{"id":8987,"date":"2018-09-12T08:41:40","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T13:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/?p=8987"},"modified":"2018-11-01T09:21:53","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T14:21:53","slug":"record-number-of-volunteers-expected-for-mro-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/record-number-of-volunteers-expected-for-mro-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Record Number of Volunteers for MRO 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just one week after registration opened for the 11th annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mro\/\">Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPPReaches Out<\/a> (MRO) day of service, over 1,400 volunteer students, alumni, faculty and staff had signed up for an opportunity to give back in the greater St. Louis community. <\/p>\n<p>MRO was held Tuesday, Sept. 18. Each year on this day, all students, faculty, staff and alumni are encouraged to share their time and talent in service to the community. Participants engage in a wide variety of service opportunities in and around St. Louis. <\/p>\n<p>Organizers expected record participation for the event.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D7wAqh5iuQo?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"1\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe love and support Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPPstudents, staff, faculty and alumni have for the St. Louis community is one of the strongest attributes to the success of MRO.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cË¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPPReaches Out has shown continuous growth for the past 10 years,\u201d says Brittany Pomilee, student coordinator of Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPPReaches Out. \u201cWe fully expect to see the volunteer record surpassed again.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MRO17?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MRO17<\/a> making BJC Hospice blankets <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XbaYWl8YxO\">pic.twitter.com\/XbaYWl8YxO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPP (@MaryvilleU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaryvilleU\/status\/910223490044874753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Volunteers will perform landscape work at various locations, take residents of Delmar Gardens West to the Saint Louis Zoo, bag pet food for the Bi-State Food Pantry, tackle a painting project at Emmaus Homes and more.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe love and support Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPPstudents, staff, faculty and alumni have for the St. Louis community is one of the strongest attributes to the success of MRO,\u201d says Pomilee, a junior pre-med student. \u201cBeing a volunteer and the student coordinator of MRO is quite humbling. The hard work and dedication of each volunteer and participating organization astounds me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, more than 1,300 volunteers donated over 4,200 hours working on 109 projects in the community, setting new highs for the number of projects and hours served. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MRO17?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MRO17<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wlz0zRem5q\">pic.twitter.com\/Wlz0zRem5q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPP (@MaryvilleU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaryvilleU\/status\/910201600794296321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMRO is a day that exemplifies what it means to be \u2018One Team, One Family\u2019 \u2014 like our Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPPslogan implies,\u201d says Kathy Quinn, dean of students. \u201cIt makes me proud to be a member of Saints Nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MRO17?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MRO17<\/a> at the Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry, organizing and unwrapping pallets of donated food <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JfVqDTTBOS\">pic.twitter.com\/JfVqDTTBOS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPP (@MaryvilleU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaryvilleU\/status\/910199504653160449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaintsNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SaintsNation<\/a> volunteering at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GatewayGreening?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GatewayGreening<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#x1f43e; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MRO17?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MRO17<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pqt9FLnSHS\">pic.twitter.com\/pqt9FLnSHS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPP (@MaryvilleU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaryvilleU\/status\/910195804224319489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharing-default-minimal post-bottom\"><div class=\"nectar-social default\" data-position=\"\" data-rm-love=\"0\" data-color-override=\"override\"><div class=\"nectar-social-inner\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"nectar-love\" id=\"nectar-love-8987\" title=\"Love this\"> <i class=\"icon-salient-heart-2\"><\/i><span class=\"love-text\">Love<\/span><span class=\"total_loves\"><span class=\"nectar-love-count\">0<\/span><\/span><\/a><a class='facebook-share nectar-sharing' href="#" title='Share this'> <i class='fa fa-facebook'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><a class='twitter-share nectar-sharing' href="#" title='Tweet this'> <i class='fa fa-twitter'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Tweet<\/span> <\/a><a class='linkedin-share nectar-sharing' href="#" title='Share this'> <i class='fa fa-linkedin'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><a class='pinterest-share nectar-sharing' href="#" title='Pin this'> <i class='fa fa-pinterest'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Pin<\/span> <\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just one week after registration opened for the 11th annual Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPPReaches Out (MRO) day of service, over 1,400 volunteer students, alumni, faculty and staff had signed up for an opportunity to give back in the greater St. Louis community. 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