The annual Fall Frenzy event is a one-day service project scheduled for Friday, Sept. 29. Held annually before Homecoming week, Fall Frenzy is sponsored by the ASUNM Community Experience in conjunction with Physical Plant Building and Grounds Department. This year, Fall Frenzy will consist of 200 volunteers who help beautify the UNM campus. All Homecoming candidates take on the responsibility of serving as group leaders for projects.
The ASUNM Community Experience is a Student Service Agency that works to provide the undergraduate population with various service opportunities throughout the year. Ranging from small projects such as working closely with the Ronald McDonald house to large scale service events such as Fall Frenzy and Spring Storm, the Community Experience is continuously taking on new opportunities to benefit UNM and the surrounding community.
The Community Experience has worked hard this year to coordinate more campus beautification projects rather than simply focus on trash clean up. Some of these projects were inspired by suggestions and feedback from UNM students in order to have a positive impact on the greater UNM community.
For example, filling in the divots on Johnson Field (in order to prevent continued injuries that have taken place on the field as a result of students tripping), transferring gravel that surrounds the 34 trees along Yale Mall and replacing with a crusher fine material to reduce tripping/falling that has occurred as a result of the large gravel, and removing juniper plants from various locations and replacing them with more water conservative plants).
Other sponsors of Fall Frenzy include ASUNM Student Special Events and Lobo Spirit Student Service Agencies, Pepsi, Student Union Building, Embroid-Me and Dos Hermanos. With the extra help of these supporters CE is able to make Fall Frenzy a truly fun filled day with customized t-shirts, live music, and a catered lunch to be enjoyed by all those who participated.
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
Posted by scarr at September 27, 2006 04:15 PM