About Volunteers for Community Service
Volunteer for Community Service (VCS) provides a key link between the community and Stony Brook University when it comes to service. We provide students with information on over 200 organizations on and off campus that need volunteers or are looking for members – organizations spanning all fields:
- Human Services
- Helping Professions
- Youth Services
- Health Professions
- Senior Citizen Services
- Animals
- Environmental
You may volunteer to fulfill your major requirements or just to help others. VCS sponsors various one day events that are great for students who don't have a lot of time but still want to make a difference. We can work around your schedule but some organizations do require a certain number of hours.
What Are The Benefits Of Community Service
- Gain leadership skills
- Expand major-related experience
- Enhance thinking skills, such as creativity, decision making, problem solving, and reasoning
- On-the-job experience that exposes you to various career opportunities and job skills
- Help out the community
- Fulfill your required community service hours for your organization
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Volunteer Disclaimer and Waiver of Liability
Students desiring to participate in the Volunteers for Community Service do so of their own free will and at their own risk. In the event of an injury, students must accept individual responsibility for the full expense of medical attention as well as any other expenses arising out of such injury. Some volunteer projects may have inherent risks associated with them, and it is the student volunteer's responsibility to know what those risks are and to not follow through on any activity they deem too high a level of risk for their own capabilities. Student volunteers agree to release and hold the State University of New York at Stony Brook, its officers, agents and employees harmless from and against all losses, claims or liabilities for personal damages or other damages incurred as a result of their participation in the Volunteers for Community Service. Students participating in the Volunteers for Community Service are not employees of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and are not be eligible for, or covered under, any benefit program maintained by the University, including but not limited to worker's compensation, health insurance, disability, or business travel accident coverage.
