We Serve U Day

We Serve U Day

Our next We Serve U day is Wednesday, March 12, 2025.

A cornerstone of Wright State's mission is service to our communities. We Serve U Day is a day of volunteerism approved by the university administration for staff and faculty to volunteer at community non-profits without using time off.  

The We Serve U committee has arranged multiple volunteer opportunities, which include Ronald McDonald House, Crayons to Classrooms, the Humane Society, and the Wright State Admissions office.

View details about each organization's volunteer opportunities register:

The number of volunteers for each location/time slot is limited, so availability is given on a first come, first served basis. Two shifts are available at most organizations to allow everyone the opportunity to volunteer without disrupting office operations. Check with your supervisor to ensure there are no conflicts before you complete the registration.

• Morning Shift: 9 a.m. to Noon
• Afternoon Shift: 1 to 4 p.m.

Available Activities

Project LINUS (ON CAMPUS OPPORTUNITY)
Student Success suite 101

Morning and Afternoon shifts are available. Project Linus provides handmade blankets to children 0-18 in the United States who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need. We will have a blanket-making station in Student Success suite 101, with one sewing machine provided. Volunteers will need to bring their own materials (fabric, thread) for this opportunity.

Humane Society
1661 Nicholas Rd, Dayton 45417

Morning shifts only. The Humane Society of Greater Dayton is proud to be a no-kill organization that has been serving the animals and people of the Miami Valley since 1902.
Volunteers will spend around 75% of the time assisting in cleaning/maintaining animal enclosures, organizing, projects, etc. The other 25% of the time may be spent socializing with the animals. We have an array of different animals at any given time including: dogs, cats, rabbits, small animals/ ”pocket pets”, farm animals, etc.

Crayons to Classrooms
1750 Woodman Dr, Dayton 45420

Morning and Afternoon shifts are available. Crayons to Classrooms is committed to providing those tools to at-risk children in the Greater Dayton Region, including Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, and Warren counties. We encourage community donations while also leveraging an extensive collection of supply chain partners to secure essential school supplies at significantly reduced costs. Then, we distribute those items at no cost to teachers in our Dayton store. The Classroom Solutions program creates practical tools and activities that can enhance existing lesson plans or improve the classroom environment. Volunteers create these products using donated materials, like paper, cardboard, and yarn, and tools such as die cut machines and paper cutters. We encourage input from our teachers when designing new products and strive to make products that can be adapted for use in multiple ways for multiple grades.

Habitat for Humanity ReStore (*DAYTON RESTORE LOCATION*)
115 W. Riverview Ave. Dayton, Ohio 45405

Morning and Afternoon shifts are available. The ReStore, our Habitat for Humanity Thrift Store, is a retail operation that sells new and gently used furniture, cabinets, doors, fixtures, windows, appliances, etc. and is open to the public.
Volunteers assist with customer service, greeting customers, rearranging, and cleaning the sales floor, loading, and unloading donations from the ReStore trucks, cleaning, and prepping donations for the sales floor, etc.

Dakota Center 
33 Barnett St, Dayton, OH 45402

Morning and Afternoon shifts are available. The Dakota Center is in its sixth decade of service to Inner-West Dayton, where it provides premier programming for the area's youth and seniors. 
Volunteers will be cleaning the center and preparing bags for the food pantry. 

St. Vincent De Paul 

Afternoon shifts only. St. Vincent de Paul Society has embraced the Dayton community in a network of charity for over 75 years. Through our Conferences and Special Works, we provide person-to-person emergency assistance and supportive services to those living in Montgomery County and surrounding communities who are on the brink of becoming homeless or who are already homeless. We meet our neighbors with compassion wherever they are on their journeys through our service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Volunteers will be organizing and sorting donated clothing and doing light facility cleaning.

Dayton Foodbank
56 Armor Pl, Dayton, OH 45417

Afternoon shifts only. The mission of The Foodbank is to eliminate hunger and its root causes. Food and related supplies are distributed to a network of pantries, community kitchens, shelters and other charitable programs, all of which support the health and development of food-insecure individuals in Montgomery, Greene, and Preble Counties.
Volunteers will be stuffing bags for the Good-to-Go Backpacks program, which sends at-risk students home with food for the weekend.