Service

Service
Find opportunities to serve others in capacities great or small. The Service Area of Activities helps students take action by finding or even creating opportunities to serve in programs centered on Campus, Community or Humanitarian settings.

Service activities include (among many other things) Blood Drives, Adopt-a-Grandparent, Special Olympics, Happy Factory, humanitarian projects, Radio Reading for sight impaired, and even student-driven week-long service excursions.

Follow the links below to find opportunities to explore opportunities in Campus, Community and Humanitarian service. If you would like to get involved in creating and building Service Activities click here.

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Blood Drive
Come donate blood at the next Red Cross Blood Drive! Your donation could save a life! We are also looking for volunteers who would like to assist running the Blood Drive. Sign up at the MC Info desk to donate!
Additional Resources
Date:
Jun. 2, 4, 5,and 6, 2008
Time:
Check sign-up sheets at MC info desk for specific times
Location:
MC 272
Contacts:
blood@byui.edu
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Happy Factory
Sand, paint, and assemble wooden toy cars and bless the life of a child! Our cars are sent to children in orphanages and many under-developed countries.
Additional Resources
Date:
Every Thursday
Time:
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Location:
TBA
Contacts:
toys@byui.edu
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Humanitarian Service Organization
Come learn about humanitarian service! We participate in various service projects, such as knitting, coloring, and making hygiene kits, in conjunction with the Church Humanitarian services, Deseret Industries, and other organizations.
Additional Resources
Date:
Every Thursday
Time:
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Location:
TBA
Contacts:
hso@byui.edu
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Serving the I
A student organization that is a resource for faculty and staff with one-time events or projects that need to be accomplished this semester. Through that, we hope to grow students spiritually by allowing them to give back to the institution—thus maintaining the Spirit of Ricks.
Additional Resources
Date:
TBA
Time:
TBA
Location:

Contacts:
servingi@byui.edu
Open
Appreciation Anonymous
Appreciation Anonymous provides students with avenues for expressing gratitude and love to the BYU-I faculty and fellow students through various applications of service.
Additional Resources
Activity:
Coming Soon!
Who:

Date:
TBA
Time:
TBA
Location:

Contacts:
appreciation@byui.edu
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Involvemnet Meetings
Come get involved with service!
Additional Resources
Activity:
Involvement Meetings
Who:

Dates:
Coming Soon
Time:
TBA
Location:
TBA
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Adopt-a-Grandparent
Come and volunteer to visit elderly people every Tuesday night. It is a great opportunity to build relationships, have some fun, and make some people smile!
Additional Resources
Date:
Every Tuesday
Time:
7pm
Contacts:
grandparents@byui.edu
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Head Start
Headstart is a preschool for low-income families. Headstart is a place of games, reading stories, snacks, and very loving children. It's a great opportunity to influence and grow children because they are at such young age.
Additional Resources
Date:
Tuesday-Friday during school year
Time:
8:00am-3:00pm
Location:
55 W 2nd N Rexburg, Idaho
Map:
Head Start Map
Contacts:
headstart@byui.edu
Application Form:
EICAP Application
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Kid Connection After School Program
Kid Connection helps out with After-School programs for elementary and middle schools around the area. Help by mentoring local youth weekday afternoons in dance, wrestling, computer classes, tutoring, and other extracurricular activities. Make the Connection with Kid Connection! Mentor opportunities are also available at Rigby Middle School helping with Math and Reading on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. Transporation is provided to go to Rigby.
Additional Resources
Date:
Every School Day at local elementary and middle schools
Time:
Varies depending on school--see schedule
Contacts:
kids@byui.edu
Or contact one of the council members
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One by One
One by One is a service opportunity that is determined completely by you. If you see a need or have a project in mind, then One by One is the place to receive direction, gain access to avaliable resources, and then direct a group of volunteers to accomplish your project. You can begin by submitting your idea and then filling out the project proposal application. Once you have completed the application, you may turn it in to the Service Advisor in MC 380. Your project proposal will then be reviewed by the student service directors.

Additional Resources
Application:
One by One Proposal [Word Document]
Date:
Upcoming Activities - Fall 2007
Time:
TBA
Contacts:
servcomc1@byui.edu
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Serving the "R"
Serving the "R" is a program that reaches out to the Rexburg community to help facilitate and organize volunteers for numerous community events and to find new service opportunities for students. Currently, we are looking for volunteers to help with the Teton Dam Marathon. Volunteers are needed at the start and finish lines, along the course to pass out water and to help with traffic, and to help clean up. Free t-shirts for all volunteers who complete their responsibilities.
Additional Resources
Date:
June. 14, 2008
Time:
Various times
Contacts:
servingr@byui.edu
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Project Inspire
Extend your service beyond Rexburg. An exciting 3 to 4 day service excursion that takes place between winter and summer semesters and after summer semester.


Additional Resources
Date:
TBA
Time:
TBA
Contacts:
inspire@byui.edu
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Radio Reading
Radio Reading is a program organized to serve the sight impared of the local communtiy by reading local news over the radio. Volunteers will be asked to commit to a half hour shift each week. If the volunteer can't attend their shift they are asked to find someone to cover the shift. The Radio Reading office is open between 5:30pm and 9pm in the Radio and Graphic Services Bldg. It can be seen as number 28 on the campus map. http://www.byui.edu/maps/

Additional Resources
Date:
30 minute shifts daily
Time:
Flexible
Contacts:
reading@byui.edu
Open
Rexburg Nursing
Come form friendships with other students and senior citizens at the Rexburg Nursing Center by participating in a variety of weekly activites including talent shows, finger painting, cookie decorating, volleyball, and more. Make your life and others' more meaningful by extending a hand of friendship and charity to elderly residents in need of TLC (tender loving care).


Additional Resources
Date:
Wednesdays
Time:
7:00 - 8:00pm
Location:
Rexburg Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Contacts:
rnc@byui.edu
Open
Serving with Smiles
Serving with Smiles gives students the opportunity to build new friendships and a life-long love for service through service to Rexburg and other surrounding communities on a monthly basis.
Additional Resources
Date:
TBA
Time:
TBA
Contacts:
smiles@byui.edu
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Special Olympics
Come and serve with some of the funnest students here at BYU-I! Several exciting events will be taking place this summer in connection with Special Olympics A

Additional Resources

Date:
TBA
Time:
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Location:
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Date:
TBA
Time:
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Location:
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Contacts:
specialolympics@byui.edu
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Team Madison
Team Madison is a volunteer program at Madison Memorial Hospital. This program was created to help provide the highest quality healthcare in the nation. Volunteers have the opportunity to interact with patients, their families, and the hospital’s staff to help make their stay here as comfortable and enjoyable as possible. This is a great opportunity to serve the community.

Additional Resources

Date:
Monday through Saturday
Time:
8am – 8pm (At least one 2 hour shift per week.)
Location:

Madison Memorial Hospital
450 E Main St.
Rexburg, ID 83440
Contacts:
teammadison@byui.edu