NOTE: THE 2025 PIF WEEK SCHEDULE IS HERE!
2025 SWCC Pay it Forward Week
April 21-25, 2025
During the 2025 SWCC Pay it Forward (PIF) Week, we want to encourage SWCC students, faculty, staff, and community members to pay it forward all week long and post about it on social media. When you post, be sure to use the hashtag #SWCCpif.
See what PIF Week is all about!
SWCC faculty and staff, if you are planning something for your club, organization, class, or department for PIF Week, please let us know so we can attend and take pictures!
Contact Cait Maitlen,
Creston Campus Schedule
All Week (Monday-Friday)
| Plant Services | IC main entrance and courtyard, Spartan Hall parking lot tree planting |
| Paw It Forward | Donate old blankets/towels and toys for animal rescues in Creston |
| Kindness Kups | RA's will write thank you notes |
| Personal Hygiene Collection Box | SWCC LPN and RN students will be collecting personal hygiene products. There will be a collection box in the Allied Health Sciences Center lobby. |
Monday, April 21
| Time | Event Info |
| 9 a.m. | Walking dogs at Creston Animal Rescue |
| 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. | Kindness Kards for nursing homes, Student Center |
| 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. | My Intent Bracelets, Student Center |
| 2 p.m. | Crestmoor Clean-up; Southwestern volleyball |
| 5:15 p.m. | Rotary highway clean-up, North Cherry Street |
Tuesday, April 22
| Time | Event Info |
| 11:30 a.m.-1p.m. | Campus-wide Cookout, Student Center |
| 2:30 p.m. | Glaze a Mug, TRIO-SSS and art department |
| 2 & 4 p.m. | Spartan softball vs. Hawkeye CC, Spartan Softball Field |
| 4:30 p.m. | SWCC men's basketball volunteering at Creston Middle School track meet |
Wednesday, April 23
| Time | Event Info |
| 10 a.m.-3 p.m. | Meals from the Heartland, SWCC Student Center, gym |
Thursday, April 24
| Time | Event Info |
| 9 a.m. | Uptown Clean-up Day, sponsored by UCDA |
| 10:30 a.m. | 2025 SWCC Tech Achiever Ceremony & Bills Scholarship Recognition, Instructional Center, automotive area |
| 12-2:30 p.m. | Health Career Fair, Student Center gymnasium |
| 5-7 p.m. | PTK Y2K Party (2000s theme; bring a canned good instead of the $5 cover charge), Instructional Center, room 180 |
Friday, April 25
| Time | Event Info |
| 7:30 a.m. | Spartan student-athlete high-five tunnel at Creston Elementary School |
| 8:05 a.m. | Cub Club, Creston Elementary School |
| 12 & 2 p.m. | Spartan softball vs. Central Community College-Columbus, Spartan Softball Field |
| 1-3 p.m. | Campus-wide Clean-up; following the campus-wide clean-up, grab a bag of mix donated by LT Farms to celebrate the conclusion of PIF Week. |