Service Outreach Coordinators

SOC’s Promote and integrate service in the dorms by keeping students informed about Haas programs and community service efforts on campus, raising awareness about current social issues, and organizing group service with their dorms.

Find the SOC in your Dorm [PDF]. If your dorm doesn’t have an SOC and you would like to become one, email nicholas.cheng@stanford.edu.

Also, check out the Service Outreach Coordinator Group on Facebook (link: http://stanford.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5330924507).

Service Project Ideas

Get Connected to Community Service Student Groups
  • Cook and serve breakfast to the homeless with Stanford Project on Hunger (SPOON). Email the breakfast cook coordinator, Dawn at dawnk@stanford.edu to find out more information.
  • Build a house with habitat for humanity. Email stanfordhabitat@gmail.com.
  • Form a team with Relay for Life. Colleges Against Cancer organizes this annual walk during spring quarter to support the American Cancer Society. Check out http://www.acsevents.org/relay/ca/stanford to find out more details.
  • Dance Marathon is a twenty-four long dance-a-thon to raise awareness and money to fight the AIDS epidemic. It’s held annually during the winter quarter. Check out the website http://dancemarathon.stanford.edu to find out more information about how to get involved.
Get connected with other community service groups. Go to http://mygroups.stanford. Click on Advanced search and choose Community Service from the drop down menu.

Get Connected to Local Community Organizations
  • Volunteer with senior citizens. Lytton Gardens is a local senior center that is eager to work with Stanford Students. They are open and flexible with schedules and project ideas. Check out http://www.lyttongardens.org.
  • Want to do an outdoors project? Check out http://ecomagic.org, or http://savethebay.org.
  • Find out about other opportunities on http://volunteermatch.org. Enter our zip code and select group in the advanced search option to see what local needs would be best met with a group of volunteers.
  • Check out http://handsonbayarea.org. It’s easy to become member and sign up for already scheduled group projects.
Be sure to check out the guide to short term service projects to help you plan and implement a successful project, from orientating your volunteers to leading reflection afterwards.

For additional assistance, stop by the BIRC on the first floor of the Haas Center.