Community Service Project in Shoreline kicks off SPU’s new school year

Instead of hitting the books right away, students at Seattle Pacific University will spend the first day of Autumn Quarter off campus cleaning homeless shelters, restoring green spaces, removing graffiti, and participating in more than 30 different community service projects throughout Seattle. 

This annual back-to-school orientation event called “CityQuest” gives new students, faculty, staff, administrators, and alumni the opportunity to live out SPU’s mission of “engaging the culture and changing the world.” This year, more than 800 freshman and transfer students will participate.

On Saturday, September 28, from 10:30am until 2pm, SPU students will be at World Concern at 19303 Fremont Ave N in Shoreline, writing thank you notes to donors and stuffing gift bags.

For more information on Seattle Pacific University’s CityQuest in your neighborhood, call SPU Urban Program Coordinator Owen Sallee at 206-427-1296 (cell).

Founded in 1891, Seattle Pacific University is a premier Christian university that equips people to engage the culture and change the world. Its comprehensive academic program serves more than 4,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Known for both their competence and character, SPU graduates are bringing about positive change in communities around the globe.