USC Volunteer Center
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About the USC Volunteer Center
As part of Campus Activities, the Volunteer Center is dedicated to promoting service within USC, the greater Los Angeles area, and the global community as a whole. The Volunteer Center’s programs are student-run and student-led.
Our Mission
To empower students to be leaders of social change during their time at USC and beyond.
Our Community Service Philosophy
The Volunteer Center’s Service Curriculum educates students on the complexities of ethical volunteering in the community. Our programs build partnerships that support local and sustainable efforts, developing cross cultural awareness and competency, and educate students on ethical dilemmas.
Alternative Breaks
The Alternative Break (AB) program offers exciting opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to get involved with communities outside of USC during Spring Break. Student Coordinators plan and lead domestic or international trips. Trip Coordinator applications will open in March for ASB 2023.
Friends & Neighbors Day
The Friends and Neighbors Day (FND) program hosts a monthly day of service for students and staff to serve the local community. Last year, we sent over 900 students, faculty, staff, and alumni to over 40 organizations around the city to serve with fellow Trojans and together make a positive impact in the community.
SERVE LA 2022
On Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, the USC & UCLA Volunteer Centers collaborated to organize a city-wide service day! New freshmen, transfer students, continuing undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, staff, and alumni participated in a wide range of community service projects across Los Angeles.
Trojans Serve
One day of service per month is not enough to meet our communities' needs. Trojans Serve events are hosted 2-3 times per month outside of the fixed Friends and Neighbors Day dates and times. Only 1 service project / organization will be hosted at each event.
Below are a variety of ways that USC Trojans can get involved in service:
- Search for Service-Based Student Organizations on EngageSC,
- Visit Trojan Homelessness Response for USC-affiliated organizations working on homelessness in Los Angeles.
- Search online databases like Volunteer Match for opportunities,
- Subcribe to our Volunteer Newsletter to receive notifications about upcoming events and sponsored programs
- Find opportunities with local nonprofit partners in our calendar below:
Reading to Kids Monthly Book Clubs
Alta Loma Elementary School 1745 Vineyard Avenue, Los AngelesReading to Kids is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting childhood education and literacy in the Los Angeles area, particularly within under-resourced communities. Come join us for one of our… Read More »Reading to Kids Monthly Book Clubs
Volunteer Storyteller
OnlineYour story might be exactly what students need to hear! PLUS ME Project is currently recruiting virtual volunteer storytellers for our annual campaign: Wisdom Week. Our mission is to build… Read More »Volunteer Storyteller
Partner With Us
The Volunteer Center works to match students with local nonprofit community partners. If you have a need and a volunteer project, the Volunteer Center can connect you with volunteers to meet your goals! Find out how to host an FND project through our Resources for External Organizations or if you have a project that falls outside of FND, submit a request to have your event posted on our calendar.