Over 400 members of the Tulane community celebrated Wave of Green, the University’s 9th annual day of service on Thursday, April 18. Volunteers from the uptown, Primate Center and Biloxi campuses worked up a sweat pulling weeds, sorting beads, boxing groceries, clearing storm drains, as well as other activities across the city. See photos from the day’s events by clicking on any photo to view a slideshow.
Tulane staff member Patricia "Tricey P" Kelly sings and dances as she adds a new coat of paint to an old iron fence surrounding Tad Gormley Stadium in New Orleans' City Park. Kelley works in the Office of Advancement.
In the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden in City Park, a group of volunteers pull weeds and picks up trash near the bronze and stainless steel sculpture by Italian artist Arnaldo Pomodoro titled "A Battle: For the Resistance Fighters, 1971.
Nancy Tatarski pulls weeds from a row of lettuce in the fields at Grow Dat Youth Farm in City Park. Tatarski works in the department of Judeo-Christian Studies.
Volunteers work together to sort Mardi Gras beads at the ARC of Greater New Orleans.
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Roger Dunaway, left, and Allison Hjortsberg with the Office of Communications and Marketing clean a storm drain on Palmer Avenue in uptown New Orleans.
Weeds beware! Maria Villafranco with Human Resources is on the hunt for weeds in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden in City Park.
Gabrielle Johnson, center, with TUMG financial services, and Myra Perdue, right, with campus services roll sorted beads to be bagged at the ARC of Greater New Orleans.
Volunteers pull weeds in a field at Grow Dat Youth Farm.
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Credits:
Photos by Paula Burch-Celentano and Aryanna Gamble.