Twenty-one Hobart and William Smith Colleges squash players spent two hours reorganizing a Geneva nonprofit's warehouse as part of the colleges' Fall Day of Service. The Oct. 10 project helped ReUse Systems prepare donated goods for resale, according to the college's account.
Working in small groups, the student-athletes moved furniture, cabinets, salvaged doors, student desks and factory overstock into an adjacent space. They then cleaned the warehouse floors and returned the items so ReUse Systems could inventory and price them.
Some of the materials came from Eaton Hall, the former HWS science building demolished last winter. ReUse Systems works to keep usable goods out of landfills and available to area residents, including people with low incomes.
Aaron Vicioso, a 2026 HWS graduate serving as an AmeriCorps VISTA member, coordinated the warehouse work. At ReUse Systems, he helps develop funding opportunities and outreach to expand the organization's reuse and repair services.
The squash teams were among nearly 400 HWS students who volunteered across Geneva and the greater Finger Lakes during the day. Other projects involved Geneva Reads, Finger Lakes Youth Sports, the Geneva Theatre Guild, Ontario Pathways, Our Children's Place and the Animal Rescue Center of Seneca County.
The college said the team completed in two hours a reorganization that otherwise might have taken weeks for the nonprofit.
HWS said its triannual Days of Service program is in its 32nd year. The program introduces students to local organizations and gives those groups short-term help with specific projects.
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