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Gabrielle Hoyt Published Writing Sample #1 Picture view of Plainsman article on March 3, 2011 Text view of article: The Big Event is a oneday campus community service initiative that will take place March 26 at 9 a.m. throughout Lee County. Volunteer applications are due March 9 in the Student Government Office. Forms can be found at AUBigEvent.com or in the SGA Office. “It is Auburn’s way of giving back to the community that has given us so much,” said Owen Parrish, sophomore in civil engineering and Big Event director. Last year, more than 1,700 students, faculty and staff participated in The Big Event. Participating is free, and volunteers can sign up in groups of one to 10. Each participant receives seven spirit points. Buying the $10 Big Event shirt is five spirit points and wearing it the day of the event is an additional three spirit points. Each team must have a team captain who is required to attend a meeting the week of The

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Gabrielle  Hoyt  Published  Writing  Sample  #1  

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The  Big  Event  is  a  one-­‐day  campus  community  service  initiative  that  will  take  place  March  26  at  9  a.m.  throughout  Lee  County.    Volunteer  applications  are  due  March  9  in  the  Student  Government  Office.  Forms  can  be  found  at  AUBigEvent.com  or  in  the  SGA  Office.    “It  is  Auburn’s  way  of  giving  back  to  the  community  that  has  given  us  so  much,”  said  Owen  Parrish,  sophomore  in  civil  engineering  and  Big  Event  director.    Last  year,  more  than  1,700  students,  faculty  and  staff  participated  in  The  Big  Event.    Participating  is  free,  and  volunteers  can  sign  up  in  groups  of  one  to  10.  Each  participant  receives  seven  spirit  points.    Buying  the  $10  Big  Event  shirt  is  five  spirit  points  and  wearing  it  the  day  of  the  event  is  an  additional  three  spirit  points.    Each  team  must  have  a  team  captain  who  is  required  to  attend  a  meeting  the  week  of  The  

Big  Event  either  March  22  or  March  24.    The  day  of  The  Big  Event  will  begin  with  complimentary  breakfast  and  speakers.    Most  volunteer  events  end  around  noon,  and  all  will  end  by  3  p.m.    Big  Event  coordinators  have  already  secured  120  job  sites.  Last  year,  only  75  sites  were  available,  including  churches,  homes  and  schools,  according  to  Libby  Lukens,  undeclared  sophomore  in  science  and  math  and  The  Big  Event  assistant  director.    One  major  project  will  take  place  at  a  school  in  Nostasulga  where  Tim  Hudson,  Atlanta  Braves  pitcher  and  Auburn  alumnus,  will  be  assisting  in  rebuilding  a  field  house.  Volunteers  will  help  with  the  building  as  well  as  other  projects  throughout  the  school  and  city.    Parrish  said  he  remembers  his  first  time  participating  in  The  Big  Event.    His  team  was  helping  pack  boxes  and  move  them  from  one  home  to  another  for  a  local  family.  They  were  helping  an  older  woman  and  man,  and  the  man  came  to  greet  the  volunteers.    “The  man  just  looked  at  us  so  genuinely  and  said,  ‘Thank  you  for  being  here  because  you  are  making  a  lasting  difference  in  my  life.  You’re  giving  me  a  fresh  start,’”  Parrish  said.  “It  hit  really  close  to  home.  It  was  more  than  putting  something  on  my  resume—it  was  about  making  a  difference.”    Parrish  and  Lukens  became  involved  in  The  Big  Event  as  freshmen  in  Tiger  Tuesdays,  and  after  memorable  experiences  helping  the  families,  they  decided  to  be  directors.    “Auburn,  Ala.,  does  so  much  for  the  University,  and  I  feel  like  that  doesn’t  get  recognized  a  lot,”  Lukens  said.  “Big  Event  is  a  way  to  show  the  community  how  much  we  care  for  them.  Being  involved  freshman  year  made  me  fall  in  love  with  the  concept  of  Big  Event.”    Faculty  and  staff  are  encouraged  to  participate.    The  goal  of  the  directors  is  to  get  members  involved  from  every  college  and  school.    Cameron  Payne,  junior  in  civil  engineering,  has  participated  in  The  Big  Event  the  past  two  years.    

“People  always  say  one  person  can’t  make  a  difference,”  Payne  said.  “But  when  you  have  hundreds  of  students  working  together  on  making  a  better  community,  we  make  a  huge  difference.”    http://theplainsman.com/view/full_story/11954219/article-­‐Day-­‐of-­‐service-­‐gives-­‐students-­‐chance-­‐to-­‐give-­‐back?