Rollins Community Volunteer Opportunities Database

The Office of Community Engagement is very excited to share the results of the most recent Breakaway survey. Breakaway serves as the national organization that oversees Alternative Break programs (Rollins Immersion: Citizens Take Action). The results of the 2010-2011 academic year have just been announced and Rollins has ranked #1 in regards to overall percentage of immersion particpants based on campus size. Please join us in congratulating the Immersion Planning Team and all immersion participants!

 

 

Office of Community Engagement at
Rollins College

1000 Holt Ave, Box 2789
Winter Park, FL 32789
T: 407.691.1250
F: 407.975.6455

 

 

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Featured Initiative

Making Lives Better (MLB), has been identified by the Clinton Global Initiative as one of the most outstanding student organization for its scope of commitment and dedication for action. Making Lives Better promotes service in the developing world and is led by Raghabendra KC and Adi Mahara.

To learn more about their efforts and projects in Nepal please contact Raghabendra KC or Adi Mahara or visit their website via Get Involved.

 

 

 

 

Office of Community Engagement at
Rollins College

1000 Holt Ave, Box 2789
Winter Park, FL 32789
T: 407.691.1250
F: 407.975.6455

View Our Brochure

Featured Story

For Spring Break, I traveled to Montego Bay, Jamaica where I spent a week volunteering with my mother. I joined her three weeks into our volunteer project at the Blossom Garden Child Care Facility. The facility houses approximately 60 children total, ranging in age from young infants to elementary school children. I absolutely love spending time with children and could not have been more excited to spend a week with them. However, I was not prepared for the horror stories I would hear as I learnt why the children now call Blossom Garden their temporary home. In the weeks prior to my arrival on the island, I held a fundraiser on campus with the hope of raising funds for the facility. I was able to collect an amount much larger than expected due to the generosity of my peers and Rollins faculty. Before my arrival, I filled suitcases with items desperately needed such as diapers, bibs, wipes, and other necessities. All of the donations were greatly appreciated by the facility’s manager, Ms. Brown, yet I still felt it was not enough. When I first entered the building, I realized that these children needed much less than the games and toys to be happy. A simple hug and someone to laugh with meant more than the world to them; something most never received with their parents before being taken or given away...(Read more!) 

Office of Community Engagement at
Rollins College

1000 Holt Ave, Box 2789
Winter Park, FL 32789
T: 407.691.1250
F: 407.975.6455

View Our Brochure