{"id":273,"date":"2016-11-14T01:53:01","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T01:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.lvc.edu\/lavie\/?p=273"},"modified":"2016-11-14T01:53:01","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T01:53:01","slug":"keeping-the-highways-clean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2016\/11\/14\/keeping-the-highways-clean\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping the highways clean"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: Brett Gilbert, Staff writer<\/p>\n

Lebanon Valley College student-athletes and coaches participated in their first community service cleanup for Adopt a Highway in early October.
\nThe athletic department adopted close to four miles of Route 934 adjacent to campus. Men\u2019s basketball coach Brad McAlester led the athletic department in planning the Adopt a Highway project.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought it would be a good idea to get the whole athletics department together and do a volunteer or community service project with everybody working together,\u201d McAlester said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe experience was great,\u201d Anderson Orr, a junior business administration major, said. \u201cIt was great to see so many teams willing to help.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) provided all the necessary equipment for the cleanup process including safety vests, gloves, garbage bags and signs. More than 100 student-athletes participated in the first cleanup, which took place on October 2. The athletes worked in teams to pick-up trash along the four-mile stretch of the highway.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s good to work within your local community,\u201d McAlester said. \u201cThere was a lot of garbage on the north end of Route 934. It worked out well.\u201d<\/p>\n

The athletic department plans to participate in its second cleanup event in the spring so that more student-athletes can join in. McAlester and Orr stressed the significance of helping out the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur community is very supportive of our athletic programs, so it\u2019s important that we give back to them and show support to the community as well,\u201d Orr said.<\/p>\n

Coaches and players enjoyed the opportunity to do good deeds while interacting with teammates and other student-athletes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI enjoyed this because I got a chance to work with some of the other athletes who I don\u2019t normally get a chance to deal with,\u201d McAlester said.<\/p>\n

The athletic department plans to continue the Adopt a Highway project for years to come in addition to the various other community service projects. LVC student-athletes continue to make an impact in the classroom, in athletics and in the community.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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