First-Ever Charity Week Community Outreach Events
PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP, Ohio – Area residents are invited to help make a difference in lives of others by participating in a series of community outreach events as part of Owens Community College’s first-ever Charity Week, Jan. 23-26.
Coordinated by the College’s Student Activities Office, the various activities will occur daily from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. in the Student Health and Activities Center on the Toledo-area Campus. Owens is located on Oregon Road in Perrysburg Township.
“Community service is about helping others and Owens Community College’s Charity Week is intended to provide opportunities for students and area residents to engage in such outreach activities through service projects,” said John Byers, Owens Director of Student Involvement. “I encourage individuals to help in lifting the spirits of another person by participating in one of the College’s many projects during Charity Week.”
Each day, participants will have the opportunity to engage in several hands-on activities, which will include sewing pillowcases into bright, colorful dresses for Haitian children and creating knot fleece blankets for the Oglala Sioux Tribe in Pine Ridge, S.D. Attendees can also put their decorative and writing skills to the test by making inspirational cards for residents of nursing homes throughout Northwest Ohio.
Additionally, Owens’ Department of Fine and Performing Arts is partnering with the College’s Student Activities Office on Charity Week community outreach as participants will be using the Costume Shop to create the pillowcase dresses. Activities will include cutting open the seam end of the pillowcase, adding elastic to the top portion of the pillowcase and sewing armholes for the dresses.
The Toledo School for the Arts is also collaborating with Owens on the Haitian outreach initiative by creating their own pillowcase dresses as part of a class project. All completed pillowcase dresses from both projects will be on display at a Toledo School for the Arts performance event at Owens later this year.
In addition to the hands-on Charity Week activities, community members can assist by donating gently-used pillow cases and blankets and thread, rick rack and elastic. Individuals can drop off their donations in Student Health and Activities Center Room 165 throughout the week.
All completed projects from Charity Week will be delivered to the appropriate community groups and organizations throughout the Spring Semester. For more information about the upcoming Charity Week community outreach activities, call (567) 661-2569 or 1-800-GO-OWENS, Ext. 2569.
Owens Community College is an accredited two-year, state-assisted institution of higher education that has served Northwest Ohio since 1965. With a commitment to providing small classes, personal attention and unmatched affordability, the College serves the diverse academic needs of credit and non-credit students on the Toledo-area and Findlay-area campuses, as well as at the Arrowhead Park Learning Center in Maumee and the Learning Center at The Source in downtown Toledo. Owens offers associate degrees that transfer to baccalaureate degrees in the Arts and Sciences and over 130 technical program areas in Agriculture, Business, Health Sciences, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Skilled Trades, and Engineering and Transportation Technologies. Owens students also can earn the first two years of a bachelor’s degree with a smooth transfer to any area four-year college or university. For more information, visit www.owens.edu.
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Organization Name: Owens Community College
Organization Address: Perrysburg Township, OH