For a third consecutive year, Wichita State student-athletes, coaches and staff spread out through the community to help organizations for Serve-A-Thon.
"The goal is to connect our student-athletes and staff to the community," said
Sydney Brummett, student-athlete experience coordinator. "We've had a lot of people get back to us saying that the kids who our student-athletes and staff interacted with loved it, and 'How do we get you to come back?'"
Wichita State sent 213 volunteers out to perform tasks such as delivering meals, cooking pancakes at the Ronald McDonald House, spreading mulch in the orangutans exhibit at the Sedgwick County Zoo and playing bingo at Starkey.
Wichita State volunteers totaled 411.5 hours at nine organizations this week, including: Ronald McDonald House Charities, Sedgwick County Zoo, Tanganyika Wildlife Park, Wichita Habitat for Humanity, United Way of Plains Give Items of Value Warehouse, Starkey, Meals on Wheels, Dear Neighbor Ministries, and Wichita Children's Home.Â
"Our number of volunteers continues to trend up with each renewal of the Serve-A-Thon," Brummett said. "It is a rewarding day for all of us to spend time helping the community that supports the Shockers."
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