{"id":759,"date":"2014-07-22T16:48:06","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T20:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/?page_id=759"},"modified":"2014-09-23T09:41:56","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T13:41:56","slug":"volunteer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/programs-services\/volunteer\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Giving back. It\u2019s a no-brainer. Improving public spaces, assisting new immigrants in learning the ropes, keeping the hungry fed, raising awareness of the artistic and cultural wealth in Boston, we\u2019re always ready to roll up our shirtsleeves. The more we give to each other, the richer we all become.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BU&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csc\/\"><strong>Community Service Center<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0has a volunteer base of over 4,500 people who contribute an estimated 130,000 hours of service annually, largely to the greater Boston area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csc\/community-service-center-programs\/sfr\/\"><strong>Student Food Rescue<\/strong><\/a> keeps nearly 1,000 people a week from going hungry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>We send volunteers into the community to foster awareness of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csc\/community-service-center-programs\/ct\/\"><strong>theatre<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csc\/community-service-center-programs\/makingmusic\/\"><strong>music<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csc\/community-service-center-programs\/studentstudio\/\"><strong>art<\/strong><\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csc\/community-service-center-programs\/wizards\/\"><strong>science<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>One of our longest running programs, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csc\/community-service-center-programs\/afterschool\/\"><strong>Afterschool<\/strong><\/a> offers tutoring, one-on-one homework assistance, and creative activities to students in grades pre-K\u201312.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csc\/community-service-center-programs\/branch-out\/\"><strong>Branch Out<\/strong><\/a> improves Boston&#8217;s public spaces with\u00a0projects like beach cleanups, tree planting, invasive species removal, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csc\/community-service-center-programs\/empowermentleague\/\"><strong>Empowerment League<\/strong><\/a> works with immigrants, refugees, international students, inmates, and women to assist them in their understanding of the English language, enhance their experience in Boston, and work toward a greater understanding of human rights and individual empowerment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Volunteers also work with community members on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csc\/community-service-center-programs\/vfm\/\">LGBTQ<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csc\/community-service-center-programs\/project-hope\/\">public health<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giving back. It\u2019s a no-brainer. Improving public spaces, assisting new immigrants in learning the ropes, keeping the hungry fed, raising awareness of the artistic and cultural wealth in Boston, we\u2019re always ready to roll up our shirtsleeves. The more we give to each other, the richer we all become. BU&#8217;s\u00a0Community Service Center\u00a0has a volunteer base [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5235,"featured_media":0,"parent":679,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/759"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5235"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":952,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/759\/revisions\/952"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}