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A group of first-year students will spend Saturday, Oct. 14, interacting with children from Easton as part of the national Lights On Afterschool program with activities including campus tours, lunch in Marquis Hall, and a performance by Bob Dorough, the creator of “Schoolhouse Rock.”
According to Amber Zuber, assistant director of the Landis Community Outreach Center, the goal of the day is to get first-year students involved with community service and to show Easton youth what life is like as a college student.
“[Saturday’s events] are important not only to get first-year students involved with children and the community this weekend,” she says. “But to show them the kinds of things Landis does in the community and hopefully foster a long term involvement with the center.”
Upon arrival, children will pair up with first-year students, who will act as their tour guides throughout the day. Bonnie Winfield, director of the Landis Center, will give an opening address at 9:40 a.m. in the auditorium of Oechsle Hall focusing on what campus life is typically like for students. The students will then provide a first-hand look at campus, followed by lunch in Marquis Hall at 11:30 a.m.
The day will wrap up with a performance by Bob Dorough at 12:30 p.m. in the courtyard of the Sullivan Lane Residential Village. Dorough is a world-renowned jazz musician, who has recorded dozens of albums and performed with the likes of Louis Armstrong and Count Basie. He is probably most well known for writing and performing about 50 segments for the “Schoolhouse Rock” animated series which ran on ABC.
Lights On Afterschool is celebrated nationwide to call attention to the importance of afterschool programs for children, families, and communities. It is a project of Afterschool Alliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring that all children have access to quality, affordable afterschool programs by 2010. The alliance estimates that one million Americans will participate in the event this weekend.
Lafayette’s activities will be sponsored by Landis’ Kids in the Community program (KIC) and the Office of Residence Life’s New Student Programming Series. As part of the series, resident advisors on first-year floors have been actively recruiting for the event. In addition, the program will also incorporate a fund-raiser for KIC programming expenses.