Marquette to Hold Annual Hunger Clean-Up Released: April 14, 2005 MILWAUKEE –Marquette University students, faculty, staff, and alumni will participate in the 16 th annual Hunger Clean-Up on April 16, 2005.  The event begins at 8:30 a.m. at the West Town Square, next to the Alumni Memorial Union ( 1442 W. Wisconsin Ave. ), with team check-in and an invocation by Rev. Robert A. Wild, S.J., president of Marquette University. The annual event is coordinated entirely by students through Marquette University's Center for Community Service.  The Center provides Marquette students the unique opportunity to enhance, expand and enrich their educational experience through community service.  The programs and services offered through the Center for Community Service allow students various opportunities to reflect on their educational and life-long goals beyond Marquette's campus.  In addition to volunteering on the day of the event, students raise over $20,000 through pledges to support the work of community agencies in the greater Milwaukee area.  This year, the pledges raised will be donated to Delphi House, Gingerbread Land and Campus Kitchens. Marquette students, faculty, staff and alumni will be working throughout the city at more than 65 sites, including: 1. Children's Outing Association ( 909 E. North Ave. ) Teams serving at this site will be involved in spring clean-up. COA helps Milwaukee children, teens and families reach their greatest potential through a continuum of recreational, social work, and educational programs offered through its Riverwest community center and rural camp facility. •  The Dominican Women's Center (2470 W. Locust St.) Teams will help first-time homeowners fix up their homes. •  Keep greater Milwaukee beautiful (1701 N. Lincoln Memorial Dr.) Teams will help clean up our downtown parks and lakefront around the area of the Marina. •  Catholic Charities Adult Day Care (1919 N. 60 Street) Teams will wash windows and do yard work. The annual spring event that combines community service, awareness and fundraising has made a significant impact on Milwaukee. •More than 20,000 students, faculty, staff and alumni have volunteered and their efforts have raised more than $255,000 various local organizations. Hunger Clean Up volunteers have served at more than 650 sites throughout the city. The “Service Shovel Award” will be awarded to the team raising the most money in each of several categories: Greek, athletics, residence halls, student organizations, and overall.  The individual who raises the most money will also be recognized. Nearly 80 percent of Marquette undergraduate students participate in some form of service during their college experience.  Marquette University's long and proud history of community engagement is rooted in the university's Jesuit mission to develop leaders through service to others. Office of Public Affairs Contacts Anne Broeker Senior Media Relations Specialist Phone: (414) 288-0286 Send e-mail