Kristin Dougherty (MBA 2005) (left) and Amanda Plummer (MBA 2005) were some of the cooks in the East End Cooperative Ministry's soup kitchen in December. They joined more than 100 Carnegie Mellon graduate business students who volunteered throughout Pittsburgh during the business school's first "Business to Community Day." Students prepared meals, mentored high school students, wrapped holiday presents and spent time with the elderly during the all-day event.
鈥淪tudents in our program have a great appreciation for community service, and we are enthusiastic about getting involved in the Pittsburgh community,鈥� said Sujal Shah, vice president of community outreach for MBA student government. 鈥淢any of us have volunteered before and want to create a spirit of community service within the business school. We also wanted to develop a program that would be easy to sustain for years to come. Although we coordinate other activities, we plan to organize two Business to Community events each academic year.鈥�
Starting early in the morning and going late into the day, volunteers joined efforts at:
Council Care
Pittsburgh Clean Ways
and
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