Center For Community Outreach

Today through tomorrow marks KU's One Day One KU day of giving! The CCO is currently raising funds to help bring more service opportunities to students on campus and for our annual Into the Streets Week coming up in April! We would greatly appreciate anything you can give. Thank you for your support! Donate Here! https://lnkd.in/gJs7GejF

This past saturday the Center for Community Outreach had the pleasure of hosting our annual Super Service Saturday to kick off the new school year. A part of Hawk Week a The University of Kansas tradition to get students new to KU acclimated to life on campus, Super Service Saturday is held on the first Saturday of the school year to get students engaged with the Lawrence community when they get back to campus. This year we hosted 239 volunteers which totaled over 700 volunteer hours to start off the school year of service. Volunteers were spread around Lawrence helping various organizations with various tasks. This amount of volunteering is estimated to be $24,012.33 worth of volunteerism based on the average rate of volunteerism in the US set by the Independent Sector. We want to thank the coordinators and volunteers that came out to support the Lawrence community, we could not have done it without you!

As the 23-24 academic school comes to a conclusion, the CCO is proud to announce that we have reached our goal of logging more than 7,000 volunteer hours on our platform, volunteer.ku.edu! With an official count of 7,037.59 hours logged as of May 8th, we have an estimated impact of $223,795.36 worth of volunteerism based on the average rate of volunteerism in the US set by the Independent Sector. All of our hours have been in support of the Lawrence and broader Douglas County community. We were also lucky enough to receive the Rock Chalk Recognition Award for Outstanding Student Organization alongside our advisor, Kate Kemper, M.S.Ed., who received the Student Organization Advisor Award! In addition, we would like to thank everyone who supported us this year, whether they are a volunteer, an advisor, or a professor who reshared our new Canvas module outlining all of our volunteer needs! In April, we hit a record number of 20,724 ongoing need views on our volunteer platform during our biggest week of service, Into the Streets Week! You all are amazing! We would most of all like to thank our program coordinators for an excellent year of successful and fun events. Included here are pictures of Super Service Saturday, Trunk or Treat, Into the Streets Week, and other program specific events! Thank you!?

Join us next week for our annual Into the Streets Week, hosted by the Center for Community Outreach! From April 20th to April 28th, we'll be hosting 12 diverse events, each representing a different aspect of our commitment to service and community engagement. We invite everyone to participate in this weeklong celebration of service and join us in shaping a brighter future together. Visit cco.ku.edu for event details and register for events at volunteer.ku.edu. We look forward to seeing you there!

The AfroRithm Futures Group (AFRG) will be hosting world-building workshops in the Kansas Union, Woodruff Auditorium from April 24 to 26. The workshops will be led with Afrofuturist storytelling and tools to empower groups and individuals to imagine more equitable and inclusive futures.?? AFRG is an Afrofuturist consultancy and storytelling collective led by Dr. Lonny J Avi Brooks, Ahmed Best, and Jade Fabello. They drive transformative action for social justice-related issues within organizations through collaboration, education, and play.?? Everyone is welcome, and we hope to see you there! If you are interested in attending, free ticket reservations are required.?? Center For Community Outreach Achievement & Assessment Institute at KU Center for Public Partnerships & Research KU College of Liberal Arts & Sciences KU J-School