This Saturday is Make A Difference Day, a challenge for communities to do better.

The community service day is an annual event that occurs on the fourth Saturday of October.

This year, the Student Volunteer Center is doing a project at the Mattoon Skate Park.

“The skate park was built for the youth of Mattoon to keep the skate boarders and rollerbladers off the business lots downtown,” said Holly Walters, campus minister at the Newman Catholic Center and Student Volunteer Center Coordinator.

The Habitat for Humanity chapter on campus was asked to build a sun shelter at the skate park so that there would be a shady area for the kids and mentors to go cool off, Walters said.

Habitat for Humanity, the DARE officer of Mattoon,

volunteers from the YMCA and children who utilize the skate park will be there from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

“Anyone who wants to help can come in for an hour,” Walters said.

The skate park is located at 221 N. 16th St. in Mattoon.

Material for the shelter was donated by Kirschner Lumber of Mattoon, Kull Lumber and Drake Roofing of Charleston.

McDonald’s will be providing food for the volunteers, and the Lutheran Brotherhood will purchase other materials not donated and will provide breakfast.

Make a Difference Day is the largest community service day across the nation and is sponsored by the Points of Light Foundation and USA WEEKEND magazine.

For any questions, call Walters at 348-0230.