Make a Difference for a Cause
Whether you're looking to give back one day or participate in a year-long community project, the options are endless!
GivePulse
GivePulse is a community of volunteers, civic leaders, professionals and other service-learning students striving to make an impact by becoming catalysts for social change. Track hours and share with others the positive impacts you made not just locally, but globally as well by monitoring your contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (https://sdgs.un.org/goals). Students already have access with FIU credentials, so all you have to do is log into your account to activate it!
For Faculty, Staff, and Community Partners
Nonprofits or FIU colleges/departments looking to recruit and manage volunteers can now do so effectively with GivePulse. Visit the link below to learn more!
Alternative Breaks
Alternative Breaks offers students the opportunity to travel during Spring and winter break to perform volunteer work. Each trip has a focus on a particular social issue. Alternative Breaks (aB) is FIU's largest, award-winning service learning program that allows students to experience diverse cultures and environments around the world where they can create unforgettable memories and long-term friendships.
Alternative Breaks is managed by the Center for Leadership and Service.
Relay for Life
FIU Relay for Life is a unique overnight celebration of life and hope that one day we will find a cure for cancer. Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society. No matter who you are, there's a place for you at Relay.
Roarthon
Roarthon, FIU’s Dance Marathon, is a year-long fundraising campaign ending in a 12-hour celebration. All the funds raised benefit the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals program at Miami Children's Hospital Foundation, the fundraising arm of Nicklaus Children's Hospital. Children's Miracle Network Hospitals is a non-profit organization dedicated to saving and improving the lives of children by raising funds and awareness for 170 children's hospitals throughout North America. Since 1985, Nicklaus has been the only Children's Miracle Network Hospital in South Florida. Over 300 students participate in the 12-hour fundraiser that takes an entire year and a committee of over 50 students to plan and activate. Roarthon was established in 1997 as Dance Marathon at FIU, raising $9,000 its first year. Since then, Roarthon has raised over $1.7 million, with all proceeds directly benefiting the children at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital.
Community Service Opportunities
The FIU Day of Service is your opportunity to get up, get out, and do something! FIU Day of Service is hosted on Make a Difference Day on the fourth Saturday in October every year. Join your Panther family and millions of people across the United States as we volunteer and perform projects for our community, for individuals in need and for charitable organizations.
Student Office, MMC
GC 2210
305-348-2149
Biscayne Bay Campus (BBC)
WUC 141
305-919-5771
cls@fiu.edu