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Volunteer Mobilization Day - August 24, 2007
The School of Public Health and the Berkeley Mayor's Office hosted the third annual Volunteer Mobilization Day, which gives incoming public health graduate students the opportunity to be involved directly with the community by volunteering their time at designated sites throughout Berkeley.
Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates welcomes the student volunteers at the kick-off ceremony.
Volunteers prepare to head off to their work sites.
Volunteers meet at the Meals on Wheels office in preparation for their work at the North Berkeley Senior Center.
Volunteers help set up for a graduation ceremony at BAHIA, a program that provides bilingual and multicultural child care to children ages two to ten.
For the third year, volunteers worked in the community gardens at Berkeley Youth Alternatives, an organization that fosters the success of youth and families through prevention and intervention services.
Photographer: Peg Skorpinski