Join Katie, your Guided Trip Leader and van driver, as we head out to Puschel Preserve to help with a beautification project in partnership with SCCF! 🚌 Transportation provided🥪 Lunch included🎉 Friends welcome 📍Meet at the FGCU bus loop at 7:15 AM📅 Return by 1:30 PM 💧 Bring: water bottle, closed toe shoes, bug spray & sunscreen! 💙 Earn service-learning hours while enjoying the outdoors and giving back! 🗓 Registration closes the day before the event. 📩 Questions? Email Shannon Coelho at scoelho@fgcu.edu Check out the amazing work SCCF does: sccf.orgHosted by: Service-Learning OpportunitiesAdditional Information can be found at: https://getinvolved.fgcu.edu/event/11271255

Gateway Trinity Lutheran Church needs assistance hosting their Vacation Bible School camp from June 16th-20th this summer. Volunteers will create a safe, educational and fun environment for the youth. Volunteers will be onsite 8:30am - 12:30pm every day. If you cannot serve each day, please reach out to jennifer@gtlc.org as arrangements can be made. To sign up for this opportunity please click here!   www.GTLC.org   Students who complete this event gain skills in Critical Thinking/Problem Solving, Oral/Written Communications, Teamwork/Collaboration. This aligns with the following Sustainable Development Goals: Good Health and Well-being (3), Quality Education (4), Reduced Inequalities (10)Hosted by: Service-Learning OpportunitiesAdditional Information can be found at: https://getinvolved.fgcu.edu/event/11100845

This is an innovative sports play program for children ages 2-7 with intellectual disabilities and their peers, designed to introduce them into the world of sports. The benefits to this program have been proven worldwide. First and foremost, these activities will help the children improve physically, cognitively and socially. This program will also raise awareness of the Special Olympics program and serve as an introduction to the resources and support available within Special Olympics Florida families, agencies and schools. Volunteers will act as play pals for children with/without disabilities for children between the ages of 2-7. The volunteers will need to be their 30 minutes before the start of the session for debrief, training and overview of the day. Volunteers will also need to stay 30 minutes after the session ends for clean up and reorganization. Volunteers are needed on Mondays and Wednesdays of June from 2:30-4:30 PM (2nd, 4th, 9th, 11th, 16th, 18th, 23rd, and 25th) Volunteers are asked to serve the entire time!   To sign up for this opportunity please click HERE.   Students who complete this event gain skills in Teamwork/Collaboration. This aligns with the following Sustainable Development Goals: Good Health and Well-being (3), Quality Education (4)  Hosted by: Service-Learning OpportunitiesAdditional Information can be found at: https://getinvolved.fgcu.edu/event/11211229

This is an innovative sports play program for children ages 2-7 with intellectual disabilities and their peers, designed to introduce them into the world of sports. The benefits to this program have been proven worldwide. First and foremost, these activities will help the children improve physically, cognitively and socially. This program will also raise awareness of the Special Olympics program and serve as an introduction to the resources and support available within Special Olympics Florida families, agencies and schools. Volunteers will act as play pals for children with/without disabilities for children between the ages of 2-7. The volunteers will need to be their 30 minutes before the start of the session for debrief, training and overview of the day. Volunteers will also need to stay 30 minutes after the session ends for clean up and reorganization. Volunteers are needed on Mondays and Wednesdays of June from 2:30-4:30 PM (2nd, 4th, 9th, 11th, 16th, 18th, 23rd, and 25th) Volunteers are asked to serve the entire time!   To sign up for this opportunity please click HERE.   Students who complete this event gain skills in Teamwork/Collaboration. This aligns with the following Sustainable Development Goals: Good Health and Well-being (3), Quality Education (4)  Hosted by: Service-Learning OpportunitiesAdditional Information can be found at: https://getinvolved.fgcu.edu/event/11211230

This is an innovative sports play program for children ages 2-7 with intellectual disabilities and their peers, designed to introduce them into the world of sports. The benefits to this program have been proven worldwide. First and foremost, these activities will help the children improve physically, cognitively and socially. This program will also raise awareness of the Special Olympics program and serve as an introduction to the resources and support available within Special Olympics Florida families, agencies and schools. Volunteers will act as play pals for children with/without disabilities for children between the ages of 2-7. The volunteers will need to be their 30 minutes before the start of the session for debrief, training and overview of the day. Volunteers will also need to stay 30 minutes after the session ends for clean up and reorganization. Volunteers are needed on Mondays and Wednesdays of June from 2:30-4:30 PM (2nd, 4th, 9th, 11th, 16th, 18th, 23rd, and 25th) Volunteers are asked to serve the entire time!   To sign up for this opportunity please click HERE.   Students who complete this event gain skills in Teamwork/Collaboration. This aligns with the following Sustainable Development Goals: Good Health and Well-being (3), Quality Education (4)  Hosted by: Service-Learning OpportunitiesAdditional Information can be found at: https://getinvolved.fgcu.edu/event/11211231

The Scoop On Service-Learning is a pop-up event featured in Summer B, Weeks of Welcome designed to connect students to service opportunities over the Summer so they can make friends, get connected to FGCU and the SWFL community, and get a head start on earning service-learning hours for their graduation requirement. Featuring: Royal Scoop Ice Cream (while supplies last) Hosted by: The Office of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement, WOW (Weeks of Welcome)Additional Information can be found at: https://getinvolved.fgcu.edu/event/11259037