Opportunities From: Center for Community Engagement

Each October we host 3 FREE Halloween Costume Giveaway Events for local families in need. We giveaway hundreds of kid/teen costumes each year and we are always collecting additional new and gently-used Halloween costumes and accessories.

Host your own Halloween costume drive and earn 1 service hour for every 10 costumes you collect (kids/adults). Our donors usually bring us garbage bags full of costumes so this is a pretty easy service project that you can do on your own time and contact us for delivery to our storage unit in Harrison, OH (19 miles from UC campus). 

Once you deliver your costumes and they are counted, we will automatically approve your service hours.

BI-WEEKLY OPPORTUNITY - We are looking for a student(s) who will pick up a carload of shoe donations in garbage bags from Give Like a Mother charity on the eastside of Cincinnati/Eastgate Mall and deliver them to our storage unit in Harrison, Ohio.

GLAM charity is 17 miles from UC campus (eastgate).
Our Soles4Souls storage unit is 42 miles from GLAM charity (Harrison).
Harrison is 21 miles from UC campus.
ROUNDTRIP would be approx 2 hours with loading and unloading > bi-weekly

Pick up at GLAM charity can be anytime Mon-Fri between 10am-4pm, we would set up delivery to storage unit the same day, one hour after pick up at GLAM. You must SCHEDULE the pick up with our team before going to GLAM, message us at bekindharrison@gmail.com to let us know the date and time you will be picking up at GLAM during your scheduled volunteer week and we will coordinate drop off the same day.

Host a gently-used formal dress collection drive on your own time and earn 1 service hour for every 3 formal dresses/gowns you collect (no limit) for the Cincy Princess Pop Up Shop.

The dresses are for Prom and Homecoming dances and can be long or short, they must be formal dresses (not everyday dresses) and must be relatively clean with no stains or rips. 

Learn more about our organization here: https://www.facebook.com/cincyprincesspopupshop
We give free formal dresses to girls in need, along with shoes, jewelry and accessories. 

Drop off will be in Harrison Ohio 45030 at our storage unit (with an appointment) or via porch drop at our house (at your convenience), both locations are about 23 min from UC Campus. We will inventory the donation and automatically approve your service hours.

Earn SERVICE HOURS collecting used shoes for one of our favorite non-profits - Soles4Souls! They do sooo much good!! 

Collect 25 pairs of used shoes = 1 service hour
UNLIMITED HOURS - collect as many shoes as you want

For the last 13 years we have run the tri-state regional drop off site for S4S so you don't have to worry about shipping or anything. It is so easy, when you finish your collection you will schedule an appointment to drop them off to us at our storage unit next to Cronin Ford in Harrison, OH 45030 (19miles/23min from UC campus). 

In our past experience here, UC students usually bring loooots of bags of shoes - this is a pretty simple service project, people are more than willing to give you bags of shoes they no longer wear and they thank YOU for taking them and getting them to people in need.