Community Day
Once a semester, CSS has an all-school Community Day. No classes are held. The only requirement for the day is to get out into the community and volunteer.
Most freshmen volunteer with their Dignitas classes. Other students partake in volunteering on their own, with their respective athletic teams, friends, clubs, etc. As a member of the CSS baseball team, every Community Day our head coach has us sign up for what activity we went to volunteer at. Half of the team goes to Pike Lake Elementary School to spend the day with the students there, giving back to the school that our head coach once taught at. The other half of the team goes to gardens on campus and helps the Sisters clean and get them ready for the winter.
This year I chose to go with the group to the on-campus gardens. We worked from 8:30-12:30 plus a snack break with fresh baked cookies! We spent time digging up roots, weeding, trimming bushes, bagging up all the weeds, etc. It was a wonderful day! It’s always a nice feeling helping others out and giving back to the school we attend. Community Day is a great way to meet new friends as well as represent our school and gives it a very positive image!
My friend and teammate, Wesley Hedlund, working in the garden chopping up a massive root with an axe.
Tags: Community Day, Saints Baseball, volunteering
