On Friday, August 23rd, freshman students from St. Norbert College in De Pere were sent out into the community as part of the school’s “Into the Streets” program.
Into the Streets, a Week of Welcome event, is a one-day First Year Experience (FYE) community immersion event that takes St. Norbert first-year students (and additional volunteers) off campus and into the greater Green Bay community. This unique opportunity gives students a chance to get to know the incredible community that surrounds the college and acquaint themselves with more of their peers.
The day begins with a short kickoff program and then students are bussed to volunteer sites off-campus, or taken to an on-campus project, where they learn about involvement opportunities and take part in a service project. Following Into the Streets, students will participate in a reflection session on their experiences and will learn about other service opportunities at St. Norbert College and throughout Brown County.
This was FWWA’s third year participating in the program. We started by talking about the Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance and the work that we do throughout the basin, and then introduced them to two of our volunteer programs – watershed cleanup and invasive species monitoring. The group started off by splitting into teams of two, grabbing supplies, and cleaning up in different areas of the park while focusing on the shoreline of the Fox River. In total, the students collected six bags of trash including fishing waste, food packaging, and lots of cigarette butts. Afterwards, the students walked with FWWA’s Emily Henrigillis, to locate, and properly remove, purple loosestrife plants growing along the Fox River shoreline. The students did a great job, and we look forward to participating in this event in 2020!
Submitted by:
Kelly Reyer
Outreach Coordinator
Phone: 920-915-1502
E-mail: Kelly@fwwa.org
