSINESSES AT THE BIG EVENT ON APRIL 27

Wilkes-Barre, PA (04/26/2019) — It will be a big day to make a big difference when more than 250 Wilkes University students, alumni and faculty members participate at the eighth annual Big Event on April 27. Volunteers are pitching in to work at 16 sites in Luzerne County, doing everything from painting and grounds cleanup to sorting food and feeding animals. Volunteers will arrive at their sites between 8-9:30 a.m. They will return to campus between noon and 1 p.m. for a barbeque lunch on the Fenner Quadrangle that culminates the event.

Media are invited to cover the volunteers at the different sites as they help out the community.

Sites where media can find volunteers working include:

  • Hillside Farms
  • Heights Elementary School,
  • CEO Foodbank
  • Ruth's Place
  • Volunteers in Medicine
  • JCC Camp at Harveys Lake,
  • Shavertown United Methodist Church
  • Luzerne County Fairgrounds
  • Blue Chip Animal Refuge

The Big Event is sponsored by Wilkes University's Student Government Association. Student contacts on the day of the event are Liam Bartko, student coordinator, at 914-837-4614 or Alanah Guerrero, Student Government president, at 570-453-8981.

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