September 10, 2004: Volume 62, Number 1

Toll Day for community service is Saturday

Hundreds of students are expected to wield brooms, paintbrushes, and shovels as they take to the streets on Saturday, Sept. 11, for the 10th annual John Calvin Toll Day.

This year's event is dedicated to the memory of those who died in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Students from the Class of 2008, upperclassmen, College staff and faculty, city leaders and residents will participate. Work clothes and closed-toe shoes are the order of the day.

The College's annual community service day is named for one of the College's first graduates in 1799. John Calvin Toll Day is supported by Al Hill, a 1946 Union graduate and his wife, Perrie. Toll was the great-great-grandfather of Hill, a retired attorney from Buffalo. The Hills created the fund to encourage Union students to undertake volunteer service.

"Toll Day is a great collaborative effort between the College and the entire Schenectady community that benefits everyone involved," said Gretchel Tyson, Union's community outreach director. "Students new to Schenectady get to know the city better, meet new people, and have a good time while providing a valuable service to the city."

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