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Dr. Stephen Livesay, president of Bryan College, commissions the nearly 700 faculty, staff, alumni and students who gathered early Monday morning to “do it for the Lord” before they dispersed for volunteer work. The college had 80 projects scheduled for its seventh M.L. King Day of service.DAYTON, Tenn. — For Winnie Davey, having someone shovel gravel and dirt at her home means she’ll get to park on concrete in a carport later this year.
On Monday, a group of Bryan College students came to the home of Davey, the college’s mailroom supervisor, to lend a hand.
“It’s so wonderful for them to give up their time to help out around my home,” Davey said in a phone interview Monday.
Nearly 700 faculty, staff, alumni and students participated in the college’s seventh annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Dayton.
Davey worked with another group of volunteers at a Sale Creek church that consisted mostly of elderly members. Student Seth Dukes said that he’d worked with Davey last year at the church and wanted to help her this year.