"We were really good hosts, but we weren't really listening to how other students did public service," Clancy said.
Another conference-goer said she thought COOL was a good way to reinvigorate community service programs in different places.
"It was definitely good to be around so many people who are doing what I'm doing now," said Kathy B. Coombs, 18, who is working with City Year Boston this year.
--Staff writer Rachel E. Dry can be reached at dry@fas.harvard.edu.
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