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51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏolunteers

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏolunteers is a student-led organization whose mission is to encourage civic engagement and positive social change by providing and promoting meaningful service opportunities for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ students, faculty, and staff.

About

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏolunteers provides meaningful service opportunities for our 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ 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 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏolunteers by simply coming to our service events, attending our monthly general meetings, or becoming part of our executive board.

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏolunteer Events

  • Sep 16: It's Just Coffee: Free Speech & Inclusion on Campus

    It's Just Coffee is a series of meet-ups - approximately once a month - for students to practice their dialogue skills in a low-stakes environment. This series is hosted by the office of Service Learning & Leadership as…

  • Sep 20: Alt Breaks Immersions: Food and Housing Insecurity (9/20/25)

    Join us on September 20 and get involved locally as we fight against food and housing insecurity in Southern Nevada.  This 6-hour experience includes: Topic education to deepen your understanding of local needs…

  • Oct 03: Alt Breaks Immersions: LGBTQ+ Rights (10/3/25)

    Join us on October 3 and get involved locally as we advocate for LGBTQ+ rights. This 6-hour experience includes: Topic education to deepen your understanding of LGBTQ+ advocacy Hands-on community service to help those in…

  • Oct 03: 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Is for the Children: Spread the Serve with Spread the Word

    Spread the love with Spread the Word. Spread the Word takes book donations from many generous people and restores the books to get them donated to some of our neediest children in Clark County School District. Join us as we…

  • Oct 07: 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏolunteers - Wellness Series: The Sex Talk You've Never Had

    Part of a long-running service tradition, 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏolunteers presents, in collaboration with The Wellness Zone, a day of not only service (building safer sex kits) but a talk and conversation about safer sex practices with our…

  • Oct 10: Rebel Green: Desert Care

    We're partnering up with The Center for Urban Water Conservation again, this time to talk about how water is a precious resource and raise awareness about water issues and water as a right. Join 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏolunteers as we work with…

  • Oct 16: Community Block Party

    Join us for the Community Block Party as we celebrate, dream, engage and play with what community means to us.  Check in at the gate to take part in all the fun -- snacks, activities, crafts, community partner tables, a…

  • Oct 17: 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏolunteers Presents: DASH Series - Periodt!

    Partnering with Project Marilyn, join 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏolunteers as we conversate and reflect on homelessness and health and wellness intersect in the area of menstrual cycles. We will talk about the importance of hygiene and what role…

  • Oct 18: 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏolunteers Presents: 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Is for the Children - Spooky Forest with OV

    Opportunity Village's spookiest time of the year is here! We will be talking about the work Opportunity Village does raising awareness for children with disabilities and how the Magical Forest serves as a place to not only…

  • Oct 22: It's Just Coffee: Campus Safety

    It's Just Coffee is a series of meet-ups - approximately once a month - for students to practice their dialogue skills in a low-stakes environment. This event brings together diverse perspectives to dialogue about a complex…

  • Oct 29: 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏolunteers Presents: Wellness Series - Rebel Refresh

    Join 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏolunteers and The Wellness Zone as we sit down and learn about the importance of hygiene and its intersection with food and housing insecurity. We will be building hygiene kits to distribute across campus and in…

  • Nov 07: Alt Breaks Immersions: Mutual Aid (11/07/25)

    Join us on November 8 and get involved locally as we show up for our community and get involved in grassroot efforts. This 6-hour experience includes: Topic education to deepen your understanding of what mutual aid is…

  • Nov 10: It's Just Coffee: Academic Rigor & Integrity

    It's Just Coffee is a series of meet-ups - approximately once a month - for students to practice their dialogue skills in a low-stakes environment. This event brings together diverse perspectives to dialogue about a complex…

  • Nov 14: Courageous Dialogue Workshop

    This event will be a two-hour, in-person program to help participants practice the skills and principles of engaging in meaningful conversation that is open, authentic, and respectful. Workbooks, materials, and snacks will…

  • Nov 22: Alt Breaks Immersions: Indigenous Sovereignty (11/22/25)

    Join us on November 22 and get involved locally as we fight for Indigenous rights in Southern Nevada.  This 6-hour experience includes: Topic education to deepen your understanding of Indigenous Sovereignty and…

  • Feb 03: It's Just Coffee: Religion at a Public Institution

    It's Just Coffee is a series of meet-ups - approximately once a month - for students to practice their dialogue skills in a low-stakes environment. This event brings together diverse perspectives to dialogue about a complex…

  • Mar 05: It's Just Coffee: Changing World of Work

    It's Just Coffee is a series of meet-ups - approximately once a month - for students to practice their dialogue skills in a low-stakes environment. This event brings together diverse perspectives to dialogue about a complex…

  • Mar 27: Courageous Dialogue Workshop

    This event will be a two-hour, in-person program to help participants practice the skills and principles of engaging in meaningful conversation that is open, authentic, and respectful. This event is open to all 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ students…

Signature Events

Service Day

Service Day is a twice-a-semester service event where 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ students participate with various community partners for three hours of service. Participation in Service Day is open to all 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ students, faculty, and alumni.

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DASH

DASH is one of 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s longest running traditions on campus. Our DASH service project prepares lunch sacks for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ 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 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ students, faculty, and alumni.

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Leadership Opportunities

Be a 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏolunteers Program Assistant

Interested in planning service events on campus? Apply to be a 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏolunteers 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 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏolunteers and applying for the executive board, please become a member on the Involvement Center through My51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ, and follow us on.