Community Partners

Getting the Class of 2012 Engaged in Our Community!

A key element of Welcome Week is to raise awareness of various communities that students have access to while cultivating an awareness of individual responsibility to the greater community. Non-profit organizations and Neighborhood Associations are invited to participate as community partners by hosting service projects during Welcome Week.

To raise awareness of the need for student engagement in the Twin Cities, one goal of Welcome Week is to have the entire incoming class take part in community service projects.  The Orientation & First-Year Programs office is currently looking for area non-profit and community organizations that would be willing to host a service project for the class of 2012 (over 5,000 students).  Our goal is to have the entire incoming class participate in some form of community service on Sunday, August 31st.  Transportation too and from projects will be provided as needed.  We realize that staffing a project on a Sunday is difficult for some organizations, so we challenge you to propose a project benefiting your organization and those you help that can be done on campus.

Ways you can be involved!

Sponsor a service project!
Sunday, August 31, 2008
If your organization is interested in possibly hosting a service project, large or small, on Sunday, August 31, or would like to discuss the possibility, please review the Service Project Guidelines and contact Orientation & First Year Programs for additional inquiries.  If you would like submit your idea for a service project you can do so online. 

The benefits of your support!

• Get students interested in your organization before they start class.
•  Have new students form an awareness of future volunteer or internship opportunities with your organization.
• Start the class of 2012 off right by supporting community, respecting the neighborhoods in which they live, and assisting the non-profit organizations that benefit the wellness of the Twin Cities.
• Your organization will be recognized in various forms of media viewed by new students, their families, university faculty, staff and affiliates and the greater Twin Cities community.
• Facilitating the opportunity for students to be engaged in the work you do!