Bell said during his tenure with the organization, "We got the most calls between two and four."
Student involvement is not a new concern for SafetyWalk. In the fall of 1997, the program was forced to take a semester hiatus due to lack volunteers.
This year, SafetyWalk is looking not only to attract participants but also to increase awareness that such a resource exists said John S. Neumann '01, last year's co-director.
"We can't just assume that people know about SafetyWalk," Neumann said.
In addition to the new hours, Neumann said the program is aiming to improve its response time by securing a central location in the Science Center.
In the past, calls were directed to cell phones carried by the program's walkers. Neumann said response times would be faster if volunteers waited for calls in a central, convenient location.
"Last year we had a lot of quad people and our response times were a little longer than we would have liked," Neumann said.
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