On April 25, Stony Brook’s Advancement team celebrated Earth Stock with a campus-wide beautification initiative. More than 40 volunteers traded their office attire for gardening gloves as they revitalized outdoor space near the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics.
The second annual Advancement Volunteer Day was organized by Advancement’s Culture Committee in partnership with the Center for Service Learning and Community Service. Volunteers dedicated their morning to mulching, pruning, and pulling English Ivy.
“Our team’s core purpose is to work with alumni, friends, faculty, staff and students to help drive Stony Brook forward,” said Culture Committee Co-Chair Christine McGrath. “We thought this would be a great way to bring our team together, reinforce that purpose and make a tangible impact on the experiences students, faculty, staff and visitors have when they are on campus.”
The initiative was particularly meaningful as it coincided with Stony Brook’s Earth Stock Day, and helped the Advancement team contribute to the university’s broader sustainability goals. Volunteer Day is part of larger volunteer initiatives that the Culture Committee plans throughout the year. Advancement is already gearing up for a blood drive in the fall in partnership with the Stony Brook Medicine Blood Donor Center.
-Amber Davis
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