Leadership

SpringFest Service is coming!

On Friday, April 24th (the day we don’t have classes) the UAF Volunteer Program will be hosting SpringFest Service, an opportunity to get involved in a variety of service projects benefitting local non-profit organizations such as the Alaska Bird Observatory, Fairbanks Food Bank, and the Interior Aids Association, and many others.

The Volunteer Program would like to invite you to participate in this awesome event! Participants will receive FREE breakfast, a snack, and lunch, and will take part in a service project of their choice with a group of other participants. We encourage student clubs and organizations to sign up for a project together.

Here’s a brief rundown of the day’s events:

9:00-10:00 - FREE breakfast!, check-in

10:30-12:00 - Service project

12:00-12:30 - FREE snack!

12:30-1:30 - Campus clean-up

1:30 - FREE lunch!

Projects include:

• Helping the Alaska Bird Observatory set up a bird banding station
• Sewing swaddling blankets for newborns 
• Preparing activity binders for kids
• Helping the Georgeson Botanical Gardens
• Assembling essential toiletries for women and children at the Interior Alaska Center for Non-Violent Living
• Compiling bags of beans and cooking instructions for the Fairbanks Community Food Bank
• Helping the Literacy Council of Alaska prepare comic books for sale at their fundraiser
• Prepare and assemble playground equipment for the Resource Center for Parents and Children 
• Assembling trash bags for United Way clean-up day
• Assisting the Interior Aids Association with organization of their pantry and office

We are now recruiting project leaders, team captains, and participants! To participate in all or part of the activities or to just get more information, please call the Volunteer Program at 474-1170 or email volunteer@uaf.edu.