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Wagon Restoration Project |
Participate in a community service-learning trip with a team of students engaged in service projects and experiential learning.
The Cornell Public Service Center is the coordinating host of the Cornell Community
of the Bright Red Bookshelf, a project of the Family Reading Partnership.
This student board fosters student leadership by helping students develop and fund grassroots community service projects that tackle the root causes of social problems.
Cornell Companions is a pet visitation program sponsored by the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University.
A program for students who are interested in volunteering their time to the lives
of Ithaca's elderly residents.
Cover Africa is dedicated to malaria intervention in Africa. This year, Cover
Africa has partnered with GHEI to offer short- term volunteer projects to enable
those interested in international volunteer work to gain the experience they desire
and to help the community.
Student volunteers from the College of Engineering develop hands-on interactive
engineering activities that teach math and science skills.
The purpose of First Book is to give children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books.
The purpose of Friends of Farmworkers (FOF) is to provide consistent English
as a Second Language (ESL) instruction to farmworkers who know little or no English.
GRASSHOPR (formerly known as GSSOP) connects the knowledge and resources of Cornell with area schools through mini-courses designed and taught by graduate students.
ITS promotes lifetime commitment to public service and social action. On an average Into the Streets day, more than four hundred students complete more than thirty service projects throughout Tompkins County.
Once a year students organize a Hunger banquet whose proceeds are distributed to Tompkins County food pantries.
If you are interested in developing your conversational foreign language skills and/or helping someone practice their conversational English skills, then this program is for you!
Let's Get Ready! is a program that empowers Cornell University undergraduates
to provide free SAT and college preparation to targeted high school students in
the Ithaca community.
Operation D.E.E.P. is a project launched by a group of Cornell students who care
about the education opportunities for the underprivileged children in China. D.E.E.P.
currently is a co-sponsor of the Jin-Ni LFA Hope School in Jiangxi, China, and
members go there each summer to give English lessons to students and training
to local teachers.
This program enables first-year and transfer students to live in and learn about the Ithaca community while making new friends through hands-on community service and evening activities.
The PSC Leadership Council (PSCLC) is a group of campus program leaders committed
to strengthening their programs and providing assistance to other programs serving
Ithaca and regional community needs.
REACH is a Cornell student movement that partners with the community in support of children’s educational achievement by practicing reflection, student leadership, and reciprocal learning.
SAFE is a Cornell Public Service Center student-run program that engages students
in sexual health education and outreach activities. More specifically, it works
to raise awareness, especially about HIV/AIDS and other STIs, and promote safe
sex practices through a variety of workshops, condom distributions, and events
on and around the Cornell campus.
The purpose of Together is to mentor a group of patients with chronic diseases who consistently attend doctor's appointments, but have difficulty with the daily management of their disease.
Volunteers act as translators/interpreters in emergency and non-emergency situations
for 200 local agencies. People who are bilingual or multilingual are highly encouraged
to help alleviate language barriers in Ithaca. Training is given.
YOURS reaches out to a neighborhood in Freeville, NY, to provide opportunities
for experiential learning for youth.
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A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. |
-- William James
