Engage regularly and volunteer with the local community.
Sustained Volunteering

Service Groups
Academic Success Today
Academic Success Today seeks to foster strong interpersonal relationships between Princeton students and their mentees, through tutoring, relationship-building, and academic guidance.
American Red Cross
The Princeton chapter of the American Red Cross coordinates and runs blood drives for the Red Cross several times throughout the year.
Ascend Hospice
This Student Volunteers Council project is not active for Spring 2021.
Best Buddies
This Student Volunteers Council project is not active for Spring 2021.
Big Brothers Big Sisters
This Community House project is not active for Spring 2021.
Black Organization for Leadership Development (B.O.L.D)
This Community House project is not active for Spring 2021.
CityStep
This Student Volunteers Council project is not active for Spring 2021.
Community House After School Programs
CHASE (Community House After School Enrichment) is a Community House project focused on enabling low income, minority, and first generation high school students in the Princeton community to overcome the education gap.
Community House Big Sibs
Community House Big Sibs is a mentorship project connecting Princeton University students with elementary students from the Princeton Public Schools. Mentors build long-term relationships with individual students and help foster academic, social and emotional growth.
Community House Preschool Program
The Preschool Program addresses early childhood literacy by helping preschoolers with school-readiness skills in preparation for kindergarten.
Community House Princeton Engineering Education for Kids (PEEK)
Through PEEK, undergraduate students visit elementary school classrooms and teach children basic principles of engineering using LEGO robotics kits.
Community House SAT Prep
During the SAT Prep Program volunteers teach Math and English sessions twice a week and also provide one-on-one tutoring to help high school students develop standardized test-taking skills.
Community Link
Partnering with Latinos en Progreso of Princeton Public Schools, this mentorship initiative connects Princeton University students with youth participants in the Latinos en Progreso afterschool program hosted at the Panell Learning Center.
Community Walk
This Community House project is not active for Spring 2021.
CONTACT Princeton
CONTACT is a Student Volunteers Council service project whose volunteers answer phone calls for a local crisis hotline and the national suicide hotline.
Creative Minds
This Student Volunteers Council project is not active for Spring 2021.
Crossings
This Community House project is not active for Spring 2021.
ESL El Centro
We teach English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) classes to adult immigrants at varying English fluency levels in Trenton and on campus.
Generation One
Helping students navigate the high school experience and prepare to launch into college, Generation One provides mentoring, academic tutoring, subject-specific study circles, writing workshops, field trips, college tours and other activities.
Generation Speak
This Community House project is not active for Spring 2021.
GetSET
This Student Volunteers Council project is not active for Spring 2021.
Health In Princeton Schools
Health in Princeton Schools (HIPS) is a Pace Center weekly volunteer project that seeks to increase health awareness in local elementary schools by recruiting Princeton University undergraduates to serve as young, relatable role models and mentors.
Homefront Tutoring and College Prep
HomeFront serves families who are experiencing serious economic hardship as part of their mission to end homelessness in Central New Jersey.
HomeFront Volunteer Project
This Student Volunteers Council project is not active for Spring 2021.
In Circus of Humanity
This Student Volunteers Council project is not active for Spring 2021.
Kidney Disease Screening and Awareness Program
This Student Volunteers Council project is not active for Spring 2021.
LEAP
This Student Volunteers Council project is not active for Spring 2021.
Meals On Wheels
This Student Volunteers Council project is not active for Spring 2021.
Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center
This Student Volunteers Council project is not active for Spring 2021.
Petey Greene Program
The Petey Greene Program (PGP) supplements education in prisons by preparing volunteers, primarily college students, to provide free, quality tutoring to support the academic achievement of incarcerated people.
Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad
Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad is a group of volunteers that work at the Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad to serve the town of Princeton.
Princeton Music Outreach
This Student Volunteers Council project is not active for Spring 2021.
Princeton Re-Entry & Employment Preparation
The objective of the PREP program is to help formerly incarcerated students showcase their strengths, abilities, and employment history to potential employers upon reentry.
Princeton Students for Reproductive Justice
This Student Volunteers Council project is not active for Spring 2021.
Princeton Youth Enrichment
Princeton Youth Enrichment (PYE) aims to overcome the disparity in the professional opportunities provided to high school students from low socio-economic backgrounds. We connect students to Princeton undergraduates through mentorship and guidance on real-world situations.
Rescue Mission
This Student Volunteers Council project is not active for Spring 2021.
Special Olympics Rowing
We are a Student Volunteers Council (SVC) service project and Special Olympic program that serves adults with disabilities in the Princeton area.
Special Olympics Skating
This Student Volunteers Council project is not active for Spring 2021.
Special Olympics Swimming
This Student Volunteers Council project is not active for Spring 2021.
TigerTAILS
This Student Volunteers Council project is not active for Spring 2021.
Young Scholars Institute
Young Scholars' Institute is a community center in Trenton where Princeton students can volunteer to provide one-on-one tutoring for students in after-school programs.
Related Programs
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Community House
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Princeton Online Tutoring Network
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Student Volunteers Council
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Trenton Arts at Princeton