This has ended.
If you attended, let the organizer know by recording your Impact!
About
Days of Service is a program that hosts different events throughout the semester to give back to the community. Welcome Weekend Day of Service is taking place on August 26th and will meet on the 3rd floor of the University Center. Check In will be from 7:45AM to 8:15AM with breakfast provided. It is our biggest event of the year including a little over 300 students. This project will benefit incoming and returning students by connecting them to service needs and opportunities around the Memphis community and gain interactions within their organizations. Welcome Weekend allows students all throughout campus to volunteer at various locations!
Positions
0 Remaining
Registration
Registration Closed
Registration Closes
Any time before each shift ends or when space runs out.
Age Limit
Teens & Older
Shifts (20)
1 - 20 of 20 Shifts
Shift | Start Time | End Time | Address | Description | Registrants Needed | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
American Cancer Society | 8:00am (CT) | 12:00pm (CT) | 415 Great View Drive East Cordova, TN 38018 | Female Volunteers requested. Help set up for the American Cancer Society's Imagine Ball. Volunteers will be helping set up dinner tables by putting table cloths out and helping decorate. They will also help us set up our live and silent auctions. | 10/10 | Over |
Believe Memphis | 8:00am (CT) | 12:00pm (CT) | Old Forest Lane Memphis, TN 38104 Overton Park outside of the Rainbow Lake Playground. Volunteers can park in the playground parking lot or on the street leading up to the park and look for our big blue tent set up near the playground. | Meet and engage with new families who may be interested in sending their students to Believe Memphis Academy, a tuition free, college prep school serving students in grades 4-8. Will have some fun games/activities planned for kids at the park as well as some giveaways to attract families to our... | 20/20 | Over |
Children's Heart Foundation | 8:00am (CT) | 12:00pm (CT) | 275 S. Walnut Bend Rd., Ste 102 Cordova, TN 38018 | Basic office tasks, such as getting some donor acknowledgement letters ready, prepping envelopes for future mailings, and possibly some organizing of supplies. | 4/4 | Over |
Civic Engagement Board | 8:00am (CT) | 12:00pm (CT) | 3720 Alumni Avenue Memphis, TN 38152 University Center 3rd Floor | CEB Board Only. | 0/3 | Over |
Clio's Closet | 8:00am (CT) | 12:00pm (CT) | Mitchell Hall, 130 Memphis, TN 38152 | Volunteers would be transferring the food in Clio’s Closet from Mitchell Hall to the pantry’s new location in the University Center. They would be moving boxes using a dolly from Mitchell Hall to the UC, and then unpacking, organizing, and stocking the shelves. | 11/11 | Over |
Girls Inc. | 8:00am (CT) | 12:00pm (CT) | 1179 Dellwood Avenue Memphis, TN 38127 Be physically and mentally prepared for outdoor work. Must wear closed toe shoes (preferably sturdy shoes/boots). Rain gear is encourage. In the event of inclement weather, we will plan an alternative activity. Bring a refillable water bottle. | Painting the Education Shed on the Girls Inc. Youth Farm | 15/25 | Over |
Habitat Restore | 8:00am (CT) | 12:00pm (CT) | 7130 Winchester Memphis, TN 38125 Fill out waiver. | The store is primarily run by volunteers, who help sort and organize donations, stock shelves, assist customers, test appliances and electronics, and much more. Fill out waiver! http://donorlynk.com/memphishabitat/waiver-form-4/ | 10/25 | Over |
Hanley Elementary/ High School | 8:00am (CT) | 12:00pm (CT) | 680 Hanley Street Memphis, TN 38114 | Fix raised flower garden in front of school. | 6/10 | Over |
Harwood Center | 8:00am (CT) | 12:00pm (CT) | 8500 Walnut Grove Rd Cordova, TN 38018 Meet at Entrance 4 of Hope Church | Volunteers will be organizing and putting together materials for Harwood Center’s Applied Behavior Analysis program in preparation for the new school year. This will consist of organizing and cleaning classrooms, grouping craft kit materials, cutting out laminated materials, etc. | 6/7 | Over |
Kirby Middle School | 8:00am (CT) | 12:00pm (CT) | 6670 E. Raines Rd Memphis, TN 38115 | Kirby Middle would like to create a painted rock garden to decorate the outside of the school. | 20/20 | Over |
Memphis Animal Services | 8:00am (CT) | 12:00pm (CT) | 2350 Appling city cove Memphis, TN 38133 | Volunteers are needed to make blankets and toys while interacting with different pets. MUST BE 18. | 12/12 | Over |
Memphis Riverfront | 8:00am (CT) | 12:00pm (CT) | Island Drive Memphis, TN 38115 | Need for the volunteers in picking up debris in Greenbrook Park left from the highwaters. | 39/60 | Over |
Memphis Tilth | 8:00am (CT) | 12:00pm (CT) | 575 Suzette Street Memphis, TN 38126 University Center 3rd Floor | Tasks would include garden maintenance and landscaping activities such as weeding beds, cutting grass, pruning plants, planting, mulching, adding compost to various areas. | 4/25 | Over |
Overton Park | 8:00am (CT) | 12:00pm (CT) | 2080 Poplar Avenue Memphis, TN 38104 | Two activities planned; spreading mulch in the dog park and clearing storm drains around the park and old forest. Both these activities will enhance park visitor experience by reducing things such as flooding that make both the dog park and forest inaccessible. | 23/40 | Over |
Shelby Farms | 8:00am (CT) | 12:00pm (CT) | 6489 Mullins Sation Road Memphis, TN 38134 Location is directly across the street from a small, grey house. Volunteers will park in the lot across from the garden at the Shelby County Code Enforcement. | Volunteers will meet at the Greenline Trailhead by collecting trash and pushing aside fallen branches and limbs. One of the most needed volunteer opportunities! | 41/40 | Over |
St. Jude Garden | 8:00am (CT) | 12:00pm (CT) | 150 Overton Avenue Memphis, TN 38103 | Working on St.Jude Garden and cleaning it up. | 15/17 | Over |
Thistle and Bee | 8:00am (CT) | 12:00pm (CT) | 102 N 2nd St Calvary Episcopal Church Corner of 2nd and Adams Memphis, TN 38103 | Volunteers are needed at the garden to clean and weed. | 10/20 | Over |
Vision Preparatory Charter School | 8:00am (CT) | 12:00pm (CT) | 260 Joubert Avenue Memphis, TN 38019 | Will organize scholar room and library. | 4/10 | Over |
Wooddale Middle | 8:00am (CT) | 12:00pm (CT) | 3467 Castleman Memphis, TN 38118 | Wooddale Middle would like to create a painted rock garden to decorate the outside of the school. | 10/20 | Over |
Youth Villages | 8:00am (CT) | 12:00pm (CT) | 7410 Memphis Arlington Rd Memphis, TN 38133 | Volunteers will be engaging in recreational therapy with the youth. This can include activities that range from different opportunities. | 48/60 | Over |