Southern's annual MLK Service Day sees students, faculty, and staff serve in a wide variety of capacities assisting projects all over the Chattanooga area.

DA NANG, Vietnam (April 22, 2013) Ens. Ray Evans plays paper, rock, scissors with children of Promise House; part of the Street Children’s Program of Da Nang. Evans with other Sailors of the guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) attended the monthly birthday party for children of the Promise House as a community service event coordinated by Orphan Voice. Chung-Hoon and USNS Salvor (T ARS 52) are in Da Nang, Vietnam for Naval Exchange Activity (NEA). The NEA provides opportunities for U.S. and Vietnamese naval professionals to share best practices and exchange maritime skills. Maritime skill exchanges between the two navies are non-combatant events, such as humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, medical training, fire fighting and damage control, search and rescue, diving and salvage, sports and community service projects. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Chief Petty Officer Michael Ard)

Rho Nu members participating in the 2014 Texas Adopt-a-Beach Spring Beach Cleanup

AFGE leaders, members and staffers volunteer with the Mobile Food Pantry in Silver Spring, Md. Volunteers distributed food donated by the Capital Area Food Bank to those in need.

Students in Judson's SGA volunteered their time to pack Thanksgiving dinner kits for families in Perry County.

AFGE leaders, members and staffers volunteer with the Mobile Food Pantry in Silver Spring, Md. Volunteers distributed food donated by the Capital Area Food Bank to those in need.

AFGE leaders, members and staffers volunteer with the Mobile Food Pantry in Silver Spring, Md. Volunteers distributed food donated by the Capital Area Food Bank to those in need.

Ana, a JC freshman, looked particularly excited to donate blood when LifeSouth came for a visit! Photo by Bill Mathews.

AFGE leaders, members and staffers volunteer with the Mobile Food Pantry in Silver Spring, Md. Volunteers distributed food donated by the Capital Area Food Bank to those in need.

AFGE leaders, members and staffers volunteer with the Mobile Food Pantry in Silver Spring, Md. Volunteers distributed food donated by the Capital Area Food Bank to those in need.

Physical therapy student Ashley Testa ’11, shares a laugh with a Legacy Senior Living resident, where she volunteers.

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Governor Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy participate in Martin Luther King, Jr. National Day of Service by volunteering at The Marketplace at CUMAC in Paterson on January 18, 2021 (Edwin J. Torres/ NJ Governor's Office).

AFGE activists collect, sort, and deliver donations for local charities in the Minneapolis area.

On Campus Projects

Naz swimmers sported caps with messages to support cancer patients and raise awareness of Sarcoma at their Hour of Power relay event.

AFGE leaders, members and staffers volunteer with the Mobile Food Pantry in Silver Spring, Md. Volunteers distributed food donated by the Capital Area Food Bank to those in need.

AFGE leaders, members and staffers volunteer with the Mobile Food Pantry in Silver Spring, Md. Volunteers distributed food donated by the Capital Area Food Bank to those in need.

AFGE leaders, members and staffers volunteer with the Mobile Food Pantry in Silver Spring, Md. Volunteers distributed food donated by the Capital Area Food Bank to those in need.

Varsity Boys X-Country cleans up a local park

New students, student leaders, faculty, and staff members at Judson participated in service projects all over Perry County to kick off the new year with a day based on the teachings of Christ in Matthew 25: 31-46.

Photo by Bill Mathews

The venue was the smaller (Unive) hall of two theatre halls in "The Tamboer" theatre in Hoogeven.

LUMUT, Malaysia (Jun. 19, 2014) The 7th Fleet Band, Orient Express plays a concert for children at the Rumah Amal Huruman Kashi Orphanage along with Sailors from the USS Pinckney (DDG 91). The Orient Express and the USS Pinckney are participating in exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2014. In its 20th year, CARAT is an annual, bilateral exercise series with the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and the armed forces of nine partner nations including Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timor-Leste. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist First Class Tim Miller/Released)

City school district children learn about eating healthy and staying active as part of Pre-K @ College, a free event on campus.

Image Taken At Sangre Ridge Elementary School Read Across America Day, Monday, March 2, 2020, Stillwater, OK, Courtney Bay/OSU Athletics.

We were proud to help out with a benefit for the Alzheimer's Association in Charlotte.

College of DuPage students, faculty and staff enjoyed a free gourmet treat from Cupcakes for Courage, a unique local bakery owned by a COD alumna who shares in the mission of COD Cares of giving back to the community by donating proceeds to cancer research. They also helped with several service projects and provided donations for area organizations. COD Action Heroes help with group service activities throughout District 502. Learn more at cod.edu/codcares. Picture: Student Jonathan Lennox of Addison assists in creating sleeping mats from plastic bags at the COD Cares Fall Day of Action.