WVII, WABI Cover Welcome Weekend Day of Service
WVII (Channel 7) and WABI (Channel 5) reported on the University of Maine’s Welcome Weekend Day of Service. More than 2,000 first-year UMaine students took part in community projects as part of the fifth annual event hosted by The Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism and First Year Residential Experience. UMaine students participates in volunteer activities at community organizations in the Old Town, Orono and Bangor areas. WVII covered meal packing on campus, where students packed more than 20,000 meals to be sent to poverty-stricken countries. WABI spoke with students helping out at the Old Town Animal Orphanage.