Service and civic engagement at Princeton University can take many forms. Find the opportunity that’s right for you by choosing the interests, location, and more that align with your preferences, schedule, and passions. All opportunities are open to both undergraduate and graduate students at Princeton unless noted otherwise.
Not sure where to get started? Use the filters below to see what groups align with your interests or other needs.
Know what group or program you want to join? Email the staff or student board leaders to begin.
Ways to Get Involved
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Princeton Internships in Civic Service (PICS) is an alumni-founded program with the John H. Pace, Jr. '39 Center for Civic Engagement that provides Princeton undergraduates paid summer internships in nonprofit organizations.
Internships and Fellowships - Opportunity
With Big Brothers Big Sisters you can serve children from the local community.
Advocacy and Activism, Student Leadership, Volunteering - ProgramPage
Princeton RISE matches partners and students to address racial justice and contribute to campus and community projects.
Advocacy and Activism, Internships and Fellowships - Opportunity
The Princeton chapter of the American Red Cross coordinates and runs blood drives for the Red Cross several times throughout the year.
Student Leadership, Volunteering - Opportunity
Project: Ballet & Books
Project Leaders: Brooke McCarthy ([email protected]) and Isabelle Clayton ([email protected])
Community Partner: Princeton YMCA
Project Description:
Volunteering - Opportunity
The Princeton chapter of Best Buddies hosts monthly on campus events at which community members with intellectual disabilities and Princeton students hang out and participate in fun activities
Volunteering - Opportunity
CONTACT is a Student Volunteers Council service project whose volunteers answer phone calls for a local crisis hotline and the national suicide hotline.
Volunteering - Opportunity
We teach English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) classes to adult immigrants at varying English fluency levels in Trenton and on campus.
Volunteering - Opportunity
Project: HJA Health Connections
Project Leaders: Megan Santamore ([email protected]), Venezia Garza ([email protected]), and Amelia Brown ([email protected])
Volunteering - Opportunity
Kidney Disease Screening and Awareness provides free kidney health screenings and health education to local communities.
Volunteering - Opportunity
Volunteers support the Loaves and Fishes Community of the Diocese of Trenton by serving meals twice a month.
Volunteering - Opportunity
Volunteers with PMPMC commit to one weekly three-hour shift in one of the units at the Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center (e.g. emergency room, pediatrics, neurology).
Volunteering - Opportunity
The Petey Greene Program supplements education in prisons by preparing volunteers, primarily college students, to provide free, quality tutoring to support the academic achievement of incarcerated people.
Volunteering - Opportunity
Project Leaders: Ada Metaxas ([email protected]), Venezia Garza ([email protected])
Community Partner: Maplewood Senior Living Facility
Project Description:
Volunteering - Opportunity
Princeton Disability Awareness Club (PDAC) plans a biannual carnival to bring students with disabilities to campus for a Carnival event with foods, games, and performances.
Advocacy and Activism, Student Leadership, Volunteering - Opportunity
Work with the Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad to serve the town of Princeton.
Volunteering - Opportunity
Brings together musicians from Princeton with local nursing homes, assisted living homes, and hospice communities.
Volunteering - Opportunity
Project: Solidaridad Central Jersey Student Wing
Project Leaders: Annie Kim ([email protected]), Isabelle Embden ([email protected])
Community Partner: Solidaridad Central Jersey Pro Se Clinic
Volunteering - Opportunity
Special Olympics Rowing trains adult athletes with disabilities in boats and on indoor rowing machines during a normal school year with an end-of-the-year competition.
Volunteering - Opportunity
The Trenton Circus Squad is dedicated to building a close relationship between Princeton University and the Trenton Circus Squad through tutoring, mentoring, and a collaborative sharing of circus-arts related skills.
Volunteering - Opportunity
Special Olympics Skating helps to make ice skating accessible and fun for skaters of all abilities.
Volunteering