Students, faculty and staff will join city leaders and local residents to spruce up parks, libraries and other key Schenectady sites on Saturday, Oct. 15, during the 11th annual John Calvin Toll Day. Activities, from 10 a.m. until noon, include planting daffodils and tulip bulbs between State Street and Nott Terrace.
The event is coordinated by the Kenney Community Center, Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corporation (DSIC) and local volunteers. Campus volunteers should meet at Old Chapel Circle at 9:45 a.m. for transport to selected sites.
Begun in 1995 as a way to strengthen ties with the city and expose students to volunteer opportunities, the popular community service day is named for one of Union's first graduates, John Calvin Toll, Class of 1799. The day is supported by Al Hill, a 1946 Union graduate, and his wife, Perrie. Toll was the great-great grandfather of Hill, a retired attorney from Buffalo. The Hills created the fund to encourage Union students to undertake volunteer service.
For more information, contact the Kenney Center, ext. 6609.