Want to get scholarship money for volunteering? The UCAN Serve program offers a monetary scholarship for volunteering that helps pay for school expenses. The ELC also hosts a volunteer fair, connecting students, faculty and staff to local organizations who offer volunteer opportunities. The ELC partners with Habitat for Humanity, enabling students to participate in monthly volunteer opportunities. Spring and winter alternative breaks allow students to spend a week doing direct service for various organizations.
Why volunteer? Volunteering helps you gain experience outside the classroom, expands your networking of connections, sculpts skills in your field of study and perpetuates your future goals. Volunteering is the travel mug of experience—serving you on the go and providing experience that works around what’s convenient for you! Come talk to our Service Learning Coordinator, Kyra Tarbell. She will guide you towards a volunteer program based on your interests, your location and the amount of time you’re willing to commit. She’ll match you with the type of populations that interest you. Whatever route you choose, volunteering is an asset to your resume!
If you want to help make the world a better place, while helping yourself gain professional experience, come to the Experiential Learning Center and open the door to the vast opportunities volunteering can provide. UCD students, plug your interests, talent and hard work into the outlet of volunteering and see the rewards you could gain.
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