Helping hands: Wu’s Big Event brings positive impact to community

Wichita State’s largest one-day community service event has just made its semi-annual appearance. Students, alumni, faculty and other volunteers spent their Saturday morning volunteering in the Wichita community.

Kicking off at 9 a.m in the Rhatigan Student Center’s Beggs Ballroom, more than 130 volunteers were provided with breakfast and background information about the event before dispersing to 16 different locations. According to Amy Nguyen, vice president of marketing for WSU’s Community Service Board, transportation was provided, and the volunteers went to different sites to do a variety of work.

“This is an opportunity for all Wichita State students to have a free experience of being able to have transportation provided and food provided, but also at the same time going and giving back to the community,” Nguyen, who is also WSU’s student body vice president, said…

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