Michael Potoczny hopes to have created one big annual Point Park University tradition.But for Pioneer Community Day to be successful on April 9, it will take a collective effort from students, administrative departments, schools, athletic teams, student organizations, residence floors, offices and alumni to give back to the community and to develop a sense of university unity and pride. Those participating will volunteer their time at various non-profit organizations around Pittsburgh.Potoczny, president of United Student Government (USG), became intrigued with the idea of a community service day after hearing about Virginia Tech University’s heavily attended “Big Event” during a conference.”We don’t have that much tradition,” Potoczny said in an interview last Tuesday. “Other schools I’ve been talking to are like, ‘Oh, we can’t wait for Spring Carnival!’… and we don’t have any of that.”Potoczny worked with the Community Service Club and WPPJ to combine their Dance for Dreams fundraiser idea as an after-party for students when their service day is completed.USG will take on the responsibility of organizing a complimentary kick-off breakfast sponsored by Aramark that morning in the Lawrence Hall lobby from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. while handing out sponsored USG-sponsored T-shirts and directing people to their respective service projects.According to Potoczny, planning the event is a daunting task, but the more people USG invites to participate, the more successful it is going to be.           “The event is more about inclusion, and we want everybody possible to be involved, so you feel like you are a part of the Point Park community,” Potoczny said. “[USG] invited every aspect of the university, every office, every staff member, every faculty member…everyone.”Some of Point Park’s clubs and organizations such as USG, WPPJ, the Community Service Club, the Body Christian Fellowship, AdFed/PRSSA, Campus Activities Board (CAB), and Point Park’s Rugby Football Club have signed up to volunteer at various non-profit organizations around Pittsburgh such as Meadowcrest Nursing Home, Early Learning Institute, Habitat for Humanity, Friends of the Riverfront, the Pittsburgh Zoo and Pittsburgh Harlequins youth program.Students are encouraged to register no later than April 1 by talking to their student organization leader or by clicking on the Pioneer Community Day link at www.pointparkusg.com.Meagan Stroud, USG press secretary, said students who are not involved in organizations can still participate.”We’ve talked to the schools, and they have expressed interest in having the faculty and staff participate, so once you’ve signed up, and you are not involved in an organization, you will be put with your school, if [that school has] a group going.” Stroud said in an interview last Monday.She also said that if a student’s school was not participating, that student would be placed with other students of his or her school that he or she might know or have something in common with.After registration, students will be sent an e-mail instructing which project they are volunteering for and where and when they will meet with their groups that morning.Freshmen business major Stephanie Malesic likes the idea of a day of service and will most likely be attending, but she is unsure if it will attract the people every year who do not care to volunteer their time.”I think it needs to be kind of inbred if you like to do community service,” she said in an interview on Tuesday. “I don’t think having a specific day for it is going to make people like community service more, but I think here there are a lot of people who like to do [community service].”A live acoustic performance by Bess Rogers, organized by CAB will also be held after the service projects at 5:30 p.m. in the Lawrence Hall Ballroom. The concert is free, but charitable donations will be collected for the Make-A-Wish foundation.Closing the day of service will be a dance-a-thon style Dance for Dreams event at 8:00 p.m. in the gym on the fifth floor of the Student and Convocation Center to fundraise for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Dance for Dreams is open to all students on campus and is sponsored by CAB, WPPJ, Community Service Club, Black Student Union and Dance Club.Students will be encouraged to enter the dance competition by raising a certain amount of money and dancing all night long as either an individual, with a partner or with a group. Those who raise the most money will be eligible to receive prizes such as an iPad or a TV.WPPJ will be hosting activities throughout the night to try and raise money from those not dancing in the competition. Local businesses will also provide food and raffles for the event.Pioneer Community Day is the first of its kind, the goal being to bring those of the Point Park community closer to one another and to give back to the city it is a part of.”We call Pittsburgh our campus, and this is something [where] we can take care of it.” Potoczny said.