Lots of small universities and colleges do “giving back” things like that. It is a great way to help the maturation of students. Instead of living entirely in their cloistered thought and social bubble.
To be greatly commended.
At my university, members of the football team secured some spending money by this type of program. At the time I was washing dishes for the same reason. I saw some of the yard maintenance athletes and a lot ot the time they were allowed to “work” but not be supervised. I thought of it as a “graft “ job at the time, like a way to get some scholarship players some extra money.
But I agree that stundents doing anything productive is good for their education.