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Maine Day Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 The Maine Day Tradition In 1935 President Arthur Hauck inaugurated MAINE DAY, a day set aside for “spring clean-up” of our campus. Classes are suspended for the day and all of the campus community – students, faculty, staff, and alumni – pitch in to spruce up the campus. Historically Maine Day is set  on Wednesday of the last week of classes of the Spring semester.  The day kicks off with a campus parade, followed by service projects throughout the morning. A gigantic barbecue is held in the steam plant parking lot at lunchtime. In the afternoon student teams compete for the “ooze ball championship” – volleyball played in the mud. HOW TO GET INVOLVED IN MAINE DAY Sign up for an existing project Register a new project MAINE DAY PARADE Student organizations, residence halls, fraternities and sororities are invited to be a part of the parade.  Faculty and administrators and staff are encouraged to join the parade. The Parade begins at 8:30am  and will travel from Hilltop area down long road  across campus  behind Balentine to York hall and back to the campus mall. Parade floats follow a theme and the participating groups will receive prizes for the best use of that theme.  The Maine Day parade theme for 2008 is to be announced. To register a float in the Maine day parade contact Joshua Luce of Campus Activities and events at 581 4813. Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to support this opening Maine Day event by lining the route of the parade. Service Project Registration and Breakfast on the mall At the end of the parade route on the campus mall, the staff of the Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism will be available to register students, faculty and staff for service projects.  Material and equipment   such as rakes and cleaning items will be available fro service projects.  Campus Community members are encouraged to pre-register as volunteers on the Maine Day web site below (link to registration section)  Student Service Volunteers Maine Day T shirts will be distributed to student service volunteers at the project sites. NEW for Faculty and Staff volunteers Maine Day is organized by the Maine Day Committee. Any general questions about Maine day can be directed to Barbara Smith, Chair of the Maine Day Committee. Barbara can be reached at 581 1734 or Barbara.smith@umit.maine.edu  Funding for Maine Day is provided by The University of Maine President’s Office, the Division of Student Affairs, the Vice President for Administration and Finance and Black Bear Dinning. The committee also thanks the many volunteers, departments  and programs that support Maine Day. Schedule of Events

8:30am - 9am Annual Maine Day Parade Theme :UMaine Magic PRIZES for the best floats -For Float Registration, register online at http://www.umaine.edu/sold/events/event.asp?event=13 or Contact Joshua Luce at 581-4183 or on First Class   9am - 12pm Service Projects Come to the Mall and pick up materials and tools, and breakfast!!! T-shirts for student volunteers New this year - Prize drawing for faculty and staff volunteers - Register by contacting Kevin Taschereau at 581-1796 or on First Class       12pm Campus Wide Barbecue Steam Plant Parking  Lot Barbecue Entertainment and Activities: Live Music Oozeball! sponsored by APO and Chi Omega. Delta Zeta Turtle Tug. Lots of other Activities!!! - Rain Location for BBQ at the Field House   12pm Annual Ironperson: sponsored by Campus Recreation.  Four events testing strength and agility. 1. Med Ball Throw, Backwards, over the head. 2. 5-10-5 Pro Agility 3. 20 yard sled push 4. 1 lap run. All events will be timed, one person at each station. The medball throw will be judged by distance. All times and distances will be assigned a predetermined point value. - To Sign-Up Contact Campus Recreation at 581-1234   3-7pm Jeff Cole Bone Marrow Drive From 3:00 - 7:00 p.m. Alfond Family Lounge in Alfond Arena Student-Athletes from the Maine “Black Bear” Football Team, in conjunction with the National Bone Marrow Testing Program, will be recruiting donors for bone marrow testing.   12:00 noon to 5:00 pm  Paintball Tournament Next to Steam Plant Parking Lot: Sponsored by UMaine Army ROTC and Paintball Club     Maine Day Paintball Tournament

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