{"id":345,"date":"2018-04-07T20:39:56","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T20:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2018\/04\/07\/201847quinnipiac-gets-down-and-dirty-at-its-annual-big-event\/"},"modified":"2020-09-05T19:45:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T19:45:49","slug":"201847quinnipiac-gets-down-and-dirty-at-its-annual-big-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2018\/04\/07\/201847quinnipiac-gets-down-and-dirty-at-its-annual-big-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Quinnipiac gets down and dirty at its annual Big Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Mary Rose Bevins<\/strong><\/p>\n

Quinnipiac University students, staff and faculty gathered in the recreational center this morning for their largest event for community service, the Big Event.<\/p>\n

Around 1600 participants and 200 teams spread out to over 100 sites throughout Connecticut and helped out in any way possible. Participants volunteered at specific locations including private residences, the Hamden Youth Center, senior living centers, and the New Haven Green.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey will do anything the site needs them to do whether it\u2019s walking dogs, painting or an outside clean up,\u201d co-director Katie Wilcox-Smith said.<\/p>\n

Wilcox-Smith said students were excited and ready to get out in the community as they started filling the recreational center at 8 a.m. for check-in. It\u2019s an event that brings the whole Quinnipiac community together.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s civic engagement and I think it\u2019s really important to do community service and it\u2019s a great way for the community to come together,\u201d Wilcox-Smith added.<\/p>\n

Participants headed out to various locations around 9:30 a.m. and provided their services until 1 p.m. One team, Quinnipiac sorority Delta Delta Delta, volunteered at the Southington Sloper YMCA and moved picnic tables and picked up garbage.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nice to help them because they need to get ready for the upcoming April break for the kids,\u201d senior Jessica Ciccarella said.<\/p>\n

After the participants finished, they headed back to the recreational center to close out the day. <\/p>\n

Updated Sunday at 6:17 p.m.<\/p>\n

Wilcox-Smith is hoping next year is bigger and better than ever as its their 10th annual Big Event. <\/p>\n

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Members of the Quinnipiac community taking their seats for the opening ceremony of the Big Event.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Students prepare to span out and volunteer at the Big Event.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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QU President John Lahey speaks to students before they head out.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Boomer welcomes in Bobcats to the opening ceremony of the Big Event.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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HQ Press writer Mary Rose Bevins poses with Boomer.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Quinnipiac student Zurama Rodriquez gets ready to head out to volunteer. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Courtesy of Anna Castro<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Members of the Quinnipiac fraternity Zeta Beta Tau working on gardens in New Haven.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Zeta Beta Tau brothers raking leaves in a New Haven garden.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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More Zeta Beta Tau fraternity brothers cleaning up the grounds in a New Haven garden.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Click through the photos to view the slideshow of students out volunteering during the Big Event.<\/p>\n

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