{"id":1460,"date":"2021-08-13T09:22:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T16:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/alumni-day-of-scervice-sees-trojans-give-back-to-their-communities\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T22:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T05:11:07","slug":"alumni-day-of-scervice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/alumni-day-of-scervice\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Day of SCervice sees Trojans give back to their communities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n    \n                                          \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/story-3531-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/story-3531-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Alumni Day of SCervice sees Trojans give back to their communities\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"image-caption\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  Trojan alumni volunteer with the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank during the 2021 Day of SCervice. (Photos: Michelle Khawli\/USC Dornsife Advancement.)\n\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n          <nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n        <ul>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\">News<\/a><\/li>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\/?category=social-impact\">Social Impact<\/a><\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n      <\/nav>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title\">\n\n    \n  <h1>Alumni Day of SCervice sees Trojans give back to their communities<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n          <div class=\"subtitle\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  Hundreds of volunteers from around the globe participate in the annual USC event through in-person and online events. <strong>[3\u00bc min read]<\/strong>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n           <strong class=\"author-field\"><span >By<\/span><a href=\"mailto:communication@dornsife.usc.edu\">Meredith 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Debbie Wong\u2019s first Alumni Day of SCervice was in 2013, at the USC campus center, when they packed lunches for homeless people in Los Angeles. For several hours they made sandwiches and chatted with fellow USC alumni, some of whom they hadn\u2019t seen since the \u201970s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve always been service oriented, doing a lot of philanthropic things in and around the community and for USC, so we decided that this would be fun to do. And it\u2019s fun to meet other alumni and people whom you wouldn\u2019t normally meet under other circumstances but who are united to give to this cause,\u201d says Debbie, who graduated in 1975 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/\">biology<\/a>\u00a0from what is now the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>Since that first outing in 2013, Ben, who graduated from USC Dornsife in 1973 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in biology and in \u201978 with a Ph.D. in cellular and molecular biology, and Debbie have volunteered at almost every Alumni Day of SCervice, including this year\u2019s event on Aug. 7.<\/p>\n<p>The event, the ninth the university has held (last year\u2019s event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic), saw about 1,000 alumni worldwide volunteering at local, in-person projects or online events. Volunteers from around the world \u2014 the United States, Indonesia, Taiwan, China and the Philippines \u2014participated in activities like student mentoring, beach and park cleanups, food distribution to the homeless and others in need, and storytelling sessions for children.<\/p>\n<p>It also featured a new event in which volunteers create habitats for mason bees \u2014 non-stinging pollinators \u2014 that will be donated to libraries and community gardens.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-image-landscape news-image-right\">\n<figure style=\"width: 473px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/migration-uploads\/DayofSCervice_Recap_InStoryA-3531.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of three people standing near bags of produce.\" width=\"473\" height=\"305\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: USC Dornsife alumni Debbie Wong, Ben Wong and Richard Flores \u201cFight On!\u201d during Alumni Day of SCervice.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Faithe Clary, manager of regional and engagement programs for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.usc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USC Alumni Association<\/a>, says that food distribution and beach cleanups are some of the more popular programs, especially because they allow a large number of alumni to gather and reconnect.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Flores, who graduated from USC Dornsife in 1983 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife-poir.usc.edu\/\">international relations<\/a>, as well as a bachelor\u2019s degree in business administration from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.usc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USC Marshall School of Business<\/a>, participated in his sixth Alumni Day of SCervice this year. He adds that in addition to reconnecting with fellow USC alumni, he enjoys being able to give back to different communities in L.A., where he grew up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me, USC is not separate from and different from the city; it\u2019s in the heart of this city and is part of this city. I\u2019ve always admired that USC gives back,\u201d he says. \u201cThis is our way to extend that relationship the university has with the city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ben Wong agrees, noting that USC\u2019s good relationship with its surrounding community has been illustrated in the past. He mentioned that the university escaped violence during the Watts riots, for example.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe devastation in and around the university didn\u2019t get visited on the USC campus because the university had been a good neighbor. I think the Alumni Day of SCervice is part of the university\u2019s legacy of giving back to the community and being good stewards of the community in which we exist,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Danielle Harvey, assistant vice president of alumni relations and an alumna of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rossier.usc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USC Rossier School of Education<\/a>and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/priceschool.usc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USC Sol Price School of Public Policy<\/a>, agrees that Alumni Day of SCervice is meant to help Trojans \u2014 not just in L.A. but all over the world \u2014 carry out the mission that is already rooted in the university itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be a part of a community and to make a difference in the world are values ingrained in us during our student years,\u201d she says. \u201cAlumni Day of SCervice cultivates and waters those seeds that were already planted within us and gives everyone a nice annual 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