Cornell University is announcing the first winter program of the Pre-Orientation Service Trips (POST), a project of the Cornell Public Service Center. POST is an opportunity for students to participate in hands-on community service, learn about the Ithaca community and make a group of new friends.

Participating Cornell students will spend the days and nights of Jan. 17-20, before the beginning of the academic semester, exploring the Ithaca community through service and educational programming. Daytime hours will be devoted to participating in projects with downtown agencies. Projects will include working with Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services in a demolition project, doing some painting for the Community School of Music and the Arts and assisting at the Martin Luther King Day Celebration at the Greater Ithaca Activities Center.

During the evenings, participants will take part in a number of activities designed to orient them to the Ithaca community. The program culminates in a Wednesday night celebratory dinner at the Tompkins County Mental Health Building.

Cornell's Public Service Center also coordinates a POST program for incoming Cornell students prior to each fall semester.

For more information on POST January '99, contact program coordinator Ellen Baer at (607) 255-8851.