Big Event

The Big Event is the largest, one-day, student-run service project in the nation where students of Texas A&M University come together to say ‘thank you’ to the residents of Bryan and College Station. There were approximately 12,000 volunteers this year. Here are some pictures of our group's service.




The Big Event group all gathered together to listen to Former President Bush.


My roomie, Amanda, gathering leaves!


Me moving wood- looks like I have a hard hat on...but I don't.


This would be Jonathan...with the rose bush that he planted...


My roomie and her friend Laura (working hard apparently)


My lovely boyfriend, Parker, raking leaves!


Parker and I!


Jonathan getting some work done!


Amanda P. and Ben working together!


Mandy's nose was dripping cause it was cold, but she had logs in her hands, so I decided to help her out. What best friends are for!


Gloria telling us all how much she appreciated our work.


The group! We had no one to take the picture so we took 2. I took one and so did parker...so I cut parkers head out of the other one and pasted it into this one. I could have done it in photoshop and made it look legit, but that wouldn't have been as funny. Can you find Parker's pasted head?


What actually happened was that our group went to the woman's house that we were supposed to help and she rather angrily told us that she didn't need our help and that she had called Big Event and cancelled. We called the Big Event team and they knew nothing of it, so they told us to come back to campus and turn in our gloves if we wanted. Well, we all went inside this old "Mee-Maw and Pee-Pop's" country store and sat down out of the 38 degree weather to discuss what to do. Meanwhile, I went and asked the shop owner if she had any work that needed to be done. She said no, but that she knew someone who did. After we swept the lounging area of her store she directed us to Gloria. It ended up being an extremely rewarding day.