Service Month


April is service month for the East Carolina Alumni Association. Join in as we celebrate the University’s motto Servire,  To Serve, as hundreds of alumni and friends lend a helping hand in their communities. Many of our regional leaders will plan service projects for alumni groups across the Pirate Nation, but individuals are welcome to volunteer wherever help is needed.

Upcoming Opportunities to Serve

2010

March 20
Volunteer at Kids Enjoy Exercise Now (KEEN) (NY Metro)

April 3
Service and Social Event (Greensboro, NC)

April 8
Second Harvest Food Bank (Charlotte, NC)

April 9
ECU Relay for Life (Greenville, NC)

April 13
ECU in Tarboro (Tarboro, NC)

April 17
Alumni Improving Literacy (Dunn, NC)

April 17
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Service Project (Gatlinburg, TN)

April 18
Service and Social Event (Fredericksburg, VA)

April 24
March of Dimes March for Babies (RTP, NC)

April 24
NC Colleges and Univ. Alumni Gathering and Service Project (St. Paul, MN)



Ways Alumni Have Served in the Past

2009

April 3
Relay for Life in Greenville, NC

April 4
Maryland/Delaware/Eastern Shore Service Project

NY Metro Service Project

April 16
Durham/Orange County Service Project

April 18
"In As Much" Service Project for the High Point Community

April 25
Humane Society Service Project

May 3
Fredericksburg, VA Service Project and Social

2008

April 4
Relay for Life in Greenville, NC | Photos

April 12
NY Metro Service Project | Photos

April 19
Houston Service Project: Food for Seniors (Meals on Wheels)

April 24
Philadelphia Service Project: UCP 5K Run/Walk | Photos

April 26
Arizona Service Project: St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance

Minnesota Service Project: Gibbs Farm Museum | Photos



Consider the following activities “to serve” in your area:

  • Donate blood
  • Serve food at a soup kitchen or shelter
  • Donate gently used clothing and toys to a second-hand store
  • Volunteer at your local hospital or retirement community
  • Assist at an area elementary, middle, or high school
  • Help beautify your city
  • Volunteer as a museum guide
  • Run or walk in a charity race
  • Help at your local animal shelter
  • Spend time with an elderly neighbor
  • Offer to babysit for a friend or relative (free of charge)
  • Help a friend with a home improvement project
  • Deliver meals to homebound individuals
  • Pick up litter in a local park or along a highway
  • Plant flowers at a city building
  • Perform a puppet show at your children’s hospital
  • Volunteer at your local police station or fire department
  • Share your special talent with others, i.e. play guitar at a local coffee shop, teach a craft session at your community center, paint a scene from your town and donate the work to a local office
  • Donate food items to your local food bank
  • Plant a commemorative tree to honor someone
  • Adopt a zoo animal
  • Assist at a local sporting event
  • Volunteer at your local parks and recreation
  • Help someone learn to read
  • Hold a fundraiser for a local charity (car wash, pancake breakfast)
  • Donate books to your local library
  • Collect items to be recycled (glass bottles, newspapers, old phone books)
  • Volunteer at a local non-profit organization
  • Donate toiletry items to a local shelter
  • Clean a local church
  • Mow lawns
  • Read to a child
  • Promote ethnic awareness
  • Support local or state legislation
  • Send care packages to persons serving in our military
  • Make kid-friendly items for your children’s hospital
  • Volunteer at a local fair or community event
  • Offer to teach your expertise to a local scout group (woodworking, automotive care, smart finances, astronomy, wildlife)
  • Adopt a family in need
  • Donate school supplies to your local elementary, middle, and high school
The Alumni Association will gladly assist you in promoting planned service projects to fellow alumni in your area. Be sure to take plenty of photos, and remember to wear purple and gold to promote your Pirate spirit! We’ll put all service project photos on our Web site at PirateAlumni.com. Contact Kendra Alexander at 800-ECU-GRAD or Kendra.Alexander@PirateAlumni.com to get started!


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