Would you like to get involved on campus while helping the community? Then you’re in the right spot! Below you will find five student service organizations you can get involved with at Keene State and the Monadnock Region. If you don’t see something below that you’re interested in, but still want to be involved with service then contact Alyssa Day for more information.
- Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Circle K
- CFES (College for Every Student) Mentoring Club
- First Book
- Campus Chapter of Habitat for Humanity
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Bigs Club at 2010 Dodgeball Tournament!
Big Brothers Big Sisters
The Keene State Bigs Club is a student run organization affiliated with the Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Monadnock Region. The club assists students wishing to be matched with a little brother or little sister. The KSC Bigs Club organizes various events for matches such as the Winter Dance Party, St. Patrick’s Day Party and an Electricity Workshop by Mad Science. Come to a meeting and share your ideas or just help out with an event.
Meeting Time: Tuesdays at 8pm, Morrison Room
Contact Information
kscbigsclub@yahoo.com
Student Center Office #239
Advisor: Alyssa Day
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Annual "Touch a Truck" Event
Circle K
Circle K is a student organization affiliated with the Keene Kiwanis. Circle K promotes volunteerism on campus through service projects and fund raising. Just a few examples of our work include hosting the Alzheimer’s Memory Walk and the American Red Cross Blood Drives on campus.
The club also volunteers regularly at Fast Friends, the MDS Dances, the Monadnock Humane Society and Life Art. Throughout the year the club is involved with other events including Touch-a-Truck, park clean-ups, Camp Sunshine clean-up, a tour of the Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Institute and fundraising events. Social events are also a vital part of this club. We invite all KSC students to our meetings and welcome their ideas for volunteer events.
Meeting Time: Mondays at 8pm in the Madison Street Lounge of the Student Center
Contact Information
ksccirclek@yahoo.com
Student Center Office #231
Advisor: Alyssa Day
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College for Every Student (CFES)
CFES provides mentoring and tutoring projects that match KSC Students with local elementary through high school students. The CFES club hosts middle school students on campus for early college awareness activities and mentoring once per week.
The club meets weekly to discuss readings on mentoring, plan school visits and travels to an urban school to observe programs once per year. It’s an excellent opportunity for students to gain experience planning educational activities with children. For more information on the CFES national organization click here http://www.collegefes.org/.
Meeting Time: Tuesdays at 8pm (co-meeting with BBBS) in Morrison Room
Contact Information
Advisor: Alyssa Day
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First Book
First Book provides new books to children in need, addressing one of the most important factors affecting literacy – access to books. An innovative leader in social enterprise, each year First Book distributes millions of free and low-cost books to disadvantaged children and the programs that serve them.
First Book-Keene State College is comprised of Keene State students looking to make a difference in the lives of surrounding area students. We provide service to the elementary schools in the area through Book Parties that can be scheduled through the Chair of the Keene AB and also through the granting of monies that can be used to buy books to support the children in your program.
Meeting Time: Mondays at 8pm (with Circle K) in the Madison Street Lounge of the Student Center
Contact Information
Advisor: Alyssa Day
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Habitat for Humanity
HFH’s campus chapter at KSC is a student organization with three main functions:
- building and rehabilitating houses in partnership with Habitat affiliates and homeowners
- educating the campus and community about affordable housing issues
- raising funds to support the work of Habitat for Humanity locally, nationally and internationally
Meeting Times: Alternating Tuesdays at 9:30pm in the Madison Street Lounge
Contact Information
kschabitat@gmail.com
Advisor: Pat Halloran
