Nov 1, 2022 - The Delta-Psi chapter of Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society and the Rutledge Honorary History Club cosponsored a community service project at Liberty Garden Park on November 1, 2022, as part of Union University’s “Campus and Community: A Day of Remembrance and Service.”
The Union participants joined members of the Madison County Master Gardeners Club in tree pruning, shrub trimming, grass trimming, mulching, raking, and sweeping. The work project, which involved most of the morning, also included snacks consisting of homemade oatmeal cookies, Halloween candy, and bottled water. Tammy Buchanan-Anderson served as the event coordinator.
Eight students and four history department faculty members participated in the park project. The students were Makayla Baker, Breanna Edmiston, Abigail Gilbert, Anna Guelcher, Noah Kea, Lydia McGinnis, Anna Yadkowski, and Chris Young. Drs. Henry Allen, Keith Bates, Stephen Carls, and David Thomas were the history faculty representatives.
Participants in the community service project at Liberty Garden Park on November 1, 2022, gather for a photo prior to the start of their work.
Tammy Buchanan-Anderson (center) stands with Union students Anna Yadkowski (left) and Lydia McGinnis (right) as she welcomes them to Liberty Garden Park on November 1, 2022.
Abigail Gilbert (left) trims a tree while Breanna Edmiston gathers up the branches at the Phi Alpha Theta/History Club community service project at Liberty Garden Park on November 1, 2022.
History club member Anna Guelcher trims a tree at the Phi Alpha Theta/Rutledge Honorary History Club-sponsored community service project at Liberty Garden Park on November 1, 2022.
Phi Alpha Theta member Makayla Baker gathers up branches at Liberty Garden Park during the history department's community service project there on November 1, 2022.
Tammy Buchanan-Anderson stands with Dr. Keith Bates as he prepares to do some grass trimming at Liberty Garden Park on November 1, 2022.
Dr. Henry Allen moves a wheelbarrow full of twigs and branches at the Phi Alpha Theta/history club community service project at Liberty Garden Park on November 1, 2022.
Anna Yadkowski gathers up twigs and branches at the history department's community service project at Liberty Garden Park on November 1, 2022.
Dr. David Thomas takes a break from tree trimming during the Phi Alpha Theta/history club community service project at Liberty Garden Park on November 1, 2022.
Dr. Keith Bates attends to his string trimmer during the history department's community service project at Liberty Garden Park on November 1, 2022.
Union University students take a break from their volunteer work at Liberty Garden Park on November 1, 2022. They are (left to right) Makayla Baker, Breanna Edmiston, Abigail Gilbert, and Anna Guelcher.
Union University student Noah Kea smooths out mulch at Liberty Garden Park as part of the Phi Alpha Theta/history club-sponsored community service project there on November 1, 2022.
Phi Alpha Theta member Chris Young rakes mulch at Liberty Garden Park on November 1, 2022.
Phi Alpha Theta members (left to right) Makayla Baker, Breanna Edmiston, Anna Yadkowski, and Lydia McGinnis relax during the closing ceremony of the community service project at Liberty Garden Park on November 1, 2022.