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SOLS
Service

Overview

Student Organizations, Leadership, and Service is home to all service opportunities, organizations, and programs at Vanderbilt. We work alongside a variety of community partners, non-profits, organizations, and agencies in the Metro-Nashville area to provide meaningful and engaging service opportunities for our students.

 

Volunteer Opportunities

Use the Volunteer Dashboard to connect with service opportunities.

Submit a Service Opportunity

If you are a local non-profit, business, organization, or agency in need of volunteers, please reach out for more information!

Email Us

Tracking Service Hours

Take advantage of Anchor Link’s community service hour tracking tool to capture all the community engagement work you do! You must be a member of a SOLS Service group on Anchor Link to track service hours.

Join SOLS Service Group

How to Log Your Service Hours:

  • 1.

    Click your name in the top right corner of the Anchor Link page.

  • 2.

    Click “Service Hours” in the drop-down menu.

  • 3.

    Select the student organization you completed service with, a description of your service.

  • All service hours done independently of a student organization can be assigned to the designated SOLS Service Anchor Link group.
  • When adding a description of your service, include the community partner you served with, the date of service, how many hours/minutes, and a verified contact associated with the project.
  • All service hours must be approved by the organization they were completed with through that group’s Anchor Link page. The hours you log will appear pending until they are approved by the organization that you assigned them to.
  • Service hours logged in Anchor Link will also appear on your co-curricular resume which can be found under the My Involvement toolbar section. The service hours you track can be a significant piece of information that you can use when applying for scholarships, awards, internships, or jobs to demonstrate your commitment to volunteerism.

Donation Drives

We are excited to offer the Donation Drives program in partnership with Housing and Residential Experience. Before registering a drive, please carefully review the guidelines. Approval is required before placing any collection boxes. Unapproved collection containers will be promptly removed.

Guidelines & Registration

Martin Luther King Jr. Joint Day of Service

The annual Martin Luther King Jr. Joint Day of Service brings together hundreds of student volunteers from Nashville-area colleges and universities to continue the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through community service.