11/04/09 - Madison County

By: Brad Douglass
bdouglass@wbbjtv.com
4:33 p.m.

Students at a north Jackson university took a break from the classroom to thank the community for standing by them during their most trying times.
 
Wednesday marked the 7th annual Day of Remembrance, as more than 700 students, faculty and staff members took part in more than 50 service projects in the area during the community day. The Day of Remembrance began as a way for the school to show appreciation to the people who helped after it was struck by tornadoes in 2002, but has now grown to include a night most students will never forget, February 5, 2008.   
 
"I was here (on campus) when the tornado hit in February, and seen how everybody just came together and loved on us and did everything they could to help us," said Sarah Stinson, a Union University Senior. "It's a great way to give back to them."

The Day of Remembrance this year is also part of the school's Homecoming Week activities.