Four hundred students, faculty and staff volunteered Friday in the University’s second annual Spring Greening Day to beautify the campus with projects spanning from Patrick F. Taylor hall to Pleasant hall.
This year’s projects included planting flowers and shrubs, mulching, painting and recycling — with a turnout double that of last year’s.
“This year we tried to reach more individuals. We used Facebook and Twitter to try to get everyone involved,” said Sara Ross, interdisciplinary senior and head student coordinator of the event.
According to Ross, 97 people signed up who had no affiliation with campus organizations.
The event also brought out 67 student athletes and coaches from various teams, who volunteered as part of LSU Athletics’ Geaux Givers community service program.
Chancellor Mike Martin’s wife Jan Martin said the organization of the event was easier this year, and the weather cooperated better than last year.
Spring Greening Day is co-sponsored by the Office of Landscape Services and the Division of Student Life and Enrollment’s Campus Life office in support of the Green Tiger Project. 
Josh Dean, assistant director of Campus Life, said there were more volunteers than work for this year’s event and a range of projects set up for the day.
Fred Fellner, assistant director of Landscape Services, said this year participants focused more on shrubs because they last longer, making it a better investment.
Fellner said funding for the event came from the Quad Endowment, Live Oak Endowment and the Green Tiger Endowment.
“It’s important to have one day that volunteers focus on campus beautification,” Fellner said.
Jan Martin said the project is meant to get students, faculty and staff actively involved in bettering the campus.
“We already have a beautiful campus, but we want to enhance and maintain it,” Martin said. “It’s Tiger pride.”
 
 
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