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Community Service

SERVE OUR COMMUNITY: LEARN. JOIN. DISCUSS. ACT.

serving our communityStudent Engagement and Leadership (SEaL) builds community partnerships and connects students with volunteer opportunities. SEaL challenges CSCC students to make an impact in our community. Please review the opportunity calendar; if you have a particular interest and/or would like to learn more about serving our community, please contact seal@cscc.edu to be added to our community service listserv.

LEARN.
Discover and educate yourself about all the ways you can make a difference in the community and around the world.

JOIN.
Become a member of the SEaL Service Team!
Spread the word on Facebook—and invite your friends to take part too.

DISCUSS.
Attend “WWYD?”; A discussion about ethics, responsibility and action.
Share information about volunteerism with your friends, family, and community.

ACT.

  • Become a Volunteer.
  • Become a S.O.S. Leader & lead a volunteer team.
  • Advocate volunteerism and serve our community.

To sign up volunteer opportunities, please e-mail seal@CSCC.edu or visit SEaL in NH 116.

 

Upcoming Feature: ASB Stay-cation
The Stay-cation is a program that allows students to engage in community service in Columbus over spring break. SEaL will be planning days of service (March 12 – 15, 2013) in the local community. Possible projects include serving with a local chapter of Habitat for Humanity, serving at a local homeless shelter, serving at a local soup kitchen, serving with an animal shelter, etc. For more information or to sign up, stop by the office of Student Engagement and Leadership in Nestor Hall 116 or email seal@cscc.edu.

Community Service Fair -
Tuesday, February 12, 2013, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., NH Lounges
Community Service Fair hosts multiple organizations from across the central Ohio area to speak to students about various volunteer opportunities. Students are also given the opportunity to participate in an onsite service project.

2013 SERVICE Calendar for Spring Semester

January 15- February 15, Random Acts of Kindness Week (Programming TBA)
February 10, (SOS) Sunday of Service, College Goal Sunday
March 12-15, Alternative Spring Break "Staycation"
March 21, Vagina Monologues & Fundraiser Sponsored by Diversity and Study Abroad
April 1-30, Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month
April 21-26, National Volunteer Week
April 13, (SOS) Saturday of Service, Earth Day @ Kipp Journey Academy
May 4, (SOS) Saturday of Service, Community Outreach Soccer Clinic, Co-Sponsored with Diversity and Study Abroad
May 10- 18, AmeriCorps Week

BLOOD DRIVES (Nestor Hall Study Lounge) 
Columbus State Community College hosts Blood Drives each semester; The Red Cross accepts both appointments and walk-ins.  To schedule an appointment, please visit: www.redcrossblood.org and type in Sponsor Code: cougars

Any questions? Call (614) 287-5092.

Serve our community & give at one of CSCC’s Blood Drives:
September 4, 2012
September 30, 2012
October 9, 2012
October 22, 2012
November 13, 2012
November 28, 2012
December 6, 2012
January 17, 2013
January 26, 2013
February 5, 2013
February 18, 2013
March 6, 2013
April 11, 2013
April 22, 2013
May 28, 2013
June 26, 2013
July 28, 2013
August 20, 2013
August 28, 2013

Service Program Descriptions

(SOS) Saturday of Service: What message are we sending to the community?
SEaL hosts a community service project one Saturday a month. Service projects are open to staff, faculty and students; if anyone, including not-for-profit organizations have a project idea, they may e-mail seal@cscc.edu. SEaL wants to send a message to the community that we care and desire to make a genuine difference in our surrounding neighborhoods.

ASB Stay-cation
The Stay-cation is a program that allows students to engage in community service in Columbus over spring break. SEaL will be planning days of service (March 12 – 15, 2013) in the local community. Possible projects include serving with a local chapter of Habitat for Humanity, serving at a local homeless shelter, serving at a local soup kitchen, serving with an animal shelter, etc. For more information or to sign up, stop by the office of Student Engagement and Leadership in Nestor Hall 116 or email seal@cscc.edu.

Community Service Fair
Community Service Fair hosts multiple organizations from across the central Ohio area to speak to students about various volunteer opportunities. Students are also given the opportunity to participate in an onsite service project.