{"id":91365,"date":"2025-03-12T03:45:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T07:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=91365"},"modified":"2025-03-13T08:58:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T12:58:16","slug":"utoledo-students-to-give-back-to-community-through-big-event-on-march-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/03_12_2025\/utoledo-students-to-give-back-to-community-through-big-event-on-march-15","title":{"rendered":"UToledo Students to Give Back to Community Through BIG Event on March 15"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Big Event, the largest, single-day student-run service project at The University of Toledo, is scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 15.<\/p>\n

An annual UToledo event since 2001, the BIG Event\u2019s slogan is \u201cOne Big Day, One Big Thanks, One BIG Event,\u201d and its goal is to give back to the Toledo community.<\/p>\n

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The Big Event, the largest, single-day student-run service project at The University of Toledo, is scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThis event reflects our commitment as Rockets to uplifting those in our community,\u201d said Shiloh Walz, a senior scheduled to graduate in May with a bachelor\u2019s degree in management who is president of the BIG Event. \u201cThe BIG Event brings together local students who volunteer their time, nonprofits that benefit from a day of service, and local businesses and UToledo that contribute financially to make it all happen.”<\/p>\n

The BIG Event kicks off at The University of Toledo Student Recreation Center at 9:30 a.m. Participants will then depart for their local Toledo service sites to provide a day of service including the Aurora Project Inc., Ronald McDonald House, Islamic Food Bank of Toledo, Toledo Area Metroparks and various community gardens.<\/p>\n

This year more than 500 hundred students from dozens of student organizations are expected to volunteer for the community-sponsored event.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, this event is important because Toledo has served as my home for the past four years, and it provides a chance to give back, connect with others and make a tangible difference in the lives of those around us,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Ashton Widenhoefer, a junior nursing student who serves as director of marketing for the BIG Event, said she joined the student-run service project to help create a positive impact on the community that has given so much to her.<\/p>\n

\u201cBIG Event is a reminder of the power of community and demonstrates how even small acts of service can make a lasting impact on those around us. It is a privilege to give back to the community that supports our University, and I am grateful to have the opportunity to do so. I hope fellow Rockets feel the sense of community UT provides through collaborating with different organizations during this event.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"Members<\/a>

The largest, single-day student-run service project at UToledo, the BIG Event is scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":878,"featured_media":78882,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,32,1,40,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91365"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/878"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91365"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91390,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91365\/revisions\/91390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}