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Media Advisory For Immediate Release
Oct. 15, 2007

Collegiate students to work in community this Wednesday

Annual ‘Day of Caring’ places student outside the classroom

LOUISVILLE, KY. LOUISVILLE, KY. – Louisville Collegiate School high school students will spend Wednesday, Oct. 17 working in the Louisville community as part of Collegiate’s annual “Day of Caring.” This event is one of several service opportunities that allow students to step outside of the classroom.

Collegiate’s 190-plus high school students will work at the following organizations during the Day of Caring on Wednesday: Atkinson Elementary School, Bloom/ Hawthorne Elementary School, Breckinridge Franklin Elementary School, Catholic Charities Refugee Relief, Churchill Park School, Four Courts Senior Center, Nathareth Home, New Albany Animal Shelter, Presbyterian Community Center, Brooklawn Children’s Home, Crane House Asian Cultural Center, Democratic Headquarters, Green Hill Therapy, a Louisville fire department, Norton Hospital, Portland Museum, Visually Impaired Preschool Services, and Wayside Christian Mission.

Students will also clean up Cherokee Park, knit scarves for the Center for Women and Families, make minor repairs with Project Warm, scrub fossil beds at the Falls of the Ohio State Park, and arrange a new exhibit at the Locust Grove Historic Home.

Note: Attached below is a complete schedule of events:

» Day of Caring Schedule pdf

 


Established in 1915, Louisville Collegiate School is a co-ed college-preparatory independent school for students from kindergarten through 12th grade.

PRESS CONTACT:
Terry Sebastian
Director of Marketing, Public Relations
Louisville Collegiate School
Work: (502) 479-0376
Fax (502) 479-0394
E-mail: tsebastian@loucol.com