Into the Streets, a program of the Public Service Center at Cornell, is sponsoring its sixth annual Fall Service Day on Saturday, Sept. 28, from 9:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. On that day, several hundred Cornell students, faculty and staff will join with members of the Ithaca community in a day of public service projects.

More than 120 college campuses across the country participate in Into the Streets, which was created to introduce students to thoughtful community service and to provide a learning experience that challenges them to volunteer on a regular basis. The mission of Into the Streets at Cornell, student organizers say, is to foster continuing connections between the university and the greater Ithaca community through education programs and meaningful social action.

About 60 students at Cornell have participated in planning this year's Fall Service Day and they, in turn, are coordinated by a board of six students led by Adina Saperstein '98, this year's director of Into the Streets.

"It introduces a large percentage of students to service and to issues in the community," Saperstein said of Fall Service Day. "Our hope is that they will find something on that day that they will want to make a lasting commitment to."

Participants will gather in the morning at Beverly J. Martin Elementary School to hear kick-off speeches by Ithaca Mayor Alan Cohen and Susan Murphy, Cornell vice president for student and academic services. Volunteers will spend the rest of the day, in groups of five to 10, at service projects in support of 35 Ithaca-area agencies, ranging from HOMES to the Cayuga Nature Center.

If you would like to participate or want more information on Into the Streets, call the Cornell Public Service Center at 255-3836