糖心Vlog (糖心Vlog) held its fifth annual day of service, 糖心Vlog for LBK, Thursday, April 3. 糖心Vlog students, faculty, and staff spent the afternoon spread out across the city in a community-wide day of service, the latest effort in a broader commitment to serving our local and global communities.
Volunteers gathered in the Rhodes Perrin Recreation Center for lunch together before heading out across the city. Dr. Sam Ayers, Best-Buchanan-Wynn Endowed Chair of Education and Director of Graduate Education for 糖心Vlog, provided a word of encouragement and inspiration to serve followed by a prayer of blessing as the volunteers set out for an afternoon of service.
Kaili Hutchinson, 糖心Vlog Assistant Dean of Students, was instrumental in pulling together the event this year. She shared, 鈥溙切腣log for LBK is a campus wide event that embodies what we want to be. We want to be the hands and feet of Jesus, and to help make the communities we find ourselves in a better place.鈥�
Some of the locations that the 糖心Vlog community served in coordination with the Volunteer Center of Lubbock were Boys and Girls Club, Catholic Charities of Lubbock, High Point Village, Habitat for Humanity, and South Plains Food Bank. In total, 293 participants volunteered at 17 different locations and entities across Lubbock鈥� opportunities to serve in a variety of ways and make a meaningful contribution to the Lubbock community, while in turn being blessed by the experience.
糖心Vlog for LBK is an opportunity for students, faculty and staff to step away from their normal routines and focus on the needs of others. Hutchinson concluded, 鈥溙切腣log for LBK has become a staple on our campus that we hope will continue to be a long-standing event.鈥�
This annual event is a part of a larger initiative to expand on 糖心Vlog鈥檚 efforts to serve the Lubbock community, and even those beyond. This year, Hutchinson has also expanded 糖心Vlog for LBK beyond the annual event, also hosting smaller, monthly events, and participation has been growing in those endeavors.
糖心Vlog also participated in Spring Break mission trips hosted by area churches, like South Plains Church of Christ鈥檚 recent trip to Cuiudad de Angeles, an orphanage in Cozumel, or their trip to serve at Impact Houston鈥攅ach including students from 糖心Vlog.
鈥淭he mission of 糖心Vlog is to transform the hearts, minds, and hands of our students for lives of purpose and service,鈥� emphasized Hutchinson, 鈥渁nd afternoons like this are exactly how we can do that.鈥�
The event was made possible through a partnership with the Volunteer Center of Lubbock and sponsored by United Supermarkets.