MEDIA ADVISORY | Alvernia University Move-In Day (8/21) & Orientation Day of Service (8/22)
Record Incoming Class to Engage in Community Service Experience with Olivet Boys & Girls Club
Reading, PA (08/20/2026) — Please confirm your attendance or if you need photo/video sent to your news desk with Sarah Matarella. Email: sarah.matarella@alvernia.edu or Call/Text: 610-750-0080
WHAT: Alvernia University will welcome its largest incoming class in university history of 575 first-year and transfer students along with their families and friends, with a move-in celebration that begins Friday and continues into the first week of classes. This includes check-in/move-in at the new pavilion installed on campus and a Luminary Celebration that will take place in the university's Quad and pair new students with upper-class students, faculty, staff and alumni mentors. Saturday is a community building day of community service. This year, Alvernia's Holleran Center for Community and Global Engagement is partnering with VOiCEup Berks and Olivet Boys & Girls Club of Reading and Berks County. All incoming students will help prepare the spaces for the new school year through projects like deep cleaning, outdoor beautification and creating welcome displays. Students will volunteer at each of Olivet's six locations, assembling welcome kits for club members.
WHEN:
Friday, August 22
Move-In: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM | Recommended arrival is 9:00 AM
Luminary Celebration: 7:15-7:45 PM | Recommended arrival time is 7:00 PM
Saturday, August 23
Orientation Day of Service: 9am-12pm | Recommended arrival time is 10 AM
WHERE: Olivet Boys & Girls Club Locations
Clinton Street Club, 677 Clinton Street, Reading
Lauer's Park Elem., 251 N 2nd St, Reading
Oakbrook Club, 1161 Pershing Blvd, Reading
VISUALS AND AUDIO:
Students and their families moving into residence halls
Candid shots of first-year students socializing in the Quad
Luminary lighting session in the Quad at dusk.
Students performing community service
Alvernia University representatives, including President Glynis A. Fitzgerald, Ph.D. are available for comment.
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