
Service Opportunities
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Check below for the full listing of service opportunities for GenerAction Service Week! To participate in any of the service projects listed below, please scroll down to find the individual project's leader contact information to register.
Monday
3:30pm: Easter Egg Hunt at Rashki’s Elementary with Zeta Tau Alpha (50 people)
5-6:30pm: Collect food from Greek houses for the IFC with the Greek Sustainability Council (FULL)
6:30-8pm: Write letters to patients at the Ronald McDonald House and NC Children’s Hospital at the ADPi House with ADPi (160 people)
7pm: Write letters to troops in Gardner Hall with the College Republicans and Big Buddy (40 people)
7:30pm: Social Action Speaker Series hosts Professor Ralph Byrns on Economics of Service in Howell 104
Tuesday
10:45-11am and 12:15-12:30pm: Chancellor’s Chase in Polk Place with Order of the Bell Tower (20 people)
12-4pm: HOPE Garden Workday with NC Fellows
2-4pm: Garden at the Carolina Campus Community Garden with FLO, EAC, and DIG (35 people)
4-5pm: Teach Civic Lessons at the Stone Center with Young Democrats (10 people)
5-6:30pm: Collect food from Greek houses for the IFC with the Greek Sustainability Council (FULL)
7:30pm: Social Action Speaker Series hosts Liz McCartney (CNN Hero of the Year) on Disaster Relief in Howell 104
Wednesday
11am-1pm: Book Drive and Book Plate Decorating in the Pit with Pi Beta Phi (150 people)
2-5pm: Garden at HOPE Gardens with Nourish (40 people)
4:30-6:30pm: Extended Disaster Relief Seminar in the Campus Y Faculty Lounge
5-6:30pm: Collect food from Greek houses for the IFC with the Greek Sustainability Council (FULL)
7:30pm: Make pins for the Durham Center for Child and Family Health at the Kappa Delta House (80 people)
Thursday
2-4pm: Visit the Robbie Page Memorial Playroom at the NC Children’s Hospital with Tri Sigma (6 people)
2:30pm: Dessert banquet for dining hall employees at the top of Ram’s Head dining hall with Cornerstone
4-7pm: Dodgeball Tournament in big frat court with Chi Omega
5-6:30pm: Collect food from Greek houses for the IFC with the Greek Sustainability Council (FULL)
6-7:30pm: Beading party and jewelry sale in Dey 201 with Carolina for Amani
7:30pm: Social Action Speaker Series hosts Clare Richardson (CEO Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International) on Conservation in Howell 104
8pm: Canned food and school supplies drive for TABLE in the Union Cabaret with CUAB and S4Si (390 people)
Friday
9am-6pm: “Unity in the Roger Road Community“ in the Roger-Eubanks Community with Engineers Without Borders and RENA (100 people)
4-7pm: Corn Hole For the Kids and write cards to patients at the NC Children’s Hospital at He’s Not Here with Dance Marathon (80 people)
4-7pm: Pig Pickin’ for the American Cancer Society in little frat court with Zeta Psi and Relay for Life (40 people)
Saturday
10am-2pm: Garden at HOPE Gardens with FLO, EAC, and DIG
TO PARTICIPATE, CONTACT THESE PROJECT LEADERS:
Alpha Delta Pi/ Letters to Ronald McDonald House Patients
College Republicans/ Letters to troops
Carolina for Amani/ Bead show and jewelry making party
Chi Omega/ Dodgeball tournament
Chi Phi/ HOPE Garden work day
Cornerstone/ Employee Appreciation
CUAB/ Canned food drive
UNC Dance Marathon/ Cornhole for the Kids
Engineers Without Borders/ Volunteer with Rogers-Eubanks Neighborhood Association
Fair, Local, Organic Food/ Volunteer with Carolina Campus Community Garden
Greek Sustainability Council/ Collect leftover food from Greek houses to IFC Shelter
Kappa Delta/ Make butterfly pins for Durham Center for Child and Family Health
NC Fellows/ HOPE Garden work day
Nourish International/ HOPE Garden work day
Order of the Bell Tower/ Chancellor's Chase Run
Pi Beta Phi/ Book drive and book plate decorating
Tri Sigma/ Visit to Robbie Page Memorial Playroom
Young Democrats/ Civic lessons to elementary students
Zeta Psi/ Pig Pickin'
Zeta Tau Alpha/ Easter Egg Hunt
Contact Elizabeth Smith (etsmith90@gmail.com) or Will Clayton (williammclayton@gmail.com), GenerAction Service Week Co-Chairs, with any additional questions. If you're interested in sponsoring a service event or getting involved, email our GenerAction Service Week Co-Director, Will Clayton at williammclayton@gmail.com.