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BLAST’s 2011 Community Plunge

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Lynnette Wetherington Student Contributor, University of South Florida
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All of the volunteers had bagels and drinks for breakfast early Saturday morning. During this time, they would meet with their site leader and team. Then, the BLAST staff got on stage to get these early risers pumped for the event!

Mallory Trochesset the Director of BLAST (Bulls Leading and Serving Tampa). (Mallory Trochesset)

Along with breakfast, volunteers were given free BLAST t-shirts and Community Plunge water bottles. Mariela Benitez (left) is BLAST’s Special Projects Coordinator and Lynnette Wetherington (right) is BLAST’s Campus Outreach Coordinator. (Mariela Benitez and Lynnette Wetherington)

Marian Osimen is one of BLAST Social Issues Educators. (Marian Osimen)

Karen Quek is BLAST’s Event Planner. (Karen Quek and Marian Osimen)

There’s a proud volunteer in everyone! Kristin Bradstreet (right) is BLAST’s Community Outreach Coordinator and she has done a great job in recruitment for volunteer sites throughout Tampa.

A couple of our Site Leaders!

What some Bulls choose to do on a Saturday morning…

Community Plunge had over 400 student volunteers that Saturday!
Go Bulls!