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TEAM Buzz, launched by a group of Georgia Tech students as a way to lend a helping hand to the Atlanta community, begins its second decade on Oct. 27 with a national boost from thousands of volunteers stretching across the country.
Georgia Tech Clubs have turned the day of community service into a national event and about 3,000 volunteers across the country will participate this year.
Jane Stoner, senior manager of Alumni Clubs, said about 40 clubs observe TEAM Buzz Day by participating in projects to beautify and benefit their communities.
Jerry Abbott, chair of TEAM Buzz in Birmingham, Ala., said the club will build a Habitat for Humanity house.
Kristin Curylo, chair of TEAM Buzz for the Southern Co. Georgia Tech Club, said the club will give a Halloween party for the Center for the Visually Impaired, an event that has become an annual project.
Some clubs have adopted the cause to do community outreach events on other days.
Nick Rosengarten, chair of the Columbus, Ohio, Georgia Tech Club, said they will volunteer their services at the Franklin County Dog Shelter, the largest dog shelter in the state of Ohio, on Oct. 14.
"It is a shelter that assists in uniting lost dogs and their owners, helping other dogs find a family and assisting in the medical treatment of all dogs," Rosengarten said.
Courtney Murray, chair of alumni involvement for campus TEAM Buzz, said students, alumni and faculty will contribute their efforts to projects under this year's theme "Searching for Service."
More than 15,000 volunteers and 100 nonprofit agencies donated time and resources to projects during the past decade of service that varied from working to help beautify low-income neighborhoods to planting trees along Tech Parkway.
"TEAM Buzz is now in its 11th year," Stoner said. "Georgia Tech Clubs throughout the country participate in this annual goodwill event because service to others is an integral part of Georgia Tech tradition."
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