8:35 a.m., Oct. 19, 2010----More than 300 University of Delaware students participated in the Campus Day of Service held Saturday, Oct. 9.

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“Walking around campus, the feel of the day was wonderful,” according Jacqueline K. Winslow, complex coordinator for Harrington and co-coordinator of Day of Service with Rebecca Krylow, complex coordinator for Independence South.

"I am extremely proud to say that I was a part of planning the first Campus Day of Service,” Krylow said. “Interacting with a wide variety of students that day and seeing how excited they were to make a positive impact in their local community made me proud to work at the University of Delaware."

Both Winslow and Krylow said students showed up with enthusiasm and easily identified with the purpose of each service initiative.

Campus Day of Service sponsored several trips to off-campus organizations, including the Delaware Humane Society, A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, the UD Garden for the Community, Newark Manor nursing home, the Newark Department of Parks and Recreation clean-up and the Mary Campbell Center.

Students participating in the Delaware Humane Society trip painted a fence on the property, and organizers said the trip could have been filled twice if the Humane Society had needed that many volunteers because students were so interested in the project.

Other work included:

The partnership with Students for Haiti, a UD RSO, led to many advertisements made for the "Haiti Book Buyback" program.

Students made more than 400 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in less than an hour for the Emmaus House and the Sunday Breakfast Mission.

Students made approximately 50 door decorations for the residents of Newark Manor.

The Ronald McDonald House activities -- coloring book pages, get well cards, and cupcake decorating -- were said to be "a huge hit," with about 50 students participating campus-wide.

At the Mary Campbell Center, students played Wii with the residents and "they all had a really good time."

The students working with Faithful Friends raised more than$300 dollars for the organization.

About 40 students came out to the program “Knit a Square of AIDS Orphans,” and Winslow said “this was one of the most successful events not just because of numbers, but because the students who learned to knit want to continue with this service project throughout the year.”

Photos by Duane Perry