Global Month of Service
Sunday, April 1, 2012 - Monday, April 30, 2012
Various Locations, Worldwide
The Harvard Alumni Association is kicking off our annual Harvard Serves: Global Month of Service this April. We are calling on you to support this important worldwide initiative!
Spearheaded by the HAA’s Public Service Task Force, our Clubs and Shared
Interest Groups (SIGs) network is identifying diverse volunteer
opportunities for our alumni around the world. The HAA’s Global Month of
Service is your chance to make a difference.
Harvard Serves: Global Month of Service, April 2012 is in full swing!
We currently have over 100 events scheduled in or around April. We are still accepting projects, project leaders, and volunteers to organize events. If you would like to be an Event Coordinator and post an event for the HAA Global Month of Service, please visit http://www.service.clubsandsigs.harvard.edu/article.html?aid=149.
Scenes from past Global Month of Service projects:
Locations and Registration
Alumni and guests are welcome to participate in service opportunities in Abu Dhabi, Anaheim, Andover, Atlanta, Banbury, Berkeley, Bernardsville, Bogota, Boston, Boulder, Brewster, Cambridge, Concord, Charleston, Chicago, Denver, Elmsford, Evendale, Ft. Lauderdale, Hempstead, Honolulu, Houston, Indonesia, Jacksonville, Kingston, Lincoln, Long Island City, Los Angeles, Menlo Park, Miami, Minneapolis, New Delhi, New Taipei City, New York City, Oakland, Oklahoma City, Oslo, Palmyra, Palo Alto, Paris, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, Reno, Rwanda, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Monica, Seattle, Stamford, Tokyo, Toronto, Trenton, Washington, DC, White Plains, and Zimbabwe. New locations will be added as they are confirmed.
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Labor of Love UAE - Saturday, April 21
Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village, Rwanda
Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village - Long-term volunteer placement
Anaheim, CA
Hosted by the Harvard Club of Southern California
Anaheim Ballet - Ongoing
Muzeo of Anaheim - Ongoing
Andover, MA
Hosted by the Harvard Club of Andover
Non Sibi 365 - Ongoing
Atlanta, GA
Hosted by the Harvard Club of Georgia
Harvard Serves the Homeless - Sunday, April 1
Banbury, UK
Hosted by the Harvard Club of the United Kingdom
Habitat for Humanity Great Britain - Saturday, April 28
Berkeley, CA
Iridescent - Saturday, April 28
Bernardsville, NJ
Hosted by the Harvard Club of New Jersey
New Jersey Audubon - Scherman Hoffman Wildlife Sanctuary - Sunday, April 15
Bogota, Colombia
Hosted by the MIT-Harvard Club of Colombia
Escuela Comunidad Instituto Cerros del Sur - Saturday, April 28
Centro Juan Bosco Obrero - Saturday, April 28
Escuela Comunidad Instituto Cerros del Sur - Saturday, May 5
Centro Juan Bosco Obrero - Date TBD
Boston, MA
Seeding Labs - Thursday, April 26 **Event has been cancelled**
Hosted by the Harvard Club in Concord
Community Servings - Wednesday, April 25
Hosted by the Harvard Jewish Alumni Network
Boston Cares - Friday, April 20 & Saturday, April 21
Hosted by Phillips Brooks House Association-Alumni
Chinatown Cultural Center Reading Room - Ongoing
The Center for Teen Empowerment - Saturday, April 28
Hosted by the Signet Society Alumni
Sierra Club Boston Inner City Outings - Tuesday, April 17
Boulder, CO
Hosted by the Rocky Mountain Harvard University Club
Boulder Shelter for the Homeless - Saturday, April 21
Brewster, NY
Hosted by the Harvard Business School Club of New York
Green Chimneys School and Childrens Services - May 18, 25, 26, or 27
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Lead Us Today - Friday, August 3
Cambridge, MA
Soldiers' Angels - Saturday, May 5
Soldiers' Angels - Ongoing
Charleston, SC
Hosted by the Harvard Club of South Carolina
Crisis Ministries - Sunday, May 6
Chicago, IL
Hosted by the Harvard Club of Chicago
Greater Chicago Food Depository - Wednesday, April 25 **Event is at capacity**
Wrigley Early Start Run - Saturday, April 21
Concord, MA
BookMentors - Ongoing Virtual Opportunity
Denver, CO
Hosted by the Rocky Mountain Harvard University Club
RAFT - Saturday, April 21
Elmsford, NY
Hosted by the Harvard-Radcliffe Club of Westchester
Food Bank for Westchester - Sunday, April 22
Evendale, OH
Hosted by the Harvard Club of Cincinnati
Gorman Heritage Farm - Sunday, April 22
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Hosted by the Harvard Club of Miami and Harvard Black Alumni Society of South Florida
Boyd Anderson High School - Wednesday, April 4
Stranahan High School - Wednesday, April 25
Hempstead, NY
Hosted by the Harvard Club of Long Island
The INN (Interfaith Nutrition Network) - Saturday, April 14
Honolulu, HI
Hawaii Bicycling League - Saturday, April 28 & Sunday, April 29
Houston, TX
Hosted by the Harvard University Club of Houston
Houston Food Bank - Saturday, April 14
Indonesia
Hosted by the Harvard Club Indonesia
Indonesia Mengajar - Date TBD
Indonesian Center For Women in Politics - Date TBD
Sahabat Anak - Date TBD
Sahabat Wanita - Date TBD
Sokola - Date TBD
The Learning Farm - Date TBD
Yayasan Anak Cacat Ganda - Date TBD
Jacksonville, FL
Somerset Academy - Date TBD
Kingston, Jamaica
Hosted by the Harvard Alumni Contact in Jamaica
Friends of the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library - Saturday, April 21
Lincoln, MA
Mass Audubon Society - Saturday, April 28
Long Island City, NY
Growing Up Green Charter School - Friday, May 4
Los Angeles, CA
Hosted by the Harvard Harvard Club of Southern California
826LA East - Throughout April
826LA West - Throughout April
Autism Partnership Family Foundation - Thursday, April 26 & Friday, April 27
Cabrillo High School Mentorship Program - Ongoing
Camp del Corazon - Saturday, April 21
Camp del Corazon - Friday, April 27
Cardborigami - Saturday, April 14
Cardborigami - Saturday, April 21 **Event has been cancelled**
Cardborigami - Saturday, April 28
Catholic Big Brothers Big Sisters - Saturday, April 21
Collective Voices Foundation - Date TBD
Community Lawyers, Inc. - Saturday, April 28
Global Education Peru - Ongoing
Harvard Tutors in the Schools - Ongoing
Haven Hills, Inc. - Date TBD
Homeless Health Care Los Angeles - Thursday, April 26
Inside Out Community Arts - Saturday, April 21 **Event is at capacity**
Kick-Off "Harvard Serves" Los Angeles - Wednesday, March 21
Lange Foundation - Saturday, April 21
Los Angeles Leadership Academy - Saturday, April 21
Los Angeles Maritime Institute TopSail Youth Program - Saturday, April 21
Mayor's Day of Service - Saturday, March 31
Minds Matter of Los Angeles - Ongoing
OUR HOUSE Grief Support Center - Sunday, April 29
RK Squared, Inc. - Ongoing
Santa Cecilia Orchestra - Sunday, April 29
School on Wheels - Saturday, April 14
THE MUSES - Monday, April 30 & Tuesday, May 1
Menlo Park, CA
Hosted by the Harvard Club of Silicon Valley
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula - Saturday, April 14
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula - Saturday, April 21
Miami, FL
Hosted by the Harvard Club of Miami and Harvard Black Alumni Society of South Florida
Amplifyme - Tuesday, May 15
Breakthrough Miami - Saturday, April 14
Brownsville Middle School - Friday, May 4
City Year Miami - Wednesday, April 11
City Year Miami - Wedneday, April 25
Edible Garden - Sunday, April 15
Kickoff for Global Month of Service Program/Harvard Serves - Thursday, March 29
Law Enforcement Officers Memorial High School - Friday, April 27
Miami Country Day School - Wednesday, April 11
Miami Edison Senior High School - Tuesday, April 10
Miami Norland High School - Thursday, May 10
Miami Northwestern Senior High School - Monday, April 30
Overtown Youth Center - Wednesday, April 25
Roots in the City - Saturday, April 14 **Event has been cancelled**
William Turner Tech High School - Wednesday, April 4
Minneapolis, MN
Hosted by the Harvard Club of Minnesota
Twin Cities Rise! - Wednesday, April 18 **Event has been cancelled**
Great River Greening: Indian Mounds Regional Park Restoration - Saturday, April 21
Twin Cities Rise! - Monday, April 23
University of Minnesota Artist-in-Residence Program - Tuesday, April 24
Service Works - Saturday, April 28
Hosted by the Harvard Club of India
Sakshi NGO - Ongoing
New Taipei City, Taiwan
Hosted by the Harvard Club of the Republic of China
Happy Mount - Saturday, April 28
New York City, NY
Bronx Charter School for Better Learning - Tuesday, May 1 **Event is at capacity**
La Cima Elementary Charter School - Saturday, May 5
Marcus Garvey Park Alliance - Date TBD
Project HEAL - Ongoing
Hosted by the Harvard Asian American Alumni Alliance
Increase NYC Chinatown Visitorship Strategy Planning - Saturday, April 28
Hosted by the Harvard Club of Boston
New Horizons for Haiti - Tuesday, May 8
Hosted by the Harvard Club of New York City/Crimson Impact
Captions for Literacy - Ongoing
Sakshi NGO - Ongoing
The New York City Great Debaters - Saturday, April 21 & Ongoing
Oakland, CA
Playworks East Bay - Saturday, May 12
Hosted by the Harvard Club of San Francisco
Reading Partners - Saturday, April 28
G.U.R.L.S. Rock Leadership Program - Saturday, April 28
Oklahoma City, OK
Hosted by the Harvard Club of Oklahoma City
Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma - Saturday, April 21
Oslo, Norway
Hosted by the Harvard Alumni Contact in Norway
Oslo International School - Wednesday, March 28
Palmyra, NJ
Hosted by the Harvard-Radcliffe Club of Philadelphia
Palmyra Cove Nature Park - Saturday, April 28
Palo Alto, CA - **Event is at capacity**
Hosted by the Harvard Club of Silicon Valley
Meals for Munchkins - Monday, April 23
Paris, France
Hosted by the Harvard Club of Belgium
Ashoka Support Network Empathy Initiative - Date TBD
Pittsburgh, PA
Hosted by the Harvard Club of Western Pennsylvania
Jubilee Soup Kitchen - Sunday, May 27 **Event is at capacity**
Jubilee Soup Kitchen - Sunday. July 8
Raleigh, NC
Hosted by the Harvard Club of the Research Triangle
Bonnie's Book Foundation - Ongoing
Reno, NV
Hosted by the Harvard Club of Nevada
Food Bank of Northern Nevada - Thursday, May 17
Sacramento, CA
Hosted by the Harvard Club of Sacramento
Sacramento Creek - Saturday, April 14
Salt Lake City, UT
Hosted by the Harvard Alumni Association of Utah
Salt Lake Center for Science Education (SLCSE) - Monday, April 23
San Diego, CA
Hosted by the Harvard Club of San Diego
San Diego Food Bank - Wednesday, April 4
San Diego Rescue Mission - Ongoing
San Francisco, CA
The BizWorld Foundation - Ongoing
San Jose, Costa Rica
Hosted by the Harvard Alumni Contact in Costa Rica
Parque La Libertad - Saturday, May 5
Santa Monica, CA
Aid Still Required - Ongoing
Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Monica - Saturday, April 28
Stamford, CT
Hosted by the Harvard Club of Fairfield County
Laurel House, Inc. - Saturday, April 14 **Event has been cancelled**
Yerwood Center - Thursday, May 3
Seattle, WA
Hosted by the Harvard Club of Seattle
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound - Ongoing
FareStart - Ongoing
Tokyo, Japan - **Event is at capacity**
Hosted by the Harvard Club of Japan
Second Harvest Japan - April 6, 7, 13, 14, 21, 27, 28
Toronto, Canada
Hosted by the Harvard Club of Toronto
Evergreen Brickworks - Saturday, April 21 **Event is at capacity**
Harvard Club of Toronto Public Service Panel - Thursday, April 26
Trenton, NJ
Hosted by the Harvard Club of Princeton
Habitat for Humanity of Trenton ReStore - Saturday, April 21
Habitat for Humanity of Trenton ReStore - Saturday, April 28
Washington, DC
Hosted by the Harvard Club of Washington, D.C.
Capital Partners for Education Career Fair - Saturday, April 21 **Event is at capacity**
DC Central Kitchen - Sunday, April 8 **Event is at capacity**
Habitat for Humanity - Saturday, April 28
Huntley Meadows Park - Saturday, April 28
White Plains, NY
Hosted by the Harvard Club of New York City/Crimson Impact
Best Friends Animal Society - Friday, April 27 through Sunday, April 29
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