Dartmouth Community OutReach ProjectS (DarCORPS) is an annual community service day that began in the Spring of 1997. This event brings together over 400 students, faculty, staff, and administrators from the Dartmouth community for a day of service to contribute to improving the quality of life of thousands of people in the Upper Valley. DarCORPS participants are part of the solution to problems in our community.
The day begins early one Saturday morning with an opening ceremony at the BEMA on Dartmouth's campus. Then the participants board buses and head out to the work sites. Some of the volunteer activities include: reading and playing games with children, visiting elderly at local nursing homes, computer education, painting, raking, and various other spring cleaning activities. After three hours of working, the participants return to Dartmouth for a barbecue and closing ceremony.
The first DarCORPS event in the Spring of 1997 was so successful that Dean Brown of the Tucker Foundation decided to organize a similar program for First Year Orientation each Fall. This volunteer day is called ShmenCORPS (Freshman Community OutReach ProjectS) and there were over 100 students on the waiting list for the first freshman service day last fall. Additionally, DarCORPS received an award from Governor Jeanne Shaheen in the Fall of 1997.
DarCORPS and ShmenCORPS are important because the volunteers have the opportunity to experience, first hand, the value of volunteerism, while local health and human service agencies gain a powerful volunteer resource--a true "win-win" situation. DarCORPS brings together people who want to help with non-profit organizations that need volunteers to help provide food, clothing, shelter, health care and other essential services to thousands of people every day throughout the year.
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