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On May 2, over 500 students, faculty and community members are expected to volunteer at DarCorps, a community service day.
This year, the event will be the final day in a state-wide week of service.
Sixteen other schools across the state, including the University of New Hampshire and colleges in Keene, Nashua and Manchester are organizing community service day events similar to DarCorps.
DarCorps, a Tucker Foundation-sponsored event, began last year as a way to get more students interested and excited about volunteer opportunities available in the community.
DarCorps founder Rex Morey '99 said he hopes that by participating in the project, "students will see the benefits of community service" and become excited in getting involved in other long-term projects.
Tani Brown '99, Zoe McLaren '00 and Morey chair the DarCorps committee this year.
McLaren said the idea caught on when other colleges and universities across the state heard about the success of DarCorps and became interested in hosting a similar event at their schools.
Morey, who received a Governor's Award for his involvement with DarCorps last year, said he is working with Campus Contact of New Hampshire and Rick Groleau, a volunteer coordinator from New Hampshire College, in order to create similar activities across the state.
Although Morey spearheaded the expansion of DarCorps to other schools, the colleges and universities are organizing their projects individually.
Some schools are modeling their community service days after DarCorps with many different projects involving a wide range of activities, including working with the elderly, spending time with children or serving outdoors, while other schools are focusing on just one or two projects, McLaren said.
The schools will be holding their service days between April 18 and May 2, and over 3,000 volunteers are expected to be involved.
This year's DarCorps is similar to last year.
