{"id":3361,"date":"2017-10-19T11:24:56","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T11:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/improving-our-world\/?p=3361"},"modified":"2018-10-23T16:18:06","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T16:18:06","slug":"being-a-good-neighbor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/improving-our-world\/2017\/10\/19\/being-a-good-neighbor\/","title":{"rendered":"Being a Good Neighbor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2017 WSU Homecoming! The statement itself gets me pumped up, and if you\u2019ve ever attended a WSU\u2019s homecoming, I know you\u2019re excited too. One thing most students agree on is how fun our homecoming is. With people galore and purple everywhere, homecoming weekend is one of the most looked forward to events of Fall semester.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3361 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/improving-our-world\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/10\/22643083_1397922156972917_337436656_o-1024x671.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"WSU Homecoming - Crowd of people on campus for the club fair by the gazebo.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/improving-our-world\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/10\/22643083_1397922156972917_337436656_o-1024x671.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/improving-our-world\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/10\/22643083_1397922156972917_337436656_o-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/improving-our-world\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/10\/22643083_1397922156972917_337436656_o-768x503.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/improving-our-world\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/10\/22643083_1397922156972917_337436656_o-1080x708.png 1080w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/improving-our-world\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/10\/22643083_1397922156972917_337436656_o.png 1202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3362'>\n\t\t\t\tA sea of purple. This is the Club Fair during Homecoming Week 2016. Photo Credit: Ka Vang &#8217;16\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Winona community gets in on the fun too! I like to think that the Winona community members appreciate that WSU students clean up the homecoming mess afterwards. Wait. What\u2019s that you say, Sami? WSU students clean up parts of town after homecoming? YES! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I first heard about the Homecoming \u201cClean Sweep\u201d my sophomore year, when my roommate came home after being gone for an hour or so. I asked what she had been up to and she told me about this clean-up project and how easy it was; not to mention the free T-shirt she got for her good deed. I knew I wanted to join the \u2018sweep\u2019 the next time around and that\u2019s exactly what I\u2019m doing this year.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-3361 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/improving-our-world\/2017\/10\/19\/being-a-good-neighbor\/22664254_1397922313639568_1451198057_o\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/improving-our-world\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/10\/22664254_1397922313639568_1451198057_o-1024x693.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"The student workers from the 2016 Clean Sweep event.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/improving-our-world\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/10\/22664254_1397922313639568_1451198057_o-1024x693.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/improving-our-world\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/10\/22664254_1397922313639568_1451198057_o-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/improving-our-world\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/10\/22664254_1397922313639568_1451198057_o-768x520.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/improving-our-world\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/10\/22664254_1397922313639568_1451198057_o-1080x731.png 1080w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/improving-our-world\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/10\/22664254_1397922313639568_1451198057_o.png 1202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3363'>\n\t\t\t\t2016 Homecoming Clean Sweep participants. Photo Credit: Winona State University\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Homecoming \u201cClean Sweep\u201d is Sunday, October 22nd from 3:00-4:30 p.m. Walking around to pick up litter will be a good, light exercise to recover after your day of fun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSczh4AWQhbnReWeP1SyTkGBIjEUegZATWnEXsZNDe8D-YMMnA\/viewform\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sign up<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for your chance to be a good neighbor to the Winona community and if you\u2019re one of the first 50 to sign up, you get a free T-shirt. Unfortunately the free t-shirts are already gone for this year, but be sure to sign up earlier next year for your chance to win a free shirt! I am genuinely excited to give my time to do something so easy and give back to this place we call home. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-3361 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/improving-our-world\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/10\/22642041_1397922316972901_1339055036_o-copy-1024x679.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Students picking up trash at the 2016 Clean Sweep.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-3365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/improving-our-world\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/10\/22642041_1397922316972901_1339055036_o-copy-1024x679.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/improving-our-world\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/10\/22642041_1397922316972901_1339055036_o-copy-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/improving-our-world\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/10\/22642041_1397922316972901_1339055036_o-copy-768x509.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/improving-our-world\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/10\/22642041_1397922316972901_1339055036_o-copy-1080x716.png 1080w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/improving-our-world\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/10\/22642041_1397922316972901_1339055036_o-copy.png 1191w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-3365'>\n\t\t\t\tStudents participating in the Clean Sweet event last year. Photo Credit: Winona State University\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you want in on more volunteer opportunities? Similar to the \u201cclean sweep,\u201d WSU will host the \u201cGood Neighbors\u201d program each weekend during fall semester. Student clubs and organizations can <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.signupgenius.com\/go\/10c0d4ca4af2eaaf49-wsugood\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sign up for a weekend<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to improve various designated areas of town. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I hope to see you all showing your purple pride this #WSUHoCo17. And remember, being a good neighbor, even if it is simply picking up trash along the sidewalk, can make a huge impact in improving our world; the Winona community.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2017 WSU Homecoming! 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