Student Affairs - Day of Service University of Colorado Boulder
Day of Service The Volunteer Resource Center has been at the forefront of experiential education at CU-Boulder for nearly 45 years. The VRC brings together students and the local community through its many service programs and opportunities. Day of Service helps to provide every first-year student with an opportunity to connect with one another, with their campus, and with their community as soon as they arrive at CU. Research confirms that exposing our students to community service and outreach provides them with an opportunity to become engaged as long term members of their campus and local communities. VRC works to canvass specific community needs, to build a community of active citizens, and to sustain a culture of volunteerism at CU-Boulder through Day of Service programming.
Day of Service 2012 impact — Year 1: Laying the Foundation On August 25, 2012, VRC successfully delivered the first Day of Service. • 122 students involved • 344 hours of service • Service labor provided by the volunteers saved a total of approximately $19,000 in labor costs for our partnering organizations • Yard work provided by volunteers saved participating households, with an average annual income of $12,000, approximately $210 each
Come visit us in the UMC!
Volunteer Resource Center UMC – third floor Suite 358 Boulder, CO 80309 303.735.4495 volunteer.colorado.edu
Jen Ross Director of Volunteer Resource Center 303.735.4600 jen.ross@colorado.edu Hayley Thompson Development Associate University of Colorado Foundation 303.492.2086 hayley.thompson@cufund.org
Goals for 2013 Day of Service — Looking Ahead: Connecting CU students to their new community Based on its success, the VRC intends to increase the number of student volunteers in the 2013 Day of Service. Our goals are to: • Increase student participation to approximately 650 volunteers • Increase the total service hours to approximately 6,750 hours • Cultivate new and ongoing relationships with nonprofits in the surrounding communities • Organize a sustainable and ongoing structure to support pre and post service • Work closely with Residence Life in increasing service in resident halls
Make a Transformational Difference cufund.org
Your donation to the Day of Service will help provide an essential program that connects CU-Boulder students with their surrounding community and introduces them to a philosophy of active citizenship—while having an impact that reaches far beyond the CU-Boulder campus and the state of Colorado. Your gift will support the cost of transportation, lunch, and t-shirts for the student volunteers and provide support for supply costs for the individual volunteer projects.
All gifts should be payable to the University of Colorado Foundation, specifying the appropriate fund.
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