Big Event
DETAILS for Saturday, March 23, 2024:
The Texas A&M AgriLife Center allows us to use their facilities for our meetings and events FREE of cost. In return, we will help beautify the A&M AgriLife Center this year with installing plantings, yard clean-up, and any other chores that we can assist with in our day of service as our BIG EVENT for 2024. Come join us! (Specific Times and shifts will be determined soon.)
Location: Texas A&M AgriLife Center
17360 Coit Road, Dallas, TX 75252
Please RSVP to let us know that you would like to participate in the tradition of Big Event. (Spouses and students are welcome to attend!) We highly recommend all volunteers wear closed-toed shoes. Please bring sunscreen, a hat, or clothing suitable to extended time working in the sun. Also, it is recommended that you stay hydrated. Please plan ahead and bring your big jug of water!
New this year, the Texas A&M System requires the following documents be completed and submitted by EACH volunteer before volunteering on-site:
A&M Background Check A&M Waiver of Liability and Hold Harmless TAMUS Volunteer Waiver
These forms are to be returned to CCAM as soon as possible for processing. Please return to CCAMBigEvent@AggieMoms.org or feel free to reach with questions.
Big Event 2023
Last year we held our event, on Saturday, March 25th from
11:15am - 1:15pm. We packed meals at Feed My Starving Children in Richardson at 1680 N Glenville Dr Ste 300, Richardson, TX 75081.
We welcomed all CCAM members and their families. They wore their CCAM club t-shirts (or their Aggie spirit wear!)
Sign-ups were handled directly with FMSC and accounts were required.
History:
Nothing shows the Aggie tradition of service like the Big Event--the largest one-day student-run service project in the nation. Big Event began unceremoniously in 1982 with six Aggies volunteering to clean up a local cemetery. Since that time, an ever-increasing number of Aggies have volunteered their time in order to create, as they say, "one big day, one big thanks, and one Big Event." In 2015 more than 22,000 Texas A&M students, faculty and staff came together to say "thank you" to the residents of Bryan/College Station for supporting and hosting them while they attend Texas A&M. Spreading throughout the community, Aggie Volunteers worked on approximately 2,500 community service jobs.
Big Event has expanded to 110 other schools across the nation and, in 2014, it went international for the first time, with schools participating in Spain, Australia, Germany, Pakistan and Italy.
