For 25 years, a beloved Alverno College tradition has been quietly making a positive impact throughout southeastern Wisconsin. Community Day is a day set aside for volunteering and for students, faculty and staff to come together to share their experiences from the day.
Over the course of 25 years, nearly 8,200 volunteers from the college have given more than 26,000 hours of service to the Milwaukee community. This year, close to 200 people signed up to work at locations on campus and throughout the area. In just one morning, volunteers:
- made 365 sandwiches for St. Ben’s meal program
- harvested 2782 pounds of corn at Hunger Task Force Farm
- collected 15 bags of trash from South Shore Beach and Park
- planted 448 plants at Urban Ecology Center
- picked up 10 bags of trash along a highway
- pulled invasive plants from the campus bioswale
“Community Day embodies what it means to be part of Alverno,” said Ann Romei, assistant dean of students. “It’s a day when we live out our mission through action—learning, serving and connecting with one another and our broader community. For 25 years, it’s shown that even small acts of service can have a lasting impact.”
