Volunteers Help Out the Spady Museum

Students from Florida Atlantic University, sorors from Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., residents, staff and neighbors volunteered their time at the Spady Museum on August 18, refurbishing equipment and identifying foliage. Thanks to everyone for their time and effort!

Losing my MAC makeup to the Spady Museum

You know it’s hot when your M.A.C. makeup starts to bead and run.

Kamari Cook, 18, a Florida Atlantic University student, learned this the real way, while sanding and painting folding chairs at the Spady Cultural Heritage Museum. Kamari and a group of dedicated freshmen donated a Saturday morning to making the museum’s equipment look better, planting signs identifying foliage and then cleaning up and eating pizza and soda, courtesy of museum staff.

Kamari, Gabriella MaGrath, Brittany Rivera, Meghan Lowande, Emily Delapaz and Raquel Ayala found shade beneath the trees, and with sanders in hand, removed the old paint from chairs, so Ryan Carraway, Chris Lyles and other students could apply a fresh coat of paint.

The volunteer effort, which went from 10 a.m. to noon on August 18, was coordinated by FAU’s Dr. Daniel B. Weppner Center for Civic Engagement and Service. The mission of the WCCES is to develop partnerships between the university and community, providing service opportunities to faculty, staff and students; and to promote the link between the curriculum and service fostering civic awareness.

But the activities fostered more than civic awareness; they fostered friendships. FAU alumni shared their memories and experiences with new students. Generational conversations about travel and school and makeup took place, alongside the work. And when the students said goodbye, they promised to come back, and they were instantly missed.

Yes, some left with less makeup than they showed up with, but they also left appreciated! Go, Owls!

FAU students Gabriella MaGrath, Kamari Cook, Brittany Rivera, Meghan Lowande, Emily Delapaz and Raquel Ayala paint chairs at the Spady Museum.