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Pepperdine Community Volunteers Nationwide on Step Forward Day

Nearly 1,500 students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends will gather Saturday, Sept. 6, to kick off Step Forward Day, Pepperdine University's 20th annual day of collective volunteer service.

Listen to an interview with Ashley Nolan, director of the Pepperdine Volunteer Center, about Step Forward Day.

Dozens of campus organizations, including classes, dorms, fraternities, sororities, and clubs, will assist over 50 nonprofit organizations, schools, churches, and parks throughout Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Pepperdine athletic teams also will come together to give a helping hand, while alumni chapters across the country have organized 17 service projects in their own communities.

Step Forward Day began in 1988 when two Pepperdine students recognized the need for volunteers in the local community and sought to encourage service among their peers. The projects began as small acts of service from helping to repair homes of local senior citizens to planting gardens at Webster Elementary School. Today the annual event has grown not only across Southern California, but also to communities nationwide as Pepperdine alumni step forward to help.

To learn more about Step Forward Day, please contact the Pepperdine Volunteer Center at (310) 506-4143 or visit the Pepperdine Volunteer Center Web site.