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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (8/05)
Contact: Lynn Stewart or Kelsey Johnson, Centenary News Service, 318-869-5120 or 869-7265

First-year Students Take Part in Service Learning Activity during Orientation Weekend at Centenary College

SHREVEPORT, LA — True to Centenary College's mission, Orientation organizers this year provided an introductory activity in civic responsibility. First-year students boarded buses on campus and each traveled to one of seven community agencies to assist with their projects on Saturday, Aug 20.

The agencies were Shreveport Regional Arts Council, ArtSpace, Red River Revel, Renzi Arts and Education Center, Providence House, Philadelphia Center and the Food Bank of North Louisiana.

See news coverage in The (Shreveport) Times, including a photo of Centenary students performing service projects, at http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050823/NEWS04/508230311/1060/NEWS01

Additional photos at some of the locations follow:

Chartered buses line up near Jackson Hall to take Centenary first-year students to seven community agencies for service-learning projects.

FOOD BANK SERVICE:

Students serve the Food Bank of North Louisiana by packing boxes of food.

A sort of assembly line prepares Food Bank boxes.

Two "assembly lines" were possible with Centenary first-year students and Orientation leaders pitching in at the Food Bank.

ARTISTIC ENDEAVORS FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS:

Photos by: Dian Tooke, Director of Service Learning

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