The Four Pillars: Service
Our Community Service and Civic Engagement programs target local, state, national, and global needs. From the food can drives, to walk-a-tons, to raising funds for disaster and emergencies, to helping business entrepreneurs succeed all around the world, NJIT students grow into more well- rounded citizens in an ever-changing global society.
2010 COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENTS:
Join us for some community service projects this semester!
President's Volunteer Service Award
To earn a President's Volunteer Service Award, individuals, families and groups must keep and submit a record of their activities and hours of volunteer service. They can track their hours in a journal at home, on-line through the USA Freedom Corps Record of Service, or PVSA Form. Each individual, family, or group then submits its record of service to the Certifying Organization (Campus Center - Greek Life).Fill out this form and submit to thea@njit.edu or drop it at the Campus Center Information Desk after each service event is completed.Presidential Volunteer Service Award Criteria:Any individual, family, or group can receive Presidential recognition for volunteer hours earned over a 12-month period or over the course of a lifetime at home or abroad. The following are the eligibility requirements for each age group:| Levels | Children | Young Adults | Adults | Family and Groups |
| Bronze | 50-74 hours | 100-174 hours | 100-249 hours | 200-499 hours |
| Silver | 75-99 hours | 175-249 hours | 250-499 hours | 500-999 hours |
| Gold | 100+ hours | 250+ hours | 500+ hours | 1000+ hours |
Celebrity Reads Program
What do our Chapters do?
During the month of February our Fraternity and Sorority community members will be visiting local schools to participate in the Celebrity Reads Program.
What is Celebrity Read?
As a part of United Way of Essex and West Hudson's investment in our community's youth, and in celebration of African American History Month, the Celebrity Read program was developed in 1990. Celebrity Read is designed to inspire our youth with information about the important contributions people of color have made to American and world history. More importantly, the goal is to bring real life role models who are willing to share their life experiences and, in the process, instill a sense of pride and hope for the tremendous potential that exists when people work together as a community. Celebrity Read now proudly boasts over 400 volunteers from a wide variety of racial, ethnic and gender groups.
Click Here to Learn More about the Local Program
Click Here for the Fraternity and Sorority Registration Form for Celebrity Read
Hope for Haiti
Meet the Greeks Bake Sale
Wednesday January 27, 2010
Campus Center Atrium
2:30pm - 4:00pm
Sponsored By: IFSC
Draw Hope for Haiti
Thursday February 4, 2010
Campus Center Lobby
11am - 3pm
Sponsored By: Tau Epsilon Fraternity
Blood Drive
March 2, 2010
Campus Center Atrium
10 am-4 pm
Why Give? We all expect blood to be there for us, but barely a fraction of those who can give, do. Yet sooner or later, virtually all of us will face a time of great vulnerability in which we will need blood. And that time is all too often unexpected. From its beginning, the American Red Cross has formed a community of service, of generous, strong and decent people bound by beliefs beyond themselves. The honor, spirit and resources of the American people comes forth with neighbors helping neighbors in need - during earthquakes, floods, fires, storms - and also for the deeply personal and often quiet disasters that require a gift of blood.
Sponsored By: Sigma Psi Kappa Sorority
NJIT Toys for Tots
Thursday, November 13 – December 12, 2009
Campus Center
10:00 am – 4 pm
NJIT Toys for Tots was a campus wide service event collecting new, unwrapped toys or donations from November 13 -December 12. Toys were distributed as Christmas gifts to needy children in the local Newark community via the Salvation Army and the New Community Harmony House and others. Our goal was to send a message of hope to needy youngsters that will motivate them to grow into responsible, productive, patriotic citizens and community leaders. (see flyer)
The event is Co-sponsored by the Office of Greek Life, ROTC, Campus Center, SAC, Senate, GSA, IFSC, RHA, Vector, Alpha Rho Chi, Delta Phi Omega Interest Group, Honors College, EOP, CDS - Office of Community Service, Omicron Delta Kappa and Public Safety.