Throughout the years, the community of Farmville have shown endless support to the students of Longwood University. For this reason, The Big Event strives to reciprocate that appreciation to all residents. Each year, students from Longwood spend one Saturday performing various service projects all across the Farmville communities. These ‘jobs’ last approximately four hours and could include window washing, yard work, interior/exterior painting, and much more.

We encourage all residents to allow the students of Longwood University express their gratitude and appreciation by requesting the performance of a service project.

Who can request a job?

Who can request a job?: All residents and businesses of Farmville and the surrounding area are encouraged to request a job to be performed by the students of Longwood University.  The jobs must meet some safety standards as outlined below.  If you are a resident of the town of Farmville, or one of the surrounding  areas close to the University, and are interested in having students from Longwood work on a chore around your house you can either submit the following information through this website in the form below, or print off the ‘Job Request Form’ .doc and mail it to our Longwood campus mailbox. (Mailing address is located in our Contact Us page.)

 

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Safety Standards

I.	I understand The BIG Event is a one-day volunteer service project occurring on March 27, 2010.
II.	The BIG Event is expected to last no more than 4 hours, and due to these time constraints, the requested job may not be finished.
II.	Incase of rain or other inclement weather on the day of The BIG Event, I understand that The BIG Event Committee cannot guarantee the completion of the requested job.
IV.	I understand all jobs that are able to be performed will be, but due to insurance constraints, The BIG Event is unable to reschedule any jobs for a later date.
V.	I understand that only the jobs listed on the Job Site Checklist Form will be completed, and under no circumstances are participants allowed to use power tools (this includes but is not limited to lawnmowers, weed eaters, electric shears, etc).
VI.	If a painting job is requested, I understand The BIG Event will provide white latex flat paint, and student participants will not be expected to both scrape and paint the day of The BIG Event.
VII.	I understand that The BIG Event Committee reserves all rights to terminate any job at any time for any reason without prior notice.
VIII.	I agree that The BIG Event Committee and/or Longwood University are not responsible for any damages caused by volunteers.
IX.	Participants shall protect, hold harmless and indemnify The BIG Event and Longwood University against all liabilities, claims, suits, or demands for injuries or damages to any person and/or property growing out of his/her participation in The BIG Event, including acts or omissions constituting negligence by The BIG Event, Longwood University, or individual volunteers.
X.	I certify that I am a resident of Farmville or Rice, and that I am not a student of Longwood University.
XI.	I certify that I am the owner or have obtained approval from the owner of the jobsite concerning the above requested improvements.

 

 

Job Request Form (.DOC)

Online Job Request Form