Leadership Vanderbilt / Class Community Service Project

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Each Leadership Vanderbilt class chooses a community service project to work on as a group. The group volunteers —usually on one Saturday morning during the summer—and works together, furthering the service mission of Vanderbilt University. By giving our time and energy, we demonstrate that leadership extends beyond the office door to the surrounding community, and we apply what we’re learning as leaders to influence others in a positive and constructive way.

Leadership Vanderbilt participants have enjoyed the community service projects so much that many continue to gather each year as alumni to select and work on a project.

The 2004 class worked with their minds not their muscles as they participated in a brainstorming session for the Crisis Center. For 35 years, Crisis Center has been a key player in Nashville’s emergency and crisis response system, operating the only free 24-hour crisis counseling hotline in Middle Tennessee. Follow-up is provided to individuals who are at high risk for suicide, homicide, physical abuse, or sexual abuse. LV participants spent a morning learning about the Crisis Center and then offering ideas about possible revenue streams that could augment donations and United Way funds. For more information about Crisis Center visit their website at www.crisiscntr.org.