Laura Harrington, a freshman who works with Jumpstart at GW, was happy to be participating in the King service opportunity, but worries whether she is in a minority of GW students who participate in service events throughout the year.
"I feel like not enough people give back at GW," she said. Jumpstart is a service program at GW in which students tutor D.C. children; work-study students are paid for participating.
Members of the non-violence center staff joined students in painting cleaning.
Corliss "Coco" Franklin, the Center for Creative Non-Violence's interim floor director, said she enjoys seeing students volunteer.
"(I love) the smiling faces of all the young ones ... I don't know if they know that they put a smile on mine," Franklin said.
The 10-year community service veteran said she was extremely thankful for all of the groups that have volunteered at the center over the years.
"We've had students from right here in D.C. and students from even Princeton (University in New Jersey)," she said. "But it don't matter where they're from, they're all a huge help."n
"I feel like not enough people give back at GW," she said. Jumpstart is a service program at GW in which students tutor D.C. children; work-study students are paid for participating.
Members of the non-violence center staff joined students in painting cleaning.
Corliss "Coco" Franklin, the Center for Creative Non-Violence's interim floor director, said she enjoys seeing students volunteer.
"(I love) the smiling faces of all the young ones ... I don't know if they know that they put a smile on mine," Franklin said.
The 10-year community service veteran said she was extremely thankful for all of the groups that have volunteered at the center over the years.
"We've had students from right here in D.C. and students from even Princeton (University in New Jersey)," she said. "But it don't matter where they're from, they're all a huge help."n
