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Community is where it's AT in Mills!! Some students say that
Mills is the "smallest tall hall on campus," meaning
that even though it holds a large number of students, it feels
more like a smaller hall due to the tight sense of community
that exists within it.
A big component of our development as a
community comes from all of the community service and service
learning work that Millsians do together throughout the year.
Here are some examples of community service work that Mills has
done this year:
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ON BELAY.On
Belay is a program that helps kids whose parents, guardians,
or other loved ones, are diagnosed with cancer come to
understand the principles of support, control, and living
through participating in outdoor adventure activities.
This year, Mills Hall adopted On Belay as our primary service
partner - whatever help they need, we do it! Not only do
Millsians participate in the actual outdoor adventure days
(these take place at the Browne
Center , an outdoor education facility affiliated with
UNH), but we do lots of behind-the-scene work too! Mailings,
baking, fundraising - you name it and we're on it! Millsians
are CRAZY for On Belay and we are so proud to associate
ourselves with such a wonderful helping organization!!
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HALLOWEEN EXTRAVAGANZA. A tradition that
began in Mills' first full year of existence (2003), the
Halloween Extravaganza is an event that reaches out into
the greater Durham community. For one night, Mills Hall opens
its doors to the public and invites local families to enjoy
a night of family-friendly Halloween fun. A Haunted House,
a Games Room, lots of food and drinks, and Trick-or-Treating
throughout the hall are the highlights of the evening. This
event is free to the public, and the 2005 event brought in
150 (estimated) Durham community members. This is an event
that Mills residents worked for WEEKS to pull off, and it's
become a highly successful event that the Durham community
looks forward to each year!
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CORNUCOPIA. The local food pantry conveniently
located right on the UNH campus is called Cornucopia. Each
year, Millsians donate money, canned goods, and paper products,
all of which go towards the creation of food baskets that
are given to Cornucopia during different holidays. Mills
has given baskets in the past two years for the Thanksgiving
and Winter holidays.
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