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TCU LEAPS offers opportunity

For two hours Saturday, TCU LEAPS will send students to volunteer for 35 agencies by landscaping, walking dogs, visiting nursing home residents and performing other community services.

Two hours may not seem like very long, but TCU LEAPS, Leaders Encouraging All People to Serve, is expecting around 700 students to volunteer.

That’s 1,400 community service hours.

About 400 people have registered for TCU LEAPS, said Robin Williamson, the organization’s advisor. The deadline to register is 5 p.m. Wednesday. You should sign up — on time — for a good cause.

Service activities planned by TCU LEAPS include sorting food donations at the Tarrant County area food bank, visiting a nursing home and painting a senior citizens’ apartment for Guardianship Service, Inc., an agency that helps the elderly live on their own with a sense of independence.

Ten students have prepared since January for the event, sending more than 300 letters to agencies, drumming up publicity and designing T-shirts.

This year, in an attempt to make things run more smoothly, the organizers set a registration deadline.

Students should comply with the deadline not just so activities will stay on schedule, but because this year it is easier than ever to register for TCU LEAPS. You can either register online, (www.sa.tcu.edu/leaps.htm), or call (817) 257-7830.

It’s for a good cause, and registration is simple. And you have no real excuse for not participating.