“You won’t waste your talents and education if you use them in service to others. [You are] tasked with resolving challenges that lie far beyond your doorstep, even far beyond America’s borders…Make the most of this time of global change, so you can give your best to our world.”

The Office of Active Citizenship and Service exists to foster, facilitate, and support the efforts of those in the university community who engage in community service at local, national, and international levels.  The fundamental aim of OACS is to promote, through active citizenship and service work, the value of social justice, public awareness, service–learning, and lifelong civic involvement.

Individual students and more than 30 registered Student Service Groups work throughout the Nashville area on a wide variety of social concerns. Student Service Group information may be obtained from the Office of Active Citizenship and Service, from the Office of the Dean of Students, or by clicking on SSG Web site links below.

A–M
Alpha Phi Omega
Alternative Spring Break (ASB)
Amnesty International
Are You M.A.D.
Artreach
Best Buddies
Circle K
Dance Marathon
Fashion for a Cause
Free the Children/Free the Slaves
Global Health Council (GHC)
Habitat for Humanity
Juntos
Kids and Computers
Leaders Engaged in an Active Democracy (LEAD)
Living Income for Vanderbilt Employees (LIVE)
Manna Project International

N–S
PAWS'itive Outreach
Pencil Project
Performing and Learning Actively with Youth (PLAY)
Rights to Animals through Vanderbilt Efforts (RAVE)
Saddle Up!
Sierra Club
Small Gestures
SmArt
Students for Kenya
Students Promoting and Advocating Community Engagement (SPACE)
SYNERGY

T–Z
Unite for Sight
Vandy CARES
Vanderbilt Emergency Medical Services (VEMS)
Vanderbilt Inner–City Programs (VIP)
Vanderbilt Loves Animals
Vanderbilt Prison Project (VPP)
Vanderbilt Students Meeting for the Awareness of Cancer (VSMAC)
Vanderbilt Student Volunteers for Science (VSVS)
Vanderbuddies
Youth AIDS Awareness Delegation (YAAD)

– A –
Adventure Science Center
Alive–Hospice, Inc.
American Cancer Society
American Civil Liberties Union
American Diabetes Association
American Heart Association
American Red Cross
Arthritis Foundation

– B –
Baptist Hospital
Bethlehem Centers of Nashville
Better Tomorrows Adult Education Center
Big Brothers and Sisters of Middle Tennessee
Black Children's Institute of Tennessee
Book 'Em
Boys and Girls Clubs of Nashville and Middle Tennessee
Bring Urban Recycling to Nashville Today

– C –
Campus for Human Development
Center for Independent Living (CIL)
Center for Nonprofit Management
Centerstone – Excellence in Mental Health Care
Cheekwood
Chron's and Colitis Foundation of America
Clover Bottom Development Center
Cohn Adult Learning Center
Community High School
Conexion Americas
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), Nashville
Crisis Intervention Center, Inc.

– D –
Davidson County Juvenile Detention Center
Dismas House

– E –
East YMCA
Edgehill Center, Inc.
Encuentro Latino
Exchange Club Family Center

– F –
First Steps, Inc.– Duncanwood Campus
Friends of Beaman Park
Friends of Warner Parks
Frist Center for the Visual Arts

– G –
Girl Scout Council of Cumberland Valley
Gordon Jewish Community Center

– H –
Habitat for Humanity International
Habitat for Humanity, Nashville Affiliate
Hands on Atlanta (HOA)
Hands on Nashville (HON)
Harris–Hillman Special Education School
High Hopes Early Intervention and Pediatric Rehabilitation Center
Hispanic Family Resource Center

– I –
International Cultural Association of Nashville

– J –
Junior Achievement of Middle Tennessee, Inc.

– K –
Kare for Kids
Knowles Home Assisted Living and Adult Day Care

– L –
Loaves and Fishes
Love in the Real World

– M –
Magdalene House
Magness–Potter Community Center
Mahogany Hospice Care
Martha O'Bryan Center
McNeilly Center for Children
Mental Health Association of Middle Tennessee
Monroe Harding Children's Home
Multiple Sclerosis Society, Middle Tennessee Chapter

– N –
Nashville CARES
Nashville Family Shelter, Inc.
Nashville General Hospital at Meharry
Nashville Humane Association
Nashville Peace and Justice Center
Nashville READ
Nashville Symphony
Nashville Union Rescue Mission
Nashville Volunteer Literacy Program
Nashville's Table
National Conference for Community and Justice
National Multiple Sclerosis Society

– O –
Oasis Center, Inc.
OUR KIDS Center (Medical and psychological assistance to abused children)
Outlook Nashville, Inc.

– P –
PENCIL Foundation
PFLAG Nashville
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Planned Parenthood of Middle Tennessee
Prevent Blindness Tennessee
Prevent Child Abuse Tennessee
Project Grad
Project Reflect

– R –
Radnor Lake State Natural Area
Rape and Sexual Abuse Center of Middle TN, Inc.
Rebuilding Together – Revitalizing neighborhoods
Reconciliation Prison Ministry
Reconstruct – Restoring homes
Regional Intervention Program – Serving families with young children
Rochelle Center – Supporting people with disabilities
Ronald McDonald House

– S –
Saddle UP!
Safe Haven Family Shelter
Salvation Army
Scarritt Bennett Center
Second Harvest Food Bank of Nashville
Senior Citizens, Inc.
Special Olympics (Tennessee)
St. Luke's Community House
Stand for Children
Susan Gray School for Children

– T –
Tennessee Coalition against Domestic and Sexual Violence
Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Tennessee Environmental Council
Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition
Tennessee Performing Arts Center
Tennessee Trails Association

– U –
Ujima House
United Cerebral Palsy of Middle Tennessee

– V –
Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center for Otolaryngology and Communication Studies
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Victim Offender Reconciliation Program

– W –
Warner Parks
WNPT– Channel 8 Public Television
W.O. Smith Nashville Community Music School
Woodbine Community Organization
Woodland Hills Youth Development Center
World Relief

– Y –
YMCA of Middle Tennessee
YMCA Y–CAP
Youth Village
YWCA