'Forward'-Thinking Students Join Volunteer Cleanup Effort

Published 04.20.2016

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With an arsenal of cleanup tools and an endless reserve of charitable energy, George W. Settle III gives a "thumbs-up" to spring maintenance. Settle, of Dillsburg, is a welding and fabrication engineering technology student.Caleb G. Schirmer (left), an applied management student from Sugarloaf, and Timothy L. Pegg, a welding and fabrication engineering technology major from Lexington Park, Md., spruce up a home's landscaping.Ready for another load is Jared A. Fasshauer, of Beach Lake, enrolled in building science and sustainable design: architectural technology concentration.A group of Penn College student volunteers joined counterparts from Lycoming College last weekend in a local cleanup day organized by the Favors Forward Foundation. More than 200 students cleaned up winter debris, completed simple repairs and placed lawn furniture at 29 homes of those who cannot do it themselves due to age, illness or disabilities.
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