Mission Statement

                                We, the students of Washington College are gathered together as the Hands Out Program on our campus in Chestertown, Maryland to facilitate student and faculty participation in local community service.  Our four major tasks include matching interested students and faculty with organizations in need of volunteers, planning monthly activities in which the entire campus community can participate, publishing bi-annually a directory of community service opportunities, and generally increasing campus awareness of volunteerism.  We hope that our activities unify the campus through broad participation of all groups of students.  Students who participated in our activities during our first semester of existence comment that "it feels good to help people, seeing the results of our efforts makes it worthwhile, and the rewards far outweigh the effort."  It is our hope that students not only participate in volunteer activities, but come to enjoy volunteering.