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UNLVolunteers

UNLVolunteers is a student-led organization whose mission is to encourage civic engagement and positive social change by providing and promoting meaningful service opportunities for UNLV students, faculty, and staff.

About

UNLVolunteers provides meaningful service opportunities for our UNLV community in 5 different impact areas:

Volunteers who focus their service on the environment aim to promote sustainable systems in our local community. This includes serving in community gardens, wilderness restoration, and urban sustainability. Volunteers are empowered to learn about environmental justice issues affecting marginalized communities including regulatory policy and climate change.

Volunteers focused on health and wellness serve to increase community access to healthcare resources. This includes service with organizations that focus on senior citizens, mental health, and nutrition. Students are empowered to learn about social justice issues affecting health and wellness including equitable access to healthcare resources for marginalized communities.

Service programs focused on housing and food insecurity strive to meet immediate community needs and address systemic issues of poverty. This includes service with food pantries and shelters. Students are empowered to learn about social justice issues affecting poverty alleviation including policy.

Youth service programs aim to improve the well-being of children and young people. This includes service with schools and organizations that focus on youth wellness. Students are empowered to learn about social justice issues affecting youth including taking action to increase access and reduce barriers to quality education.

Our general impact programs aim to promote all other forms of service that are not captured by our four other impact areas. This can be a very broad range of service, from serving lunch to our houseless community with our community partners, to providing company to our elderly community for a couple of hours at many of the nursing homes found throughout the Vegas Valley

Get Involved

Students can get involved with UNLVolunteers by simply coming to our service events, attending our monthly general meetings, or becoming part of our executive board.

UNLVolunteer Events

  • Join over 200 UNLV students for our semesterly tradition, Service Day. This Spring Service Day, go out and do 3 hours of service with various community partners around the Las Vegas Valley. Tasks vary depending on…

  • Shannon West Homeless Youth Center focuses on providing services for those between ages 16-24 who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. During this event, volunteers will help with lunch prep and serve. Aside from…

  • DASH is one of the longest-running, key signature programs here at UNLV. Join UNLVolunteers as we build peanut butter and jelly sandwiches lunch bags to hand out during the community lunch hour at the Salvation Army.…

  • DASH is one of the longest-running, key signature programs here at UNLV. Join UNLVolunteers as we build peanut butter and jelly sandwiches lunch bags to hand out during the community lunch hour at the Salvation Army.…

  • Join over 200 UNLV students for our semesterly tradition, Service Day. This Spring Service Day, go out and do three hours of service with various community partners around the Las Vegas Valley. Tasks vary depending…

  • Join over 200 UNLV students for our semesterly tradition, Service Day. This Spring Service Day, go out and do three hours of service with various community partners around the Las Vegas Valley. Tasks vary depending…

  • Join over 200 UNLV students for our semesterly tradition, Service Day. This Spring Service Day, go out and do three hours of service with various community partners around the Las Vegas Valley. Tasks vary depending…

  • Join over 200 UNLV students for our semesterly tradition, Service Day. This Spring Service Day, go out and do three hours of service with various community partners around the Las Vegas Valley. Tasks vary depending…

  • Join over 200 UNLV students for our semesterly tradition, Service Day. This Spring Service Day, go out and do three hours of service with various community partners around the Las Vegas Valley. Tasks vary depending…

  • Join over 200 UNLV students for our semesterly tradition, Service Day. This Spring Service Day, go out and do 3 hours of service with various community partners around the Las Vegas Valley. Tasks vary depending on…

  • Join over 200 UNLV students for our semesterly tradition, Service Day. This Spring Service Day, go out and do three hours of service with various community partners around the Las Vegas Valley. Tasks vary depending…

  • Join over 200 UNLV students for our semesterly tradition, Service Day. This Spring Service Day, go out and do three hours of service with various community partners around the Las Vegas Valley. Tasks vary depending…

  • Join over 200 UNLV students for our semesterly tradition, Service Day. This Spring Service Day, go out and do three hours of service with various community partners around the Las Vegas Valley. Tasks vary depending…

  • DASH is one of the longest-running, key signature programs here at UNLV. Join UNLVolunteers as we build peanut butter and jelly sandwiches lunch bags to hand out during the community lunch hour at the Salvation Army.…

  • DASH is one of the longest-running, key signature programs here at UNLV. Join UNLVolunteers as we build peanut butter and jelly sandwiches lunch bags to hand out during the community lunch hour at the Salvation Army.…

  • Join UNLVolunteers and The Wellness Zone as we sit down and learn about the flu season and some resources at UNLV you can use to fight the flu. We will not only be learning about the flu and resources at UNLV, but we will…

  • DASH is one of the longest-running, key signature programs here at UNLV. Join UNLVolunteers as we build peanut butter and jelly sandwiches lunch bags to hand out during the community lunch hour at the Salvation Army.…

  • DASH is one of the longest-running, key signature programs here at UNLV. Join UNLVolunteers as we build peanut butter and jelly sandwiches lunch bags to hand out during the community lunch hour at the Salvation Army.…

  • A day of not only service (building safer sex kits) but a talk and conversation about safer sex practices with our partners at The Wellness Zone.  Join UNLVolunteers for a quick panel and discussion, along with some kit…

  • DASH is one of the longest-running, key signature programs here at UNLV. Join UNLVolunteers as we build peanut butter and jelly sandwiches lunch bags to hand out during the community lunch hour at the Salvation Army.…

  • DASH is one of the longest-running, key signature programs here at UNLV. Join UNLVolunteers as we build peanut butter and jelly sandwiches lunch bags to hand out during the community lunch hour at the Salvation Army.…

  • DASH is one of the longest-running, key signature programs here at UNLV. Join UNLVolunteers as we build peanut butter and jelly sandwiches lunch bags to hand out during the community lunch hour at the Salvation Army.…

  • DASH is one of the longest-running, key signature programs here at UNLV. Join UNLVolunteers as we build peanut butter and jelly sandwiches lunch bags to hand out during the community lunch hour at the Salvation Army.…

  • Join UNLVolunteers as we volunteer at another part of UNLV, the extension at the Urban Water Conservation Center in North Las Vegas. We will take a team to go out and learn about the conservation and flora restoration…

  • DASH is one of the longest-running, key signature programs here at UNLV. Join UNLVolunteers as we build peanut butter and jelly sandwiches lunch bags to hand out during the community lunch hour at the Salvation Army.…

  • DASH is one of the longest-running, key signature programs here at UNLV. Join UNLVolunteers as we build peanut butter and jelly sandwiches lunch bags to hand out during the community lunch hour at the Salvation Army.…

  • DASH is one of the longest-running, key signature programs here at UNLV. Join UNLVolunteers as we build peanut butter and jelly sandwiches lunch bags to hand out during the community lunch hour at the Salvation Army.…

  • DASH is one of the longest-running, key signature programs here at UNLV. Join UNLVolunteers as we build peanut butter and jelly sandwiches lunch bags to hand out during the community lunch hour at the Salvation Army.…

  • DASH is one of the longest-running, key signature programs here at UNLV. Join UNLVolunteers as we build peanut butter and jelly sandwiches lunch bags to hand out during the community lunch hour at the Salvation Army.…

  • DASH is one of the longest-running, key signature programs here at UNLV. Join UNLVolunteers as we build peanut butter and jelly sandwiches lunch bags to hand out during the community lunch hour at the Salvation Army.…

  • DASH is one of the longest-running, key signature programs here at UNLV. Join UNLVolunteers as we build peanut butter and jelly sandwiches lunch bags to hand out during the community lunch hour at the Salvation Army.…

  • DASH is one of the longest-running, key signature programs here at UNLV. Join UNLVolunteers as we build peanut butter and jelly sandwiches lunch bags to hand out during the community lunch hour at the Salvation Army.…

  • DASH is one of the longest-running, key signature programs here at UNLV. Join UNLVolunteers as we build peanut butter and jelly sandwiches lunch bags to hand out during the community lunch hour at the Salvation Army.…

  • DASH is one of the longest-running, key signature programs here at UNLV. Join UNLVolunteers as we build peanut butter and jelly sandwiches lunch bags to hand out during the community lunch hour at the Salvation Army.…

Signature Events

Service Day

Service Day is a twice-a-semester service event where UNLV students participate with various community partners for three hours of service. Participation in Service Day is open to all UNLV students, faculty, and alumni.

DASH

DASH is one of UNLV’s longest running traditions on campus. Our DASH service project prepares lunch sacks for UNLV students to hand out to our Vegas houseless community. Held two times of the month during the academic year, DASH is open to any and all UNLV students, faculty, and alumni.

Leadership Opportunities

Be a UNLVolunteers Program Assistant

Interested in planning service events on campus? Apply to be a UNLVolunteers Program Assistant! Applications open late in the spring semester, and, depending on need, may be open year-round. The term runs from May to May.

Program assistants work to develop the skills and knowledge needed to plan service projects and facilitate education and reflection activities for participants. For more information about joining UNLVolunteers and applying for the executive board, please become a member on the Involvement Center through MyUNLV, and follow us on Facebook.