Upward Bound Works at Open Door for TRiO Service Day

The State Fair Community College Upward Bound student leadership team and staff worked Feb. 16 at the Open Door Food Pantry in Sedalia for National TRiO Day, a day of service for students and staff recognized on the last Saturday in February.

TRiO is the first set of federally funded programs to address the serious social, economic and cultural barriers to higher education in the United States.

Shown, from left, are Brandi Estes, UB Advisor Brandon Hammond; Katelynn Montogomey, Betzy Ortiz-Rivas, Hanna Scafe, Elise Hawley, Yoana Nandho, Kristina Garbuzov, UB Coordinator Linda Creach, Jessica Miller, Olivia Snider, Alex Romenskiy, and UB Director Jeromy Layman.