Volunteers sought for Maine Hello, Welcome Weekend Day of Service

The University of Maine’s First Year Residential Experience is recruiting volunteers to welcome UMaine’s Class of 2019 during Maine Hello on Friday, Aug. 28.

Maine Hello is a campuswide event where returning students, faculty and staff welcome new students and their families as they arrive on campus.

From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Maine Hello volunteers will assist with greeting families, answering questions, directing traffic and moving first-year students’ belongings into their residence hall rooms.

Student volunteers who will be living on campus can move into residence halls from 6–9 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26. Registration is online. For more information, call 207.581.1420 or email maine.hello@maine.edu.

The Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism and First Year Residential Experience also are seeking project leader volunteers for the Welcome Weekend Day of Service, Aug. 29.

The Welcome Weekend Day of Service falls on the first weekend students are at UMaine to give them an opportunity to participate in volunteer activities at community organizations.

Registration is online. For more information, email Jennifer Aldrich on First Class.