CAAS advocates for issues ranging from hunger and homelessness to environmental policy through service projects, educational events, and publications. If you have a project that you think deserves attention or want to start a volunteer initiative, contact us at caas@ku.edu

• Office Hours: Tuesday 12:15-1:15pm
• Located in Kansas Union, Room 405

Volunteers serve community agencies and populations by providing services focused on art, theater, music, and dance. Weekly sessions at the Ballard Community Center work on art related projects with preschool-age children.

• Office Hours: Monday 11:00-12:00 pm
• Located in Kansas Union, Room 405

Daily Bread is the first Food Recovery Program at the University of Kansas that currently partners with the KU Dining Services and the Center for Community Outreach to donate the campus' surplus bread and produce before each break to the Salvation Army.

• Office Hours: Thursday 3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
• Located in Kansas Union, Room 405

The EARTH program focuses on growing organic food for local food pantries. EARTH also provides opportunities for students to learn about the relationships between food, the environment and local food producers.

• Office Hours: Wed. 2-3pm
• Located in Kansas Union, Room 405

GROW is a program that works in Lawrence’s elementary schools to promote different ways in which the kids can “grow” in their lives. Volunteers visit classrooms to promote different themes to the students in a fun, active, and educational way. Some of the themes explored are teamwork, nutrition, and environmental awareness. The unique thing about GROW is it allows you to make a lasting difference in these children’s lives.

• Office Hours: Wed. 5:15-6:15 p.m.
• Located in Kansas Union, Room 405

Hawks for Health places student volunteers in community health care facilities. Volunteers also hold health promotion activities on campus and around the Lawrence community.

• Office Hours: Monday 2-2:50 pm
• Located in Kansas Union, Room 405

HUG establishes relationships with older members of the community, helps record the memories of the elderly through memory books, and links school-aged children and older adults. HUG partners with Douglas County Senior Services.

• Office Hours: Wednesday, 2:00-3:00pm
• Located in Kansas Union, Room 405

Into the Streets Week is an annual week-long event in the spring (this school year it will be April 7th through April 13th, 2013) that is a university-wide initiative to promote community service, activism, and advocacy in both the local and global community. Into the Streets Week incorporates all 13 programs within the Center for Community Outreach, as well as other service and activist oriented groups on campus, to coordinate special events, workshops, and speakers. Past events include a hunger banquet, outdoor concert, campus garden project, and the Empty Bowls project.

• Office Hours: Mondays, 3:30-4:30 pm
• Located in Kansas Union, Room 405

Jubilee Cafe provides breakfast for in-need community members in a restaurant-style environment. The program runs from 5:30AM to approximately 8:15AM Tuesday and Friday mornings at the First United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont. Volunteers don't need to sign up prior to coming; just show up anytime between 5:30 and 8:15. However, if you are in a group of more than 5 people, we encourage you to email us prior to coming.

• Office Hours: Sarah and Steph: Thursday 11am-12pm
• Located in Kansas Union, Room 405

Lifeline's objective is to serve the educational needs of students within the Lawrence community through mentoring, tutoring and other activities that facilitate one-on-one interactions between students and volunteers. Volunteers engage with students through academics as well as life coaching.

• Office Hours: Fridays 11am-12pm
• Located in Kansas Union, Room 405

Mentors volunteer at local elementary and junior high after-school programs alongside the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence. Volunteers assist children with homework, play games/activities and strive to form meaningful relationships with the youth of Lawrence. Download volunteer application

• Office Hours: Thursday 9am-10pm
• Located in Kansas Union, Room 405

KU student mentors teach free instrumental and vocal music lessons to junior high and elementary school students in Lawrence who may not otherwise have the opportunity to take private music lessons.
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• Office Hours: Tuesdays, 4:00-5:00
• Located in Kansas Union, Room 405

Project Bridge is a literacy advocacy group for all languages. We focus on placing volunteers with the best site for each person based on their personal skill set and experience. These sites include Lawrence Montessori School, Plymouth Language program, Small World, Centro Hispano Resource Center, Islamic Center of Lawrence, Mentors in the Lives of Kid, Adult Learning Center, Lawrence High School and the Lawrence Public Library. Come volunteer with us!

• Office Hours: Wednesdays 10:00-11:30
• Located in Kansas Union, Room 405