Page 10 - Moravian College 275th Anniversary

Celebrating 275 years of being a LITTLE REVOLUTIONARY.

Celebrating heritage by serving the community

SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 2017 Serving the com- with Lehigh County Heritage Day joins the
munity is a central Office of Children and many other Moravian
tenet of Moravian Youth Services College annual tradi-
tradition and hence of tions and will be held
Moravian College’s ¦ 168 scarves for the again in fall 2017.
foundation. To honor homeless
that history and put in
practice that tenet of ¦ 100 kindness rocks
service, the college held painted with inspirational
its first Heritage Day on messages for Comfort
Sept. 21, 2016. Students, Cottage
faculty and staff gath-
ered in Johnston Hall to ¦ 53 units of blood for
learn about the history the Red Cross
of the college, take part
in the Moravian tradi- ¦ 27 fleece blankets for
tion of a Lovefeast (the the homeless
sharing of food among
members of a group to In the cleanup of
nurture goodwill and Monocacy Creek and in
harmony) and then go service of the Downtown
out to serve the sur- Bethlehem Association,
rounding community. In the college community
the afternoon, everyone collected the following
regrouped for a time of items:
reflection. Heritage Day
was indeed a celebration ¦ 75 bags of trash
and a success. Here are ¦ 2 tires
the day’s numbers: ¦ 1 shopping cart

¦ 1,195 students, fac- And at the end of
ulty and staff gave 2,390 the day, 1,300 children
hours of service to 27 benefited from the day’s
nonprofit organizations. service.

Moravian College stu- SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION OF THE MORNING CALL
dents, staff and faculty
delivered the following Students, faculty, and staff volunteer during the ?rst Heritage
gifts to the community: Day last fall.

¦ 900 take-home lit-
eracy kits for Jumpstart
Philadelphia at Temple
University

¦ 600 jump ropes for
Nitschmann Middle
School and Broughal
and Marvine Elementary
Schools

¦ 400 grab-and-go
bags for children

¦ 346 nonslip socks
for New Bethany Min-
istries, Kids Peace, and
Comfort Cottage

¦ 250 greeting cards

10 for foster care children