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Louisiana State University recently held their first Women's History Month community service project. A group of female students painted, cleaned and landscaped a local shelter for homeless women and children called the Sweet Dreams Shelter. |
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Bikers Build Homes and Awareness 30 Boston University students will spend over two months this summer biking from Rhode Island to Washington State for Bike and Build, a charity organization aimed at ending sub-standard housing. |
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Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity recently held its third biannual "Bringing Home to the Troops" donation drive to mark the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war. |
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James Madison freshman Bennett Resnick is the co-founder of a new nonprofit organization, Key for Hope. Key for Hope collects unused keys, melts them down and sells the metal to recycling companies to raise money for health care facilities in southern Africa. |
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Brothers Journey Across the Country For Hope Two Pi Kappa Phi brothers from the University of Tennessee will spend their summer cycling nearly 4,000 miles from San Diego to the front lawn of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington for Journey of Hope, a cross-country bicycle trek to raise awareness for the disabled. |
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In early March the AIDS Awareness Committee of the Student Welfare Commission at UCLA hosted RollAIDS, its annual disco-themed roller-skating fundraiser. |
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Sorority Raises Money to Prevent Child Abuse The University of Washington’s Kappa Delta sorority recently raised nearly $40,000 at their 11th annual “Reach for the Sky” auction. |
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Student Micro-Financing Funds for Impoverished Women Oberlin senior Rachel Rothgery has started a project to micro-finance loans to impoverished women in Guatemala. |
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Students Raise $14,000 For a Boy and His Dog Students for Effective Autism Treatment (SEAT) at the University of Dayton organized several events to raise money for Dakota Foster, a local boy with severe autism. |
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University of Virginia student Deborah Perl recently started a group called Creating Assets, Saving, and Hope (CASH) to help low-income families in Charlottesville prepare their taxes and collect refunds. |
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Student Robert Beiser, the social justice coordinator of Hillel at the University of Washington, has teamed up with students in Hillel’s justice group, Tzedek UW, to create a month-long volunteering competition called Mitzvah Madness, in which participants enter their volunteer hours to win prizes. |
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Students involved in the Mountain Justice Spring Break (MJSB) program at Florida State University will soon be spending their vacation days working against the coal industry in the Appalachian Mountains. |
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The University of Alabama chapter of Alpha Psi Omega sorority recently held their annual West Alabama AIDS Outreach Benefit to raise money for the West Alabama AIDS Outreach. |
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A Whole New World With New Life A group of students from the University of Washington are starting a new chapter of the New Life Volunteering Society (NLVS), a growing national and secular nonprofit organization that focuses on helping those in need including the homeless, the hungry, the disabled and underprivileged children. |
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An Indiana University junior has organized a book drive in Bloomington on behalf of Books for Africa, a non-profit organization that collects used textbooks to send to African libraries in need. |
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Students at the University of Minnesota held their annual Date Auction, an event hosted by the Business Association of Multicultural Students and the Minnesota International Student Center. |
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Two Indiana University student charity organizations, Camp Kesem and IU Dance Marathon, are participating in the GrabLife GiveLife, a national fundraising competition that rewards $20,000 to the winning charity event. |
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Harvard University’s Islamic Society recently held its annual Fast-A-Thon, a day-long initiative to raise money for Save the Children’s Hunger and Malnutrition program. |
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Sixteen theology students at Emory University took a stand against domestic violence by growing mustaches. Over |
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University of Southern California Greek councils came together last week to hold a black-tie fundraiser for Swim with Mike and the Interfraternity Parents Council Scholarship Fund. |
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The Residence Hall Association at Louisiana State teamed up with student group Gays, Bisexuals, Lesbians and Supporters United to work on a campaign called Kick the Butt. |
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Vagina Monologues Lead to Dialogue Law students at the University of New Mexico put on the popular performance piece "The Vagina Monologues," to raise money for women in need. |
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Howard University students are gearing up for their third annual Alternative Spring Break (ASB) trip to New Orleans. |
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Students at the University of Kentucky held their annual fundraiser for UK’s Children’s Hospital Pediatric Oncology Unit: a 24-hour dance marathon known as DanceBlue. |
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About 2,000 students from the University of Texas spent last Saturday picking up trash and planting gardens in East Austin for Project 2008, a community beautification event. |
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As part of a fundraiser, Special Olympics members and supporters showed up to cheer for Northwestern University students who jumped into Lake Michigan, raising over $40,000. |
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Student Activist Receives National Recognition Mark Dlugash, a 20-year-old sophomore at Swarthmore College, is the co-founder of the Global Health Forum, a nonpartisan, educational organization that raises awareness on global health issues such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, poverty, and violence. |
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The University of Maine’s Beta Theta Pi chapter held their 15th annual Sleep-Out Against Rape last weekend to show support for rape victims. |
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Susquehanna University has joined a worldwide campaign to protect African children from malaria. |
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The Association of Black Business Students at the University of Washington sold beads last week to raise money for Bead for Life, a nonprofit organization dedicated to eradicating poverty in Uganda. |
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Last week Vanderbilt University’s student organization IMAGE held their annual education week on campus. |
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Florida State’s class of 2011 is hosting a cook-off on February 23rd. Medical school faculty, staff, and students will compete in a chili competition to win one of several titles, including Best Overall, Spiciest, Meatiest, Best Vegetarian, Most Creative, You Gave It Your Best Shot, and Most Likely To Cause G.I. Problems. |
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Students Foundation Helps Support Peruvian Shelter In July of 2007 two Ohio State students, along with friends and family, traveled to Cusco, Peru to visit Casa Mantay, a shelter for sexually abused women and children. |
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Duke Students Revive Rural Clinic The Fremont People’s Clinic in Fremont, North Carolina was re-opened six months ago after two years thanks to a group of Duke University students. |
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Students Work to Replenish Binghamton Brain Supply Students at Binghamton University are collaborating with local organizations to combat brain drain and encourage students to stay in the area when they graduate. |
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Minority Blood Donors for Black History Month The Douglass Black Student Congress at Rutgers University sponsored a blood drive to increase minority blood donations in honor of Black History Month. |
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Athletes Perform Off the Field for Charity The University of Michigan held its 9th annual Mock Rock competition, in which university athletes perform stage acts to raise money for the C.S Mott Children’s Hospital. |
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As Valentine’s Day came and went, students commemorated the day of love with more than roses and chocolate. |
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This week Ohio University will hold the first Polar Bear Plunge: Freezin’ For a Reason 2008 to benefit the Ohio Special Olympics. |
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The Alumni Scholars Club held UCLA’s first ever “Locks of Love” donation event, at which campus community members receive free haircuts in exchange for donating their hair to produce wigs for disadvantaged children with long-term hair loss. |
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Health Hearts for Valentine’s Day In honor of The American Heart Association’s Wear Red Day, held annually on February 1st to promote heart health as part of American Heart Month, the University of Rochester and the University of Indiana held events to promote healthy hearts. |
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Highly Decorated Community Servers For the fourth year in a row, Mills College’s Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation Department (APER) won the Jostens Community Service Award for their participation in the Cyclone Kickoff, a day spent cleaning and refurbishing Havenscourt Middle School in Oakland, CA. |
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The University of Washington’s South Asian Student Association (SASA) is asking students to party to promote children’s education in India. |
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Yale Mentors New Haven’s Public High School Students Yale College Council has just begun a mentoring program for New Haven public high school students called Eli Days. |
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University of Washington Opens Student-run Community Clinic The University of Washington has opened a student-run clinic in south Seattle to make health care more accessible to Seattle residents. At the Al-Shifa Clinic community members can receive free medical care while a team of 10 medical students and 20 undergraduates gain valuable experience. A board of faculty oversees the clinic’s operations and a board of community members ensures that the clinic meets the community’s needs. Tipu Khan, a fourth-year graduate student in medicine and the clinic’s board president and director, got the idea for the Al-Shifa Clinic from his undergraduate studies at the University of California at Davis. UC Davis has six similar clinics, and provided a successful model for the Al-Shifa clinic. The name “Al-Shifa” means “the cure” in Arabic, and is geared toward Seattle’s Muslim population, though all are welcome. Read more from the University of Washington |
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National Condom Week Meets Valentine’s Day Sex Out Loud, a student organization at the University of Wisconsin devoted to improving sexual health awareness through education, is hosting a series of events to celebrate National Condom Week from Feb. 14-21. |
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Marquette University held its annual AIDS/HIV Awareness Retreat last week. The retreat, organized by the Office of Community Service and the HIV/AIDS advocacy group Watumishi: People of Service, offered students a unique insight into the problem of AIDS and HIV in Milwaukee. |
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Campuses across the country raised money for Dance Marathon, a national campaign aimed at raising funds for local charities, particularly children’s funds. |
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Colleges Against Cancer kicked off its annual Relay for Life campaign at the University of Illinois-Champaign. |
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Students Getting Hip to Hippotherapy Northwestern University students commute 45-minutes every Saturday to volunteer at a local hippotherapy program called Equestrian Connection. |
