Photo: Stafford Health Careers Students and Instructor, Dianna Bassett raking leaves for local senior citizens
Stafford Technical Center’s Community Service theme this year is “Give Back”. They launched this effort on October 26th by raking and cleaning up the lawns of local senior citizens and several recreational parks within the Rutland area. The entire student body (over 200 students) , faculty and staff participated in this project. Everyone wore bright orange T-Shirts with the logo “Give Back” emblazoned on the front. The logo was designed by the Stafford Technical Center Digital Arts Program. Each senior who had their leaves raked were also presented with a homemade apple pie courtesy of Stafford’s Culinary Arts Program. This initiative is Stafford’s way of thanking the Rutland Community for their continued support .
Stafford would like to acknowledge the Southern Vermont Council on Aging and Grace Congregational Church for their support. We would also like to thank the following businesses and organizations for their help with donations of supplies and equipment. Without them, this project would not have been successful. A special thanks goes out to Casella Waste Systems, Home Depot. Aubuchon Hardware-Rutland, Gilmore Home Center, Noble True Value, LaValley’s Building Supply, Rutland Public Schools Transportation Department, Rutland County Transfer Station, and the Department of Corrections.
Several students in Stafford’s Video Production Program-Zach Hampl, Jordan McClure, Logan Greeno, and Soleil Bosley put together an amazing video capturing the event. It can viewed on youtube by accessing following link….