Upcoming Saturday Service Projects:
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Love Ur Community February 22, 2025 - 9:00 am to 12:30 pm Join students, staff, faculty, and community members in celebration of community care by volunteering with local organizations making positive change. |
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Registration is required for all projects
- There are a limited number of spots available for each project - first come, first served
- Unless otherwise indicated on the project description, all projects will take place from 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
- Transportation is NOT provided to the projects
- If you are participating with a group, everyone must sign up individually
- Some projects may require volunteers to wear face masks
- If you feel ill or have symptoms you will be asked to stay home
- If you register and aren't able to attend, please email brett.gaffney@utah.edu
STEP 1: Choose your Volunteer Project
Location:Kahlert Village
Volunteer Spots: 30 total
Mission: The Center for Community and Cultural Engagement supports student well-being and success by providing pathways to vibrant community and culture through education and celebration of unique heritage, experiences, and practices.
Project Description: Volunteers will assemble posters and signs in preparation for the MLK Week March and Rally on 1/20 MLK Day. All ages welcome!
Location: Near the Law building, directly between the Biology building and the Pioneer Memorial Theatre.
Volunteer Spots: 60 total
Mission: The Edible Campus Gardens mission is to engage the campus community in ecologically sound and just food systems through garden-based experience, education and research.
Project Description: Volunteers will be harvesting, weeding, and other gardening tasks. All ages welcome!
Location: Bennion Center 200 South Central Campus Drive, Union Suite 101
Volunteer Spots: 30 total
Mission: One-time service projects you can pick up to do on your own, anywhere or anytime you are able to give in support of others in your community. We focus on addressing needs in our own community with projects that are impactful, but also simple enough that people can pick them up quickly.
Project Description: Volunteers will write greeting cards for residents at the VA Nursing Home.
Location: 6616 S 900 E, Murray
Volunteer Spots: 50 total
Mission: The Home Fire Campaign helps save lives by installing free smoke alarms in homes that don't have them, and by educating people about home fire safety.
Project Description:Through the Home Fire Campaign, volunteers will be connecting to the community through home-based appointments to install free smoke alarms. Teams of 2-3 volunteers will be going to appointments and doing fire safety education and installing new smoke alarms for those that need them. Ages 18+
Location: 347 S 400 E
Volunteer Spots: 20 total
Mission: Crossroads Urban Center is a nonprofit, grassroots organization that assists and organizes Utahns with low incomes, those with disabilities, and people of color to meet basic survival needs and to address essential issues affecting quality of life.
Project Description:Volunteers will help prepare instructions for cooking turkeys, for annual Thanksgiving Giveaway.
Location: 935 East Sounth Temple
Volunteer Spots: 6 total
Mission: By providing a comforting, supportive, and healing space for families, RMHC helps ease many day-to-day burdens so parents can focus on the most important thing—the well-being of their seriously ill or injured child.
Project Description:Volunteers will help with cleaning, organizing, gardening, etc.
Location: Salt Lake City Cemetery
Volunteer Spots: 75 total
Mission: We are committed to establishing a supportive environment and welcoming campus culture. We enhance the educational experience of the military affiliated students to remove barriers and maximize the academic, psychosocial, and career potentials that results in unconditional success in the classroom and beyond.
Project Description:Volunteers will plant American flags on veterans' graves in honor of Veterans Day.
Location: 1580 East Vine Street, Murray
Volunteer Spots: 20 total
Mission: The Wonderbloom Nature Playschool is a nature-based preschool in Salt Lake City. This organization aims to educate young children about nature aged 3-5 through allowing the students to spend lots of time outdoors to interact with nature.
Project Description: Volunteers will help spruce up the Outdoor Classroom for children to have a safe place to learn and grow! Raking, shoveling, planting, weeding, oiling wood, and cleaning windows. All ages welcome!
Step 2: Register for Your Preferred Project
- If the project does not appear on the registration form, all spots have been filled
- After you register, you'll be contacted with additional instructions in the 2 weeks leading up to the event
CLICK HERE for registration form
Any questions should be directed to brett.gaffney@utah.edu
If you need immediate assistance, please call our office 801-581-4811