Early this past Saturday morning our SAA members paired up with UMass Alumni to participate in Mass Impact Day. Mass Impact day is an annual day of service where many UMass Registered Student Organizations (RSO’s) come together in order to help the surrounding community. This is our fourth consecutive year participating in this event and we have found that our members and alumni really enjoy working together to help this wonderful cause.

This year we helped clean up the Connecticut River. Our members picked up trash along the riverbed and in the river itself. Erin Lemay, the social media coordinator of SAA attended and found it to be a really fulfilling experience:

We found various items of trash in the river itself and we were able to fill up at least five truckloads of trash to be properly disposed of. Even in the short amount of time we spent there it was easy to see how our work made a huge difference.

Both the students and Alumni concluded that they were happy that they went. We have found that our members really enjoy doing community service together.

In the last year we created a philanthropy committee to provide our members with ample opportunities to do community service. We are proud to announce that they have a lot of fun events coming up such as I Love UMass Day and volunteer opportunities at Craig’s Doors, to name a few. Kasey McKenzie, the chairman of community service in the philanthropy committee is eager to get members involved in all that they do. She says,

Philanthropy is important because not only does it show appreciation for others, but also improves the situation of others through donations or charitable service.

We are really excited to get more involved in more community service outreach and see what else Philanthropy has in store for us this year!

Written By:

Hallie Menchin

Publications Coordinator

Student Alumni Association