Looking to get more involved on-campus and in the community? Want to get out there and serve? Want to enhance your academic career with volunteer experiences? Want a great leadership experience? Looking for an internship or job related to service? Interested in service-learning? For more information, please take a look at this website and/or stop by our Community Outreach Center (218 Plemmons Student Union).

"People Need People" -- by Yunik Patillo, ACT Peer Counselor

The ACT Community Outreach Center is an important piece of community service involvement on Appalachian's campus. As we raise awareness regarding social issues, others unite in this divine outreach forming a responsibility to challenge students to embark on an inner journey of personal, intellectual, moral and cultural development as they engage in service projects that meet human needs as well as concentrate on environmental concerns.

What most people do not understand about community service is how important it truly is. Regardless of race, sexual orientation, gender and yearly income, people need people. It is a way for people to interact with each other and learn new ideas and ways of thinking. Here at the ACT Community Outreach Center we go so far as to illustrate the powerful connection between theory and practice by integrating community service with academic coursework, but we do not just stop there. We support individuals, organizations, and classes whose actions and commitment enhance local community agencies. We want for each person who comes through ACT to have fun, explore career and major options, and learn teambuilding skills while still finding a sense of purpose.

Colin Powell put it best when he said, " Working together, we can reach across the racial, cultural, social, and economic gaps that divide us. We can recover our sense of community pride in being a nation of neighbors who care. We can revitalize the tradition of service to others that has been so much a part of our history and national character."