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Community Service Events

January

Wilmont Gardens Restoration Project

Date: 10th, 24th
Time: 9am-1pm
Location: Gale Lemerand & Mowry Road
Contact: Linda Luecking; lcl@ufl.edu
The College of Medicine needs volunteers to restore and rebuild the once esteemed garden for patients and the Health Science Center faculty and staff.

February

Wilmont Gardens Restoration Project

Date: 7th, 21st, 28th
Time: 9am-1pm
Location: Gale Lemerand & Mowry Road
Contact: Linda Luecking; lcl@ufl.edu
The College of Medicine needs volunteers to restore and rebuild the once esteemed garden for patients and the Health Science Center faculty and staff.

Bowl for Kids Sake

Date: 7th
Time: 12am-6pm
Location: Alley Katz Bowling Alley
Contact: 352-375-2525
BFKS is an annual fundraising campaign where YOU make the difference! Simply form a team of 5 friends, coworkers or family members and work together to raise a minimum of $50 a person in pledges. Then join us on February 7th for bowling, food, music and more to celebrate the impact you've made on the children in your community.

Project Makeover: Williams Edition

Date: 28th- March 1st
Time:
Location: Joseph Williams Elementary School
Contact: Nawal Fakhoury; fakhoury.nawal@gmail.com
Project Makeover: Williams Edition is a university-wide effort to beautify a local school from the inside out in a single weekend. This year, UF is calling for all volunteers to take part in the rewarding weekend project on Feb.28-March 1. Volunteers from all organizations will pick up paint brushes and shovels and turn a regular school into a child's coloring book. Students can expect to: Paint murals and educational pictures on classroom walls, Revitalize the school's exterior with trees, plants and mulch pathways, Revamp the students' playground and equipment, etc.

March

Dance Marathon 5k

Date: 1st
Time: 7am-10am
Location: Commuter Lot
Contact: http://www.floridadm.org/home/index.asp
5K Race held on campus to raise money for Children's Miracle Network in coordination with Dance Marathon at the University of Florida

Wilmont Gardens Restoration Project

Date: 7th, 14th
Time: 9am-1pm
Location: Gale Lemerand & Mowry Road
Contact: Linda Luecking; lcl@ufl.edu
The College of Medicine needs volunteers to restore and rebuild the once esteemed garden for patients and the Health Science Center faculty and staff.

Trots for Tots

Date: 28th
Time: 8am
Location: UF campus
Contact: Lesley Cox; 352-333-1579
5K Run/Walk Hosted by the UF College of Medicine Alpha Omega Alpha Chapter to benefit the Foundation. Costs $15 and includes food, music, party and t'shirt.

Relay for Life

Date: 27th
Time: 6pm
Location: O'Connell Center
Contact: http://www.relayforlife.org/uffl
Although Relay For Life® provides an opportunity for everyone involved to raise funds and awareness to support the American Cancer Society's lifesaving mission, it is much more than a fundraiser. It is about joining students and many others across the globe in the world's largest grassroots movement to fight cancer. It's about being a campus and a community that takes up the fight!

April

Dance Marathon

Date: 4th-5th
Time: 9:30am-12:00am
Location: O'Connell Center
Contact: http://www.floridadm.org/home/index.asp