Nov 2, 2021 - The history department’s Delta-Psi chapter of Phi Alpha Theta and Rutledge Honorary History Club co-sponsored a community service project at Liberty Garden Park and Arboretum on November 2, 2021, as part of Union University’s Campus and Community: A Day of Remembrance and Service. Dr. Stephen Carls organized the activity at Union, while Tammy Buchanan-Anderson and Jack Baudo served as coordinators for the Jackson community. Members of the Madison County Master Gardeners and City of Jackson park employees also participated in the cleanup event.
The Union University team at the park consisted of both faculty and students. In addition to Carls, history department faculty members who worked were Drs. Henry Allen, Keith Bates, and David Thomas. The student participants included Anne Adams, Sandra Allen, Elizabeth Blevins, Joe Gee, Abigail Gilbert, Anna Guelcher, Noah Kea, Logan Sherrod, and Nick Terra.
There were several projects that occupied the Union volunteers. Some put mulch around trees and shrubs. Others trimmed tree branches with anvil loppers and pole saws or picked up broken branches and twigs. Another group swept sidewalk areas and raked. A couple of students were also tasked with putting loose bricks in piles for city workers to pick up and repurpose.
Homemade chocolate chip cookies, candy, and bottled water made up the refreshments for the occasion.
Union University's history department work volunteers join with project coordinators for a photo at the beginning of their community service project at Liberty Garden Park on November 2, 2021. They are: (front row, left to right) Dr. David Thomas, Elizabeth Blevins, Joe Gee, Anna Guelcher, Anne Adams, Logan Sherrod, and Noah Kea; (second row, left to right) Dr. Henry Allen, Abigail Gilbert, Sandra Allen, Nicholas Terra, and Dr. Keith Bates; (back row, left to right) project coordinators Tammy Buchanan-Anderson, Dr. Stephen Carls, and Jack Baudo.
Abigail Gilbert trims tree branches at the Phi Alpha Theta/Rutledge Honorary History Club-sponsored community service project at Liberty Garden Park on November 2, 2021.
Union students Nick Terra (left) and Logan Sherrod take a break from mulching at Liberty Garden Park on November 2, 2021.
Tammy Buchanan-Anderson (left) and Sandra Allen take a break from their work at Liberty Garden Park during the Union University history department's community service project there on November 2, 2021.
Phi Alpha Theta member Elizabeth Blevins smiles while working at Liberty Garden Park as part of Union's Campus and Community Day on November 2, 2021.
Dr. David Thomas saws a branch off a tree at Liberty Garden Park during the history department's community service project on November 2, 2021.
Dr. Keith Bates trims a tree during the history department's community service project at Liberty Garden Park on November 2, 2021.
Dr. Henry Allen gathers twigs at the community service project that Phi Alpha Theta and the Rutledge Honorary History Club co-sponsored at Liberty Garden Park on November 2, 2021.
Joe Gee loads mulch into a wheelbarrow at the Phi Alpha Theta/Rutledge Honorary History Club-sponsored community service project at Liberty Garden Park on November 2, 2021. Photo by Kristi Woody
Tammy Buchanan-Anderson (left) and Sandra Allen spread mulch around a tree at Liberty Garden Park on November 2, 2021. Joe Gee holds a wheelbarrow of mulch for them to use. Photo by Kristi Woody
Union students Logan Sherrod (left) and Nick Terra work together mulching a shrubbery area at Liberty Garden Park on November 2, 2021. Photo by Kristi Woody
Anna Guelcher trims tree branches during the history department's Campus and Community service project at Liberty Garden Park on November 2, 2021. Photo by Kristi Woody
Rutledge Honorary History Club member Noah Kea sweeps a sidewalk at Liberty Garden Park as part of the history department's community service project on November 2, 2021. Photo by Kristi Woody
Anne Adams uses an anvil lopper to trim tree branches at Liberty Garden Park as part of the history department's community service project on November 2, 2021. Photo by Kristi Woody
Drs. David Thomas (left to right), Henry Allen, and Keith Bates display their trimming tools during the history department's community service project at Liberty Garden Park on November 2, 2021. Photo by Kristi Woody
Jack Baudo and Tammy Buchanan-Anderson, the community coordinators of the service project at Liberty Garden Park on November 2, 2021, relax at the end of the event.
Student participants in the history department's community service project at Liberty Garden Park on November 21, 2021, listen to a wrap-up of the morning's work by Tammy Buchanan-Anderson. The students (left to right) are Abigail Gilbert, Anne Adams, Anna Guelcher, and Joe Gee.
The history department work team, members of the Madison County Master Gardeners, and City of Jackson park employees join together for a photo at the end of their cleanup project at Liberty Garden Park on November 2, 2021.