Serve Your City: *Shorts*

Serve Your City: *Shorts* 

Our Serve Your City "Shorts" Program creates intentional avenues for students to get involved in the community, through one-time service opportunities. 

Serve Your City *Shorts* projects are done-in-a-day (or even an hour) volunteer projects that give you an opportunity to get involved in our community, one service project at a time. You don't need to commit beyond a single project -- but of course you're welcome to join us again and again!

Join us this season for a variety of these *shorts* with some of our favorite community-based organizations. Or scroll down to learn about custom projects we can help set up for your department or student group.

Spring 2024 *Shorts* Projects: 

• PDX Books Through Bars
  • Tuesday, April 16th | 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
• Serve a One-Time Meal at Blanchet House
  • Monday, April 29th | 10:30 am to 1:00 pm
• Schoolhouse Supplies
  • Tuesday, April 30th | 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Find all of our upcoming service opportunities listed on our GivePulse service opportunities page. 

Well organized, a lot of fun, and enriching!

Great work party! Loved planting the herbs in the raised beds.

Custom Serve Your City / Serve Your Campus Opportunities

Would your PSU student group, organization or department be interested in serving the community together? Let us help! If you don't see a project in the list above that works for your group, our staff can provide service project support and set up opportunities for you and your group to get involved in service here at Portland State and in the broader Portland community.    

We can help you set up service experiences ranging from 1 hour to all day. Because we work closely with dozens of community partners, we can tailor the service experience to meet your group goals, but also a real community need!  

Examples of on-campus service experiences:

• Work in the PSU Orchard
• Projects for the PSU Food Pantry
• Projects for the Re-Use Room
• Making cards for seniors to send to Store to Door or Meals on Wheels

Examples of off-campus service experiences: 

• Cleaning books with Children's Book Bank
• Sorting donations with Habitat for Humanity ReStore
• Serving a meal at Blanchet House
• Tidying up playrooms at Ronald McDonald House Charities
• Removing invasive species at Forest Park

Student groups and/or department must coordinate any travel for custom Serve Your City days amongst your group members.

If you are interested and want to plan a time to discuss this, please fill out the Custom "Serve Your City: Shorts" Project Interest Form at least 4-6 weeks before you would like your service project to occur.

If you have any questions, please contact volunteer@pdx.edu.