Columbia Community Outreach

Saturday, March 29, 2008
Alumni in New York - Register Now!

What Is Columbia Community Outreach?
Columbia alumni around the world are invited to connect with their fellow alumni and serve their local communities on Global Community Outreach Day. The effort is sponsored by the CAA and inspired by Columbia Community Outreach, an event started by Columbia College students in 1997 to bring students, faculty, staff, and alumni together for a day of volunteering in New York City.

CAA's CCO in New York City
Columbia Community Outreach in New York starts either on campus with Opening Ceremonies or with a breakfast reception at the Columbia University Club of New York in midtown. Upon registering, alumni can choose either location and will go to that meeting point at the beginning of the day. You will be assigned a project upon arrival on campus or at the Club, and proceed with a group of alumni and in some cases students to a nearby park, school, community center, or other volunteer base. When travel is required, a metro card will be provided.

CAA's CCO Around the World
This year, alumni clubs across the globe are arranging their own volunteer projects on the same day as hundreds gather in New York City. To learn if an alumni club near you is participating, or if you would be willing to organize a project for your local alumni group, please email Emily Morris.

Information for Non-Profits
If you are part of a non-profit organization with alumni service opportunities in the New York City area, click here to learn how to connect with CCO. If you work with an organization outside of New York, contact Emily Morris for opportunities to work with Columbia alumni volunteers.

Columbia Community Outreach Projects
Alumni in New York and across the globe participated in a variety of projects, including:

• Working with kids in homeless shelters and educational support programs
• Making cards and decorations for nursing home residents
• Improving facilites for kids' educational, cultural and athletics programs
• Planting flowers in parks
• Improving LGBT drop-in center facilities
• Packing up goods in food banks

To learn more about these projects, watch our CCO slide show from previous years. For information on how to set up a volunteer project, click here for suggestions and best practices.