Tri-Rivers Make A Difference Day was Sept. 17. Approximately 275 students and staff members from Tri-Rivers Career Center participated in the school’s second annual Make A Difference Day.
The event was a collaborative project with the United Way of Marion and Downtown Marion Inc. Among many activities, participants spruced up landscaping in parks and downtown, visited residents of two local nursing homes, restored and painted park benches, cleaned up graffiti, and created signs and ornamental artwork for the downtown area.
Many of the projects were based on students’ career interests and skills. For example, women from the local homeless shelter were treated to a “spa” day conducted by Cosmetology students, while Automotive Tech students winterized the their vehicles.
Floral Design students decorated front windows of vacant businesses, Culinary Arts students worked in the Salvation Army soup kitchen, and CNET students cleaned hard drives and repurposed old computers. Digital Media and Entertainment students documented the day’s events on You Tube. Congratulations Tri-Rivers and the Marion community for this highly successful community service event! TRCC students do MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!!
Students’ “Make A Difference Day” Successful
