The Tommies Together Volunteer Center provides our campus community with a range of co-curricular opportunities to invest their time, talent, and skills into the community. Whether you want to participate in one of our established programs like Shelter Crew or find a specific opportunity related to your field of study, we can help you get started.
With over 400 approved community partners, countless volunteer opportunities exist to advance the common. Volunteers can find opportunities that match their career path or personal interests, broaden their perspective, and become engaged in the work happening on the ground to create positive social change.
The center provides one-on-one coaching for those seeking assistance planning a volunteer event, maintains a database of local volunteer projects, and provides several leadership development opportunities.
Our tutor-mentor program builds meaningful connections between K-12 students and St. Thomas volunteers.
Tutor-mentors commit to volunteering for at least one semester for a minimum of one hour each week. The Tommies Together Volunteer Center covers transportation costs or provides carpools to all preapproved volunteers.
Shifts are available Monday-Sunday, 7 a.m.-8 p.m. Most shifts run 1 hour. Longer shifts are available.
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Shelter Crew is a co-curricular volunteer and advocacy group that invites students to advance housing justice by joining in solidarity with their neighbors who don't have access to safe, affordable, and permanent housing.
Students volunteer with Catholic Charities and Habitat for Humanity, reflect with each other about the systemic issues that impede housing access, and work with the Global Justice Movement to advocate for justice, equity, and dignity in housing.
Email the Shelter Crew for more information.
Tommie Shelf is a co-curricular volunteer and advocacy group that invites students to advance food justice by joining in solidarity with their neighbors who don't have access to healthy, affordable food. Students volunteer with Keystone Community Services and Good in the Hood , reflect with each other to understand the systemic issues that impede access to food, and work with the Global Justice Movement to advocate for justice, equity and dignity in food access.
The Center for Common Good hosts a bi-annual volunteer fair for students, faculty and staff in collaboration with the Business 200 Learning Through Service, Student Affairs, and Campus Ministry. Students learn various ways to directly impact our local community in a partnership to advance the common good.
Over 60 non-profit organizations set up booths to share information and connect with students, faculty and staff interested in exploring and even signing up for any of the many community engagement opportunities made available through these fairs.
Interested in learning more? Connect with us.
Community Engagement Day connects students to community partners across the Twin Cities that welcome student creativity to address issues in education, food insecurity, animal rights, immigration, civil rights and more. Students who attend Community Engagement Day will learn how they can contribute to social justice in our community and understand what it means to be a Tommie who engages with our community for the common good.
A safe, decent, affordable home is fundamental to a family forging a path out of poverty. Each semester, we are proud to partner with Habitat for Humanity to support 1 to 2 home builds or home improvement projects. We look forward to seeing you at a future build!
This educational tool was created to actively engage participants in learning about the realities facing families experiencing homelessness in our local community. The purpose of the activity is to make homelessness experiential and personal. Participants are invited into the struggles of a family facing homelessness and prompted to make decisions about how to handle the many challenges that arise.
Are you a non-profit organization or school looking to partner with the Center for the Common Good?