学生们在马丁·路德·金纪念日与州长一起服务
周一，在前往华盛顿特区参加奥巴马总统就职典礼之前，弗吉尼亚州州长蒂莫西·m·凯恩（Timothy M. Kaine）穿上法兰绒衬衫、牛仔裤和靴子，与威廉玛丽学院的学生们一起在彼得堡的三城人居项目中并肩工作。
大约20名威廉与玛丽学院的学生与凯恩、他的家人以及他们设计的两所房子的未来主人一起悬挂着薄板岩。
在工作开始前，凯恩向人群发表讲话，感谢学生们的奉献精神。
“You guys do great work at William & Mary, civically and especially this connection to Petersburg with the Phoenix Project and William & Mary’s long ties to Richard Bland (College) and this area,” he said. “It’s a really important thing that you do.”
Kaine said that the year he took off from law school to do service work in Honduras was “a real pivotal” year in his life.
“And so I hope that the experiences you’re having at William & Mary, getting out and helping others, will set some good patterns that will last forever,” the governor told the students.
周一，威廉与玛丽学院的学生在彼得堡帮助完成了三个项目，Habitat项目就是其中之一。 另外两个是由非营利组织Pathways和Elder回家s组织的。 周一，总共约有40名学生参与了圣彼得堡的服务。 协助这些项目的还有：学生志愿者服务办公室主任Drew Stelljes； 负责学生事务的临时副校长金吉·安布勒； 多元文化学生事务办公室临时助理主任Valerie Brown； 以及经济发展部副主任伦纳德·斯莱奇。
Ambler said she went to Petersburg to “join our students in the spirit of Martin Luther King’s holiday in giving back in a way that we can.” She added that projects like these make the needs of our local community very real to students, “and it also reminds them that they have the power to make a difference, and I think that’s very important,” she said.
The day of service capped off a weekend of “Education for Justice” that was organized for students by the Office of Student Volunteers Services and the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs.
斯特尔杰斯说：“我们这个周末的主题是：11月4日，历史被创造了。 “这个周末，我们将学习使这一天成为可能的历史。 彼得堡有一个传奇的过去。 这个城市在民权运动中发挥了关键作用。 这个周末，我们纪念他们的牺牲。”
帮助组织和领导这个周末的大四学生布兰迪·伯里斯（Brandie Burris）说，学生们参观了这座城市，听取了弗吉尼亚州立大学（Virginia State University）教授关于彼得堡历史的演讲，并参加了一个浸信会教堂的学习活动。
“We learned that students played a great role and they should continue to play a great role in providing social change and social movements. It was really powerful,” she said.
她说，让州长和他的家人帮助服务项目也是鼓舞人心的。
“I think it really says a lot about his commitment to service and I think that’s wonderful that our leader in Virginia has this commitment,” she said. “I think it’s amazing. It’s really inspirational, and I’m really proud.”
二年级学生Jazmine Pina和Tanjir Ahmed说，他们报名参加彼得堡之行是为了更多地了解这个地区和可能的服务项目。
“I’ve never been to Petersburg, and I live in Virginia, but I’ve never rally heard much about it,” said Ahmed. “I just decided that it’d be a great opportunity because we don’t have classes today or tomorrow.”
He and Pina said that the historical significance of the weekend – with both Martin Luther King Day and the lead-up to the inauguration – made the experience even more meaningful.
“It just kind of feels really good, especially after this weekend where everything’s changing, said Pina. “You want to see things change for the better so this is helping a family have a really good new year with a new house.”
彼得堡居民多萝西·科尔曼（Dorothy Coleman）可能会在下个月底成为其中一栋新房子的主人。
她说，她很高兴能和所有出来帮忙的人一起工作，尤其是凯恩。 而且，她对威廉玛丽学院的学生们有一个特别的信息，他们让她离搬进来更近了一步。
“Thank them, thank them, thank them so much,” she said.