Bulldogs in Service puts 288 to work for CC communities

Students, faculty, and staff from all Clarendon College campuses participated in the second annual “Bulldogs in Service” day to benefit their local communities last Wednesday, March 22.

A total of 288 CC students, faculty, and staff participated in several community service efforts. The community service effort began last March but was limited only to the Clarendon area. This year, the effort was expanded to include Amarillo, Childress, Pampa, and Clarendon.

In Clarendon, participants partook in the following efforts: Adopt-a-Highway along the north portion of State Highway 70; Campus cleanup; Cleanup along the railroad tracks; Made blankets to donate to multiple organizations; Assisted with the Donley County Senior Citizens Center; Prepared old and worn American flags for proper retirement at the Clarendon Lions Hall; Landscaping and cleaning at the Saints’ Roost Museum; and Sidewalk chalk art at Clarendon ISD.

In Amarillo, cosmetology students and faculty volunteered at Sharing Hope Ministry. In Childress, participants helped clean up around the Childress Center and in the downtown area. In Pampa, participants helped clean up around the Pampa Center, clean up at the Fairview Cemetery, and also assisted at the White Deer Land Museum.

“We appreciate all the communities we service,” CC President Tex Buckhaults said. “The communities in Clarendon, Amarillo, Childress, and Pampa consistently support Clarendon College and its students, and it’s only right that we give something in return. My hope is that students will take what they learned here about community service and join community service efforts in their hometowns as well.”