The Service Learning Council at Southwestern College is teaming with the American Red Cross and the Winfield Fire Department for “Sound the Alarm,” the council’s seventh annual Homecoming service project.
The Service Learning Council is made up of Discipleship, Leadership, and Green Team directors and students.
The groups hope to install 700 smoke alarms in the Winfield community on Sunday between 1 and 5 p.m.
The event will include the volunteers from the Red Cross, Southwestern, and the local fire department. In addition to installing the alarms, the volunteers will be canvassing neighborhood and helping families create fire escape plans. The event is part of the Red Cross’s Fire Prevention Campaign.
Community residents can ensure they receive a free smoke alarm by calling 211, or online at www.getasmokealarm.org. In addition, forms have been handed out to students at every Winfield USD 465 school to inform parents of the event.
“The majority of students from our athletic teams, service learning teams, and student organizations have participated in the past and we expect that same level of participation this year,” says Molly Just, director of Discipleship at Southwestern. “If we reach our goal of 700 alarms installed, Winfield will hold the record in Kansas and Nebraska for the most fire alarms installed at one time in a community.”
For more information, contact Just at (620) 229-6362.
