One Big Day…One Big Thanks….One Big Event

The Big Event is a one day service project which provides the students of Texas A&M an opportunity to say "thank you" to the surrounding community for their continued support. The service project program originated by students in College Station in 1982 with six students has since become the largest, one-day, student run, service project in the nation. From its humble beginnings of six people wanting to say “Thanks”, The Big Event has expanded to include 71 schools across the nation. This includes 1 middle school, 2 high schools, and 68 universities.

The Big Event for the Galveston campus will be held Saturday, April 2, 2005 with over 200 students volunteering to help with projects on Galveston Island.  This years projects include: painting a local elderly person’s home; creating a walking trail in conjunction with Scenic Galveston; work at the animal shelter; painting at Mt. Zion church; painting at the Children’s Crisis Center; replacing picket fences for the Galveston Historic District; and, beach clean up.

“This is a great opportunity for the students at Texas A&M University at Galveston to help out within the Galveston community,” stated Brian Newman, chair of the Big Event Committee. The students will gather at the Mary Moody Northen Student Center on the A&M Galveston campus at 9:00 a.m. to enjoy breakfast provided by the Westminster Presbyterian Church and will then head out to the various projects.