Texas Tech agriculture students give back to Lubbock during Ag Week - fox34.com

Dr. Erica Irlbeck, associate dean of the Davis College, said students spread out to neighborhood centers, Lubbock Impact and the Texas Tech Museum. It's a citywide push, not a single event. Students who normally sit through lectures on agriculture and natural resources spent the week doing the work in person instead.

The timing lines up with Saturday's game, giving the volunteer push a public spotlight right before Ag Day kicks off. Extra hands matter for the Food Bank and the Arboretum during a busy week. Neighborhood centers and Lubbock Impact, which serve residents who rely on them year-round, get a boost too, even if it only lasts a few days.

For people in Lubbock, it means Tech students showing up in places most of them drive past without a second thought. Whether it's sorting food, tending arboretum grounds or helping out at a neighborhood center, the work touches parts of the city students don't always interact with directly.

One week of volunteering, five different corners of Lubbock, and a football game waiting at the end of it.