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Founded in 1990 as an initiative for all students to directly access and serve the Lawrence community, the Center for Community Outreach works with various student groups, organizations, and local non-profits to address the needs of our community. This year, please join us in celebrating the CCO's 30th anniversary! The CCO and its 12 unique volunteer programs provide meaningful service opportunities for students, address various needs through collaborative partnerships, and empower the community through education and advocacy. We strive to enhance and expand meaningful student involvement in community service and create a culture of ethical service at the University of Kansas.
We directly engage students by providing service opportunities, responding to community needs, organizing semi-annual days of service, developing volunteer management skills, and supporting community initiatives and non-profits through collaborative partnerships. Each program added to the CCO has grown in response to students' passion for the arts, sustainability, homelessness, food insecurity, mentoring, animals, advocacy, and education. The KU Center for Community Outreach, otherwise known as KU CCO, encourages ethical volunteerism in our local and global communities.
Food insecurity, homelessness, youth mentorship, language literacy, and community health are only a few examples of the 12 unique interest areas our student-run programs respond to on a local and global scale. Our programs coordinate daily, weekly, monthly, and semi-annual service opportunities through either campus or community agencies' independent or collaborative action. We empower students to become engaged citizens and bridge the gap between our campus and the larger Lawrence community.
The Center for Community Outreach is the largest student-led service organization on campus!
The second half of our motto! Your contribution is helping our program coordinators continue doing the work they love.
Celebrate the CCO’s 30th anniversary with a donation that directly goes back to student programs. This donation covered the cost of running a program for one month!
Meaningful service is what the CCO is about! With our 12 programs, students are able to find a project that they are passionate about.
Your donation is connecting KU students to the greater Lawrence community.
This donation purchased an instrument for the Music Mentors Program!
Your generous donation has funded one of our 12 programs for the entire semester!