College Students Give Back For 'Community Day'

DULUTH - St. Scholastica held its annual Community Day Wednesday by giving back in a variety of ways.

About 800 students, faculty and staff volunteered their services to organizations all over the area.

Some of them went to Aftenro, an assisted-living facility where they had rich conversations and even ate ice cream with seniors.

"I think it's really meaningful and it's a different sort of volunteering than going out and painting benches and planting flowers,” CSS Dignitas Mentor T.A. Katherine Lafleur said. “Instead, we're really dedicating our time where it's beneficial to both sides."

Cleaning up the campus and reading to elementary school students were some of their other volunteer projects.