TAMIU Annual Report 2019

2019 Annual Report / AWORLDOF DIFFERENCE 9 Student/ DIFFERENCE Texas A&M International University students, staff, faculty and alumni truly lived up to “Make A Difference Day” this November by participating in three impactful community service experiences. All told, volunteers generated 2,326 service hourswithan equivalent monetary impact projected at over $76, 172. Starting before sunrise at TheOutlet Shoppes downtown, some 313 volunteers, a 136% increase over last year’s TAMIUMakeADifference Day, participated. TAMIU undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff and alumni powered three different service activities: a mobile food-packing partnership with Feed My Starving Children, Students, Faculty, Staff and Alumni ShowHow to ‘Make A Difference’ JuanRamírez Park beautification initiativeswithKeep LaredoBeautiful and Jamboozie Festival site preparations with Laredo Main Street. Volunteers showed how they always “Go Beyond” by setting a new TAMIU national record for meal packing and production of over 77,544 meals of the total 109,080 meals completed for the Feed My Starving Children effort. The group easily exceeded their goal of 100,000meals packed. The service hours generated are part of a student-led, year-long goal of 50,000 Service Hours to be delivered as part of a Service Challenge observing the University’s 50th Anniversary. Some 300+ volunteers at TAMIU's "Make a Difference Day" at The Outlet Shoppes celebrate another successful food pack, just one of three service opportunities generating 2,300+ service hours.