Service Project
Service Project
All incoming first-year students are required to participate in the Service Project on Saturday morning, August 22. Your First-Year Seminar group will be pre-assigned to a service site.
Please click on the links below to learn more about these sites.
If you are under 18 years of age, have a parent/guardian sign the Acknowledgement of Risk and Release of Liability Form for Minors.
If you are 18 years or older, please fill out the Acknowledgement of Risk and Release of Liability Form.
You may leave the name of the agency blank. You will receive specific information for your service project assignment at Check-In on Wednesday, August 19.
Please send completed forms to: orientation@wooster.edu or FAX to 330-263-2094. A completed liability form must be submitted. If you have any questions you may contact us at orientation@wooster.edu or by phone at 330-263-2545.
NOTE: Information sessions will be held in regard to the service project on Friday, August 21. These sessions will provide you with additional details regarding the service project.
Service Project Safety Information
Please dress appropriately for weather and the work you will be doing. We strongly suggest long pants and work shoes/boots!
Hazards may include but not be limited to:
- Tripping, Falls, Uneven ground
- Bee Stings
- Lifting, strains, sprains
- Poison Ivy
- Splinters, thorns, cuts, scrapes
Safety gear you may consider bringing with you:
- Sunscreen
- Bug Spray for mosquitoes
- Safety glasses
- Back supports
- Protective clothing