CSUF Members Also Provide
Service to the Community
Not only does Cal State Fullerton educate
the workforce of our community, it plays an important
role in providing volunteers and assistance to a wide
range of community agencies and organizations.
For instance, 1,700 to 2,000 students
volunteer in the local area through the CSUF Volunteer
& Service Center. Last year, the center recorded
more than 6,700 hours of community service. Thousands
more hours were logged by students, faculty and staff
members independently of the center.
Each year, approximately 20 to 25 agencies
and schools receive services as a direct result of Cal
State Fullerton’s Volunteer & Service Center.
Listed below is a sample of the types of assistance
provided last year:
- Sixteen blood drives were held
on campus in cooperation with the American Red Cross.
- Over 400 pounds of food were gleaned
from local fields during a “One Day’s
Pay” service activity. These freshly harvested
vegetables and fruits were donated to Second Harvest
Food Bank.
- Six hundred dollars and more than
500 cans of food were collected during “National
Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week,” benefiting
the Orange County Rescue Mission.
- More than 200 hygiene kits were delivered
to the Orange County Rescue Mission.
- In partnership with Corazon de Vida,
CSUF volunteers spend a day with local children at
an orphanage in Tijuana.
- More than 70 students participated
in field gleaning, habitat restoration and packaging
non-perishable foods during the university’s
third annual “Spring Break of Service”
and “Cesar Chavez Day of Service” programs.
- The first “Social Justice Student
Summit” was held last spring, focusing on education,
empowerment and action. More than 200 students, faculty,
staff and community members attended to learn more
about issues of social justice.
The center continues to provide
ongoing assistance to Orangewood Children’s Home
and the Anaheim Interfaith Shelter where children receive
tutoring and students serve as mentors. There is an
increasing focus on literacy at the two agencies.
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