Upcoming Events
Community Service at Western Connecticut State University
Last updated: December 6, 2016
Upcoming Events
| Tuesday, February 7, 2017 Snow date: February 21, 2017 Time: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Warner Hall |
2nd Annual WCSU Community Service Fair Local non-profit organizations provide information about their services and connect with volunteers looking for opportunities to help out. |
| Friday, September 22, 2017 Time: 8 a.m. Ives Concert Hall |
4th Annual Western Day of Service Students, faculty, staff, and alumni come together to volunteer with the many non-profit organizations in the local community. Details to follow as we get closer to the date. |
Past Events
| October 24, 2014 PAST Time: 8:00 a.m. Kathwari Honors House |
Connecticut Make a Difference! Join us to help out in downtown Danbury’s Escape to the Arts Center at 291 Main Street with sanding, painting, and light maintenance work, or trek out to the YMCA’s Great Hollow in New Fairfield to help with trail maintenance, raking and general cleaning of the grounds in preparation of their fall programming. |
| November 14, 2014 PAST Time: 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. UCONN – Storrs |
Beyond the Selfie – Linking Identity, Community, and Social Change Student Community Engagement and Leadership Conference The conference will include both workshops and a keynote by nonprofit strategist, program designer and facilitator Cosmo Fujiyama. Workshop schedules will be available shortly, but will include topics such as skill development for community engagement, social media and marketing, volunteer recruitment and management, program facilitation and evaluation, reflection, leadership development, and more! |
| March 14 – 22, 2015 PAST Spring Break |
A Day on the Trail – Alternative Spring Break 1st College Collaboration Trail Project – Students will join educated and skilled wilderness volunteers on the Appalachian Trail and learn: 1. The history of the trail; 2. How to navigate and read markings; 3. Details of trail maintenance and much more! |
| March 18 – 22, 2015 PAST Spring Break |
Mission of Mercy Alternative Spring Break Stay on campus and help with the Mission of Mercy project for an alternative Spring Break |
| April 22, 2015 PAST Earth Day |
A Day on the Trail 1st College Collaboration Trail Project – Students will join educated and skilled wilderness volunteers on the Appalachian Trail and learn: 1. The history of the trail; 2. How to navigate and read markings; 3. Details of trail maintenance and much more! |
| September 25, 2015 PAST Time: 8 a.m. Ives Concert Hall |
2nd Annual Western Day of Service Students, faculty, and staff come together to volunteer with the many non-profit organizations in the local community. Details to follow as we get closer to the date. |
| October 23, 2015 PAST Time: 8:00 a.m. Kathwari Honors House |
Connecticut Make a Difference! Students volunteered at a couple of non-profit organizations in downtown Danbury, Escape to the Arts and the Danbury Historical Museum |
| Wednesday, April 6, 2016 PAST Time: 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Warner Hall |
WCSU Community Service Fair Local non-profit organizations provide information about their services and connect with volunteers looking for opportunities to help out. |
| Friday, September 23, 2016 PAST Time: 8 a.m. Ives Concert Hall |
3rd Annual Western Day of Service Students, faculty, staff, and alumni come together to volunteer with the many non-profit organizations in the local community. Details to follow as we get closer to the date. |
