Media report on Maine Day service projects, meal pack-out, head shaving
WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on the many service projects and activities members of the University of Maine community took part in on Maine Day, the annual campuswide spring cleanup tradition. “Maine Day is our traditional day of service. A bunch of groups get together to help spruce up UMaine, help make the campus look better, we get together to help out the community in any ways that we can find,” Emma Hutchinson of the Honors College Student Advisory Board told WABI. Among the volunteer projects was the Maine Day Meal Pack-out. More than 250 volunteers who participated in the student-led event packed 100,000 meals for local food pantries, WABI reported. “Not only are we supporting our community here on campus, but we’re also supporting the community in Old Town, Orono and the rest of Maine, too,” student organizer Stephanie Poirier told WVII (Channel 7). News Center Maine and WVII (Channel 7) also reported on the St. Baldrick’s head-shaving event hosted by UMaine Circle K during the Maine Day Barbecue to raise funds for childhood cancer research. More than 30 people signed up to have their heads shaved, and the event raised more than $10,000, News Center Maine reported.