UNO Students Surrender Spring Break to Volunteer

The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) Service Learning Academy again has organized UNO's Seventh Annual Seven Days of Service Saturday, March 14 and Monday, March 16 through Saturday, March 21. Students from UNO, the University of Nebraska Peter Kiewit Institute, Omaha North and Benson High Schools, and the Omaha Public Schools Career Center will landscape, renovate and repair six to eight homes in Omaha and Council Bluffs. The students will also renovate the Salvation Army Stepping Stones children's playground, the Stephen's Center and the Salvation Army Gene Eppley Camp in Bellevue.

The Seventh Annual Seven Days of Service project attracted more than 1,000 student volunteers who donated more than $95,000 worth of labor March 14, and March 16-21 in Omaha, Nebraska, and Council Bluffs, Iowa. Additionally, a photo slideshow is available for viewing here: http://www.unomaha.edu/mavchannel/ttl/2009/0320/. Here is an audio slideshow about the project: http://www.unomaha.edu/mavchannel/ttl/2009/0212/.