Big Event

The University of Oklahoma hosted its annual Big Event community service project this Saturday. For the event, various student organizations were put into teams and placed at different locations to serve. The locations of the students consisted of renovating and painting houses in neighborhoods for the less fortunate, helping at retirement centers, and other forms of community service.
Volunteer, sophomore Ella Thompson, helped paint a house in Norman for an elderly woman who could not afford to renovate her house herself.
"It was great being able to come together with my fellow students at OU and having the opportunity to help out in our community," Thompson said.
The university puts much time and effort into the preporation for the event and continues to have successful results.
Big Event team leader Kenzie Kirk explained the preparations for the event and why exactly it is important for OU to continue hosting Big Event year after year.
"The Norman community relies on the university students to host Big Event every year and it is important to keep students interested and excited in participating while attending OU," Kirk said.
Kirk claimed that the goal of Big Event is to make a difference and help out in the Norman community with the help of as many students as possible.
Big Event is a nonprofit community service project that has been successful for years and will hopefully continue for years to come.