The MSU Office for Community Involvement (OCI) works to better connect campus resources to meet community needs. Each year thousands of MSU students provide one-time or on-going service to hundreds of Bozeman area non-profit, school and governmental organizations as volunteers, interns, or work-study staff. The Gallatin Valley plays host to over 400 not-for-profit organizations working to address human service, environmental, emergency service, justice and educational issues and challenges. As a land grant institution Montana State University has, from inception, been committed to giving back to the people of Montana. One way in which this is done is through the services provided by our students to those in need. Take some time and look around our website to find out about all the services we offer and the abundance of opportunities to get involved!
The mission of the MSU Office for Community Involvement is to encourage and support the development of an ethic of service and a sense of civic responsibility among MSU students and the campus community through meaningful service that addresses identified community needs.
Vision
The MSU Office for Community Involvement will be the primary campus-based resource to students, faculty, staff and the larger community for civic engagement and service leadership development opportunities. We will:
- build strong and reciprocal campus-community partnerships
- share campus human and intellectual assets
- support student success through active discovery and learning in the community setting
- promote and encourage a lifetime commitment to civic engagement
Upcoming Service Opportunities
MSU America Reads*America Counts Tutors Needed!
Would you like to build your resume? Do you want to positively influence your community? Do you want to help a child succeed? Then this is an amazing opportunity waiting for you! MSU America Reads*America Counts is looking for work-study employees, and volunteers to tutor in Elementary and Middle Schools around Bozeman. If you were awarded Federal Work-Study in your financial aid package and can work 7 hours a week for $11 an hour. If you were not awarded Work-Study you could volunteer for just 1 hour a week. Make a difference instead of sitting on the sidelines this year. Be someone in a child’s life. Become a MSU America Reads*America Counts tutor today! Applications can be found here.
Warming Center Volunteers Needed
The Warming Center is a program operated through the HRDC and provides the homeless population a warm place to stay from 7pm to 7am nightly (mid November to end of March). For a full volunteer position description and more details, click here.
Volunteer Dental Recorders
Join Montana AHEC/Office of Rural Health to help record dental records as dentists from around the area provide free dental screenings to over 4,000 elementary students. Recorder shifts run from 8:30 am- 11:30am. Recorders are asked to review http://www.dphhs.mt.gov/publichealth/oralhealth/ to better understand how to collect unified data. Please contact Lorie Becker at lorie.becker@montana.edu to sign up for shifts and learn more information.
Schools and dates for recorders: LaMotte (1/27), Hawthorne (2/3 @ 9:30), Morning Start (2/3), Ridge View (2/3), Whittier (2/3), Heck/Quaw (2/10), Hyalite (2/10), Long Fellow (2/10), Emily Dickenson (2/17), Irving (2/24).
Montana 4-H Foundation's annual Phonathon: February 6-9 & 13-16
The Montana 4-H Foundation's annual will be held in Taylor Hall (on the MSU campus) from 5:30 - 8:30 on February 6 - February 9 and February 13 - February 16. They are looking for student volunteers to help with phones and prepare mailings each night. Dinner and dessert, as well as a short training session will be provided from 5:30 - 6:00 each night. Volunteers are guaranteed one of many cool prizes that will be offered. Please contact them if you are interested in volunteering:
Lena Heuscher Sandra Germann
406-450-5582 406-994-5691
signergirl@3rivers.net sandra.germann@montana.edu
Bridger Care Sweet Tooth Ball Fundraiser –February 10th
Bridger Care needs help with setup from 10am-1pm and during the event from 7pm-midnight. Volunteering either time will get volunteers in for free. Please call or email Stephanie: 587-0681 x31 or smcdowell@bridgercare.org.
Annual International Street Food Bazaar-February 18th
The MSU Office of International Programs is looking for volunteers for the 30th Annual International Street Food Bazaar, which will take place on Saturday, February 18th. All volunteers will receive free entry to the Bazaar (MSU Students automatically get in free). There are three days and different tasks you can choose from; they will try to accommodate your requests as best as possible. If you are interested in volunteering you can find a volunteer form here or have any questions, please contact Carley Smith by email at carley.smith@msu.montana.edu or by phone at 994-4031.
Run to the Pub-March 17th
Volunteers are needed for the annual Run to the Pub race in Bozeman on St. Patrick's Day, March 17th! Each year this race features a fun 10k and half marathon. All volunteers will receive a free t-shirt and beer (for those over 21) for their support of this great community event! A brief volunteer orientation will be held Friday, March 16th at 6:15pm (Location TBD). Proceeds from this event will benefit Family Promise of Gallatin Valley, Trails for Horses and RUNBozeman.
If you are interested in volunteering, please CLICK HERE.
Did you know there are people in your community who cannot get to the cancer treatments they need to possibly save their lives? You can help! The American Cancer Society needs volunteers for its Road to Recovery program, a program where local men and women offer rides to patients in need of transportation to and from area hospitals for their cancer treatment.
Those interested can volunteer for one trip per month or as many as they wish. There is no set amount, just the desire to help a friend, neighbor or someone in the community who is in need of a helping hand during a very trying time in their life. Gas assistance for the program is available. More info: Britin Cross at the American Cancer Society 406-256-7156 x 78486.
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity needs a volunteer(s) to help remodel a dollhouse. The dollhouse will be used as a model for a future build and auctioned off to help raise funds and awareness about the work that Habitat does in the Gallatin Valley. Volunteers are also always needed at the Habitat Restore in Belgrade. The Restore is open Thurs. & Fri: 10am-2pm and Saturday: 10am - 4pm. More info: call (406) 388-2851.
