Done in an hour: Slippery Rock University Greek life makes quick work of planting project

SLIPPERY ROCK — The Slippery Rock Rotary Club was “only” planting 7,000 tulips on Saturday morning.

Regina Greenwald, coordinator of Slippery Rock In Bloom, a project of the Rotary Club, said the group usually plants 10,000 tulip bulbs in and around Slippery Rock Memorial Park, so the reduction of 3,000 seemed like a big difference. Although it was still a large undertaking — the park’s flower beds needed to be refurbished with new mulch — the Rotary Club had a lot of help and gathered it from more than 150 students from Slippery Rock University.

Thirteen fraternal organizations from the university helped to plant the tulips and clean up Main Street, which is a biannual project for the Rotary Club.

Joe Hemple, president of SRU’s chapter of Theta Chi, said service is a big part of Greek