Nearly 120 Students participate in Spring Service Day

 | 04/29/2003

About 120 Lipscomb University students participated in the first Spring Service Day April 26, organized by the Student Government Association. Students fanned out across the city to such locations as First Steps, Monroe Harding Children's Home, Safe Haven, Youth Encouragement Services, Glendale Middle School, Matthew 25, HeadStart, Nashville Inner City Ministry, Belmont Presbyterian Church Community Playground, Lakeshore Retirement Home, Great American Clean-up. Organizers said Lipscomb students are already widely known for their spring and summer break mission and service trips, "but this allows student-led teams to serve in their own backyard," said Jenn Campbell, director of Spring Service Day. Campbell is a senior organizational communication major from Adairville, Ky., and was also this year's Homecoming Queen. "This is a great opportunity for Lipscomb to demonstrate the love of Christ to Nashville. I pray this is something to help motivate our campus to serve daily. God can change Nashville through Lipscomb University," Campbell said. SGA representatives plan to make Spring Service Day an annual event.