GW Nears Halfway Mark of Michelle Obama's Service Challenge

BREAKING: The George Washington University has obtained 46,008 hours of community service and is 53,992 hours away from securing First Lady Michelle Obama as the 2010 Commencement speaker, according to the GW Office of Community Service. The GW community has maintained a breakneck service pace since September, when the First Lady first challenged students to complete 100,000 hours of community service by the end of the academic year. When classes reconvene in January, the university will commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a service project at Theodore Roosevelt High School in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The Office of Community Service and the Multicultural Student Services Center are sponsoring this event and GW volunteers join and assist teachers and staff of the school by refurbishing parts of the building. Volunteers will paint, clean, landscape and complete other tasks to restore and enhance its environment. Those interested in participating in the service project can go to http://serve.gwu.edu for more information.