Marshall Athletes Pitch in at City Mission

Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 20:58 by Chris Spencer, HNN Photographer

HUNTINGTON, WV  (HNN)   Members from the  Marshall University Student-Athletic Committee participated in a community service project at the Huntington City Mission on Thursday evening improving the facility with cleaning and painting.


Marshall athletes representing many  varsity sports were busy on the three hour project starting at  6 PM, Thursday, April 14, painting, scrubbing the stove, sweeping up floors  both inside and outside,  cleaning kitchen tables and chairs  from top to bottom and cleaning the glass  windows.

Armed with cleaning solutions, rags, towels and  gloves  the student athletes were getting into some tough spots getting them clean.   

Huntington  City Mission Volunteer Coordinator Lynn Clagg instructed the student athletes on what she wanted done.

Clagg  said,  "With a group this size of about 40, we  will  get done  120 hours of work in three hours."