Participate in Project Serve
Participate in Project Serve on Saturday, September 14, 2019 and spend the day volunteering with a local community organization.
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- Get involved with a cause you care about or with a cause that relates to your field of study
- Discover local organizations and learn more about challenges with the Victoria community
- Meet like-minded people and expand your network
- Get involved with a cause you care about or with a cause that relates to your field of study
Project Serve is about more than just giving your time to an organization. Our goal is that all projects will benefit both you and the organization. The organization benefits by accomplishing a meaningful goal, while you benefit by developing new skills, learning about the organization’s role in our community and being exposed to new perspectives. This is known as the community service-learning approach.
Program
The schedule below is meant to be an example of what your Project Serve Day may look like. Your exact schedule may differ based on the organization you are placed with.
| Time | Activity |
| 10:00 a.m. | Check-in at Bob Wright Lobby |
| 10:30 a.m. | Introduction to Project Serve |
| 11:15 a.m. | Travel to placements (transportation provided) |
| 11:45 a.m. | Agency introduction |
| 12:00 p.m. | Service |
| 12:30 p.m. | Lunch (provided) |
| 1:00 p.m. | Service |
| 3:30 p.m. | Reflection activity |
| 4:30 p.m. | Return to campus (transportation provided) |
Participating organizations
The following organizations participated in Project Serve 2018. Organizations participating in 2019 will be announced in early August.
If you are a non-profit organization interested in hosting a group of students during Project Serve, please contact us at projectserve@uvic.ca. Learn more about this opportunity.
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- Beacon Community Services
- Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Broadmead Care -- Nigel House
- Burnside Gorge Community Association
- Capital Regional District Parks
- Cystic Fibrosis Canada
- Gordon Head Recreation Centre
- Greater Victoria Green Team
- Habitat Acquisition Trust
- Island Sexual Health
- Power to Be
- Saanich Parks
- Saanich Parks and Recreation- Moon Festival Lantern Celebration
- Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea
- Soap for Hope
- Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary
- Threshold Housing
- Victoria Lesbian Senior Care Society
- Victoria Therapeutic Riding Association
Learn more about these organizations
Register
When registering for Project Serve Day, you will be asked to select the top 3 organizations you'd like to be matched with. Please take a moment to review the list of organizations (above) prior to registering. While every effort is made to match you with your preferred organizations, limited spaces are available with each organization.
All UVic students and alumni are eligible to participate in Project Serve Day. Upper-year students who are interested in participating are encouraged to consider applying to be a Project Serve Facilitator. Alumni registrants are asked to indicate that they are alumni in any text field on the registration form.
Registration for Project Serve will close on Wednesday, September 11th, 2019.
UVic is committed to making events as accessible and barrier-free as possible. Given the nature of some of the projects, not all are fully accessible. However, with prior notice we can work to make this event as accessible as possible for you. If you require accommodation or have questions about accessibility please email projectserve@uvic.ca