Individual
Placement –
Students are placed in service agencies
or organizations according to their interests.
Weekly
Volunteer Opportunities –
All students receive a weekly e-mail listing
available volunteer opportunities.
Community Service Fair
– Each
September and January, local agencies seeking volunteers are invited
to campus to recruit volunteers for their organizations.
Service
Saturdays – Two
Saturdays each month, students are invited to participate in a
one-time community service project. Lunch and transportation are
provided.
The
Giving Tree –
This annual holiday gift-giving program
involves the distribution of gifts to over 600 local families,
nursing homes, foster care centers, and service agencies.
Light
the Night Walk for Leukemia and Lymphoma –
The Light the Night Walk
to support the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society takes places each
April on the Bucknell campus. The 2-mile walk raises funds for
persons suffering from blood-related cancers.
Neighborhood
Thaw-Out – Bucknell students,
faculty, and staff volunteer their time each April to assist local
downtown businesses with spring projects.
Camp
Leadership –
This weekly leadership skills development
program teaches local youth basic leadership skills through experiential
activities, projects, and discussions.
Cultural
Creations – This weekly
arts program introduces local youth to the creative process of
art and exposes them to various cultures from around the world.
Red
Cross Friendship Box Program –
Students fill shoebox-sized containers holding
educational, health, personal and recreational items for those
in need in the local area.
Red
Cross School Chest Program – School
supplies are collected each spring to outfit a classroom in an
international community that has experienced a crisis and enables
you to gain a unique perspective on the world.
Federal
Community Service Work-Study – Students
who are work-study eligible may work in any of nearly fifty local
paid internships with area non-profit agencies.
