Service Opportunities for Departments
Looking for ways you and your staff can make a difference and give back to the community? Below is a list of a few of University Life’s Signature Service Projects. If you are interested in working with one of the organizations below, please feel free to connect them directly to coordinate something that meets your department’s needs. Once you confirm a project, the Community Building and Service Committee would love to “showcase your service” on our “UL Gives Back Spotlight” page. To share your story, please contact Lisa Snyder at lsnyder2@gmu.edu.
Upcoming University Life Service Programs
- UL Gives Back Summer Day of Service: July 26, 2023
Signature Service Partners
Over the years University Life has partnered with several different community partners to provide opportunities for faculty, staff, and students to engage with give back to the community. Check out some of our signature service project sites as part of our annual UL Day of Service and UL Scarf Fest Programs.
- Animal Welfare League
- Arlington Parks and Recreation
- Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing
- Birgmingham Green Assisted Living
- BookShare.org
- Capital Area Food Bank
- Child Development Center (at Mason)
- Domestic Violence Action Center
- The EDGE (at Mason)
- Fairfax Humane Society
- Fairfax Library
- Generation Hope
- Glories Happy Hats
- Hampton Middle School Sponsor a Child for the Holidays
- LGBTQ+ Trans Closet (at Mason)
- Office of Sustainability (at Mason)
- Operation Paws for Homes
- Manassas SERVE Family Shelter
- Manassas SERVE Hunger Resource Center
- Mason’s Patriot Pantry
- Northern Virginia Family Services
- Prince William County ACTS Hunger Prevention Cetner
- Project Linus
- River Bend Clean-Up at Mason’s Point of View
- Ronald McDonald House
- Smithsonian Digital Volunteering
- Sunrise Senior Living
- Yorkshire Elementary School Supply Drive
- Women Giving Back
Campus Programming Focused Around Service
Check out some of Mason’s campus wide programs and events focused around service. If your department is hosting a program/event and you would like to be listed here, please email Lisa Snyder at lsnyder2@gmu.edu.
- Family Weekend Day of Service
- Mason’s Service Fair
- Mason Nation 9/11 Day of Service
- Mason Nation Thriving Together 5K
- Office of Sustainability
- Patriot Pantry
- Trans Clothing Closet
Resources Departments
- Community Engagement and Civic Learning
- The LEAD Office
- Mason Chooses Kindness
- Volunteer Fairfax
- University Life: Community Building and Service Committee
