This past Saturday, Global Engagements visited Winter Park in downtown Columbus! Unfortunately, after 20 minutes of outdoor ice skating, the facilities had to close due to the heat wave then. However, our group decided to visit North Market where we enjoyed Bubble Tea and the beautiful weather outside!
Global Engagement Outings
Trick or Canning!
This past Thursday, October 29, we went trick-or-treating in Harley for canned and non-perishable food. The food collected at the event will be donated to Mid Ohio Food Bank. Volunteer participants dressed up in amazing costumes, like the pop star Robin from “How I Met Your Mother,” Thing 1 from “The Cat in the Hat,” etc. Thursday was also the official day that all kids went out trick-or-treating. People were a little bit surprised, but were really nice to our “over-aged” trick-or-treating group. We got so many canned goods, as well as candy.
Thanks to all the nice and generous people. The house decorations were really impressive. Sometimes we scared ourselves walking pass them in the dark. It’s great to see how enthusiastic people are for Halloween.
Also, the American students taught international students about the traditions of Halloween, for example, if the porch light is on, it means that family is participating in the trick or treat event; if not, you better not knock on the doors!
Below you can see our Trick or Canning group with costumes on. What a fun and meaningful night!
Happy Halloween everyone!
(All canned food collected)
Trip to North Market
On Halloween, a group of Global Ambassadors took a trip to North Market to experience food from around the world. Items on the menu included Polish perogies, Italian prosciutto and mozzarella paninis, Vietnamese noodles and anything else you could think of.
If you’re ever looking to have a great authentic international meal or even just to shop for locally grown produce, North Market is definitely a fantastic place to try out!
Gallery hop
This month’s art & culture event was exploring galleries in Short North which is a Columbus tradition. Several students were celebrating art throughout the evening with new exhibits, street performances special events, food and drinks.
Students were really excited about galleries, especially some different kind of view showing by art.
Although we did not get through a lot of galleries because of the weather, the group went for tea and had a great time over there as well.
Shake It! Night
On Sunday, September 27, a group of Global Ambassadors hit the RPAC to enjoy one of the many exciting fitness classes Ohio State has to offer. Shake It! is a heart-pumping class any Ohio State student can attend that showcases one hour of fun, choreographed dances to the latest pop songs. What better way to workout and get to know people than to dance, or at least attempt to, with new friends?
Join us at the RPAC on Sundays at 7:20 p.m. and bring some friends! We’d love to see you there and get ready to Shake it!
(Killed it)
Walk to End Alzheimer’s!
This past Sunday, September 13, Global Ambassadors volunteered for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s at Huntington Park in Downtown Columbus. We were placed along the walk route and asked to cheer on walkers as they made the three mile loop back to the park. The smiles that we were able to put on the walker’s faces and the numerous “Thank You’s” we received made the experience very rewarding! As Global Ambassadors, we think it is very important to give back to the community that gives us so much and felt very fortunate to be able to help with the walk.
But it was not all work and no games! During our down time between the 5K and three mile walk, the American students taught the International students how to play a traditional middle school game called M.A.S.H.! The group had a lot of fun predicting each other’s futures via pen, paper and good (or bad) luck! After the event was over, we made a trip to BD’s Mongolian Grill for some fantastic stir fry.
Stay tuned for more community service opportunities in the near future!
