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Students join in weekend of community service

College life is full. Between quizzes and midterms, finals and papers, a 10-week quarter seems to whiz by, with weekends reserved not just for study but for laundry, socializing and sleep as well.

Nevertheless, once a quarter, 160 or so 嘿嘿视频 students volunteer their time during a Weekend of Service, doing everything from planting trees to making dolls for children with life-threatening illnesses. The next Weekend of Service is Feb. 5-6.

In 2007-08, 嘿嘿视频 volunteers recorded 250,000 volunteer hours 鈥 enough to receive a place on the U.S. President鈥檚 Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a university can receive for its commitment to volunteering.

鈥淔raternities and sororities do it, independent students do it with their friends,鈥 explains Hayley Peltz, student manager of the Community Service Resource Center, a program of the 嘿嘿视频 Internship and Career Center. 鈥淭ypically, there are about four or five projects each day that students can participate in.鈥

While students can and do volunteer through the center year-round, Peltz says the service weekends allow community organizations to sponsor daylong projects and give students an opportunity to make a limited commitment that fits easily into even the busiest of schedules.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a really great experience,鈥 says Peltz. 鈥淣ot only are you connecting with community partners, you are meeting a bunch of people you probably wouldn鈥檛 have met,鈥 she says.

鈥淚t鈥檚 great to put yourself out of your bubble," she adds. "You鈥檝e worked so hard to come to college, and you鈥檝e done all these things for yourself. This is the time to give something back.鈥

To help students find volunteer opportunities at any time, the resource center maintains an online database of more than 600 community organizations, and students can sign up to receive e-mails that highlight opportunities.

During 2009-10, students served 400,000 volunteer hours, and Peltz says 嘿嘿视频 is applying for the honor once again.

Media Resources

Julia Ann Easley, General news (emphasis: business, K-12 outreach, education, law, government and student affairs), 530-752-8248, jaeasley@ucdavis.edu

Hayley Peltz, Community Service Resource Center, (530) 752-3813, communityservice@ucdavis.edu

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