More than 600 students from 50 UNT organizations rolled up their sleeves and invested about 2,400 hours of their time in the community as part of a national Make a Difference Day celebration Oct. 24. Volunteers at 25 locations across Denton assisted community organizations in painting homes, visiting senior citizens, assisting with children’s programming and cleaning up the environment. 

The program, sponsored by the Center for Leadership and Service in UNT’s Division of Student Development, is part of the MLK Year of Service and is supported by the Division of Institutional Equity and Diversity and the College of Public Affairs and Community Service.