[Students] Community Big Event
Joan Lawrence
Joan_Lawrence at tamu-commerce.edu
Wed Mar 26 16:23:41 CDT 2008
Commerce Big Event
April 5, 2008
A day of work and celebration!
Texas A&M - Commerce, the City of Commerce and the Commerce Chamber of
Commerce are gearing up to sponsor the ninth annual Big Event scheduled for
April 5th, 2008. Volunteers will come together to clean up and revitalize
the community. This is a day of community action in order to improve the
City of Commerce; as well as, the university. A stew luncheon will be held
at the City Park for all volunteers that work on a project. This years
luncheon entertainment will be our very own university steel drum band.
The Big Event committee is looking for volunteers and organizations that are
willing to help out and take on a community project for the event. They are
asking that everybody get involved to help improve the appearance,
facilities or safety of the community.
Some of the proposed projects include:
Ø Painting walls at the Northeast Texas Children's Musem
Ø Cleaning up trash along roads and highways
Ø Planting flowers in front of the City Library and Hospital
Ø Painting the Gazebo at Authors' Park/Downtown Commerce
Ø Help clean up damaged materials at the City Library
In addition to the community projects; this is also a day for individuals to
clean up and take advantage of services being offered by the city, county
and university. These services include:
Ø The Commerce Fire Department will install FREE smoke detectors in your
home. Call the fire department at 903-886-1147.
Ø Hunt County Environmental Services will be at the County Barn on North
Bois d'Arc Street from 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. collecting hazardous materials such
as paint, hazardous chemicals, batteries, car tires (not truck), and other
items with the exception of roofing materials (these are not accepted).
Ø Recycling bins will be located at Farmers Market. For more information
call Daniel Hartman at 903-468-4482.
Also, each year during the Big Event, creative artists, composers and
writers are honored with their inclusion in the Walk of Fame in Authors'
Park. This year three authors and one artist have been selected for
inclusion in the Walk of Fame. The induction ceremony will be held at 2:00
p.m. on April 5th at Authors' Park. The public is invited to attend. The
honored authors and artist are as follows:
Ø Mr. Bill Martin - America's favorite author of children's books. He
authored 300 books and spent the last 11 years of his life living in
Commerce.
Ø Dr. Shannon Carter - Associate Professor of English and Co-Director of
the new Converging Literacies Center at Texas A&M - Commerce.
Ø Dr. Donna Dunbar-Odom - Professor of English and Director of the English
Graduate Programs for the Department of Literature and Languages at Texas
A&M - Commerce.
Ø Mr. Michael Odom - Senior Lecturer and Interim Head of Art at Texas A&M -
Commerce.
If you need additional information about the Big Event or how you can
volunteer to help, then please contact the Chamber of Commerce office at
903-886-3950.
Penny Belcher, Director
Corporate and Community Relations
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