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Glenville State College
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Glenville, WV--Take over 350 Glenville State College freshmen, spread them out over ten projects throughout Glenville, and at

minimum it’s a serious organizational effort – simply to get supplies in place and arrange transportation.

So it goes without saying, many Glenville State College faculty and staff members served a critical element in the work. The effort was a four-day, two-weekend project concluding Saturday, September 8. Students worked four hours per day.

A surprising amount of work was accomplished. Perhaps it rose to the level of amazing. Community members, business, faculty, staff and the administration all have high praise for the efforts made. It was certainly the largest non-denominational mass effort for many years. Only volunteer response during Glenville’s past floods may have surpassed the group effort of the Glenville State College freshmen.

Krista Adkins, Hospice Care Thrift Shop manager, wants them back. “They did a lot,” she said reflecting on various tasks. Students sorted donations, performed general cleaning, restocked, and priced items and more. “I wish I could have them again,” Adkins said. The hospice store, located in the Glenville Foodland Plaza, is an all volunteer enterprise minus the manager’s post.

Perhaps topping the list of accomplishments was the repainting the few hundred yards of iron railings across GSC’S campus. “It made a big difference,” said Joe Wilmoth, GSC physical plant director. “We certainly do appreciate all the effort that went into it.”

Nasia Butcher, Gilmer County High School principal, said without GSC student involvement, the school wouldn’t have been fully ready

to begin classes. A separate crew repainted the high school fieldhouse and trimmed weeds.

Some students working at the Gilmer County Recreation Center asked GSC faculty member Amy DeWitt if they could come back and perform more work there. Dewitt said she hoped to arrange another project in October. GSC students repainted the exterior of three of the Recreation Centers Buildings. They also cleared a large storage building.

Three students among a crew who helped work at The Anchor, a Christian-based outreach effort at the old Napa building, have decided to stay on as volunteers.

The nature trail near Clark Hall received a lot of attention including being cleared of branches and a new layer of dried mulch was applied to much of the pathway. Ropes along the trail were replaced as well as clearing trash and debris from the area.

Other areas of attention were the Sunbridge Nursing Home and the Wesley Foundation.

Friday and Saturday, September 7th and 8th ,the Sue Morris Sports Complex hosted community field day events which included a variety of activities, and were also part of the GSC student’s community service.