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September 7, 2009

SEE vice president Michael Harris, in white shirt, lifts a cardboard box during Service Day.

During Service Day, new students, HOSE leaders, and Students for Environmental Education vice president Michael Harris collected cardboard for two good causes. As well as collecting the cardboard to be recycled, the students donated the cardboard to Open Door Ministries.

"It's always good to know it will get reused," Harris said, "but to have it reused and have the proceeds help others was especially great."

Open Door, which provides shelter for the homeless, operates a cardboard recovery and recycle program.  The non-profit sells the cardboard to a local recycling company and use the funds to pay for the day-to-day operational costs of running the center.

In addition, Sodexo, the foodservices company that operates the Greenville Dining Hall and Springs Campus Center, has arranged to donate their used cardboard to Open Door. The dining facilities use enough cardboard for the ministry to collect the recycling twice a week.

Over 400 students volunteered at 14 different locations during Service Day. They also volunteered at a hospice, fire department, several churches and homes for the elderly, and other locations.