Community Service Opportunities & Reporting
Looking for opportunities to serve the community?
Check this page often for updates about community service events on-campus and in the local community.
Help SDSU exceed it's Community Service Hour goal of 79,000 hours for 2024-2025 academic year!
Report Your Service Hours!
The Glazer Center for Leadership & Service oversees the university's central community reporting system for San Diego State University. Students should report all volunteer hours through our online Community Service Reporting Form. Find out if your activity qualifies as community service!
Click Here to Report Your Community Service Hours!
Get Rewarded for Your Service!
SDSU students who report 50 or 100 community service hours to the online form over their time at SDSU will be awarded at the Glazer Center for Leadership & Service's End of Year Celebration each April. Help us reach our goal of 79,000 community service hours for the 2024-2025 academic year. We are already making great progress towards our goal. Keep up the great work Aztecs and REPORT YOUR HOURS!
50 Community Service Hours: Students will receive a 50 community service hour certificate.
100 Community Service Hours: Students will receive a 100 community service hour certificate, 100 service hours lapel pin, & a digital badge.
Community service and volunteering is an important part of your personal and professional development. According to a survey by TimeBank, 73% of employers stated that they are more likely to hire a candidate with volunteer experience than someone who has none!
UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES
Sign up for our monthly Service Spotlight newsletter to get our e-newsletter with upcoming service opportunities. Invididual community service advising is also available with our Student Life Advisor for Community Service. Schedule your one on one community service advising here.
Sign Up for the Service Spotlight Newsletter!
On-Campus Service Opportunities & Resources
- SDSU Student Organizations
Many student organizations are created solely for the purpose of community service. With 300+ different groups to choose, you are bound to find something related to your interests. Making friends while serving the community has never been easier! - Associated Students (AS) Programs
- AS Community Service Commission: The purpose of this Commission will be to organize and facilitate student volunteer community service on behalf of the Associated Students that all SDSU students, faculty and staff can participate in. The Commission will facilitate the planning, production and marketing of selected events each year.
- AS Food Panty Volunteer: Volunteer to help run the AS Food Pantry.
- AS Good Neighbor Clean Up: The purpose of this program is to increase awareness among SDSU students of the relationship between student behavior and the quality of life on campus and in the neighborhoods surrounding the SDSU campus. Interested in doing a clean-up right next to campus? Contact the AS Campus Community Commission to learn more.
Off-Campus Service Opportunities
The non-profit community organizations listed below offer volunteer opportunities throughout the year. Please note that the links provided take you to the community organization’s respective website that is not affiliated with SDSU. We are not endorsing these websites, the community organization they represent, or any views expressed within, but simply provide the links as a courtesy for students interested in finding community service and volunteer work.
Nonprofits and Community Partner Resources
If you would like to identify your non profit community organization as offering community service/volunteering opportunities, please complete our volunteer request form and attach flyers that include the organization’s name, website address, contact information, and a description of your organization (including mission and populations served). All requests are subject to review and approval prior to posting.
