{"id":25447,"date":"2026-04-09T14:54:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T18:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=25447"},"modified":"2026-04-09T16:47:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T20:47:32","slug":"earn-service-hours-at-planting-day-set-for-april-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2026\/04\/09\/earn-service-hours-at-planting-day-set-for-april-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Earn service hours at planting day, set for April 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-25448\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/Planting-Day-Flyer-April-Immersion-2026.jpg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A flyer titled \u201cPlanting Day.\u201d The words \u201cSaturday, April 11, 9 a.m.\u2013noon, Tenn Gardens, Campus &amp; Community\u201d appear in green and red text. Surrounding the text are drawings of gardening tools, gloves, plants and two people kneeling and planting in soil. A large green watering can on the right contains a QR code with the label \u201cSign up here!\u201d Below, text reads \u201cGet 3 service hours!\u201d and \u201cFree lunch to follow!\u201d along with an email for questions: \u201cseckric@udmercy.edu.\u201d Sponsors include Laudato Si Sustainability Group, Alumni Relations, University Ministry, TENN, and SACD\/DCDC. UDM logo in the bottom left-hand corner and Laudato in right-hand corner.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/Planting-Day-Flyer-April-Immersion-2026.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/Planting-Day-Flyer-April-Immersion-2026.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/Planting-Day-Flyer-April-Immersion-2026.jpg?resize=413%2C550&amp;ssl=1 413w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/Planting-Day-Flyer-April-Immersion-2026.jpg?w=825&amp;ssl=1 825w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>For April Service Immersion Day, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/life\/ministry\/\">University Ministry<\/a> is partnering with Alumni Relations to beautify the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/about\/mission-vision\/lead-serve\/tenn.php\">Titan Equity Nourish Network<\/a> (TENN) gardens.<\/p>\n<p>Planting day is set for <strong>Saturday, April 11<\/strong>. <strong>Check-in will begin at 9 a.m.<\/strong> at the TENN gardens, located behind the Health Professions Facility, with a light breakfast of coffee and donuts. We will finish around noon with free lunch to follow. All are invited to come out and lend a hand.<\/p>\n<p>Participants will spend a day of service on the McNichols Campus and neighborhoods, earning three service hours, while learning about the importance of our TENN gardens for food access, sustainability and community building.<\/p>\n<p>This event is hosted by <em>Laudato Si&#8217;<\/em> Student Group, University Ministry, TENN, Alumni Relations and the School of Architecture &amp; Community Development and the Detroit Collaborative Design Center.<\/p>\n<p>Please contact University Minister Sammy Eckrich at <a href=\"mailto:seckric@udmercy.edu\">seckric@udmercy.edu<\/a> with any questions or for more information.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=2MKkyGi9ukC4tnUivppxcekeENDnd2pNmLK3oIqZSZ5UQ0IzUjlIS0QxT1dUTkI3Nk1BUDVUS05ETyQlQCN0PWcu&amp;origin=QRCode\">Sign up for April Service Immersion.<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earn three service hours and learn about the importance of our TENN garden for food access, sustainability and community building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":25448,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6,6438,4404],"tags":[709,22,7377,7376,4920,4915,4837,16,936,803,3815,3817,655],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/Planting-Day-Flyer-April-Immersion-2026.jpg?fit=825%2C1100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-6Cr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25447"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25447"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25491,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25447\/revisions\/25491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}