The Big Event is Saturday, February 8, 2025
To Register for The Big Event, please use the Helper Helper app!
Download the app from Google Play
Once you download the Helper Helper app, use your H-SC email login information to get to the The Big Event registration link. If you have trouble with the app, you are also welcome to email scooke@hsc.edu to register.
Everyone must have close-toed shoes (preferably work boots or hiking boots) and gloves. Insect repellent is recommended as it's a ticky time of year.
The Big Event is a day of service with a simple message to the community - THANK YOU.
It originated at Texas A&M in 1982 and the Big Event has since spread to campuses across the country. It is now one of the largest student-led service projects in the nation. The purpose of the Big Event is to give back to the community and to thank local residents for their support throughout the year.
Hampden-Sydney hosted its first Big Event in 2011. Local service projects include helping neighbors with yard work and other household projects, as well as helping local community service organizations.
Previous projects include:
- In Prospect, an illegal tire dump was cleaned up
- At FACES food pantry, food was distributed to several hundred families
- Chalgrove Lake was cleaned
- College Church had mulch spread and the grounds cleaned up
- Dr. Rachel Goodman led a group in a Clean Virginia Waterways project
- We assisted with the Special Olympics
- At Prince Edward High School, built an outdoor classroom
- 20 miles of roadways in Prince Edward were cleaned
- We helped with construction at a Habitat for Humanity house
- Several local residents had planting done, a deck stained, and a gravel driveway spread
For more information, contact:
Sandy Cooke, Director of Student Affairs Operations, Orientation, and Civic Engagement | scooke@hsc.edu