Service Projects

Join us on Saturday, Sept. 18 from 8:30am-1:30 p.m for GATOR PLUNGE hosted by ACTIONS! & The Center for Leadership and Service.

Meet at the Plaza of the Americas and wear your Catholic Gators t-shirt if you have one!


Gator Plunge is a single-day service project where hundreds of volunteers will branch out into various areas of Gainesville to participate in exciting service projects. Service projects will include working with animals, art and culture, youth development, elder care, environmental issues, homelessness and housing, and much more. Students will be able to learn about service opportunities in Gainesville, meet new people and network with campus leaders, and experience their community first-hand. The event will also include a light breakfast.

Don't worry! Transportation to the actual event (wherever we're assigned) will be provided to those who don't have cars.


Register online here. You must register as an individual, but type that you are with the Catholic Gators group. After you register, please email arojas@ufl.edu to tell Angelica that you're joining us.

Join us Thursday, Sept. 30 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. for a Happy Birthday Celebration at Parklands Nursing Rehabilitation and Nursing Center (1000 SW 16th Ave) as we entertain residents with singing and music!


Meet at the St. Augustine Catholic Church parking lot by 2:15 and wear your Catholic Gators t-shirt if you have one. Don't worry! Transportation to the actual event will be provided to those who don't have cars.


Due to the size of the nursing center, we can only take 15 volunteers. Please email Angelica Rojas at arojas@ufl.edu if you are certain you can attend.  You may also e-mail Jill Mendoza at jmendoza2@ufl.edu



For more information about Friends Across the Ages visit: www.acrosstheages.org

Mark your calendars! Our next blood drive will be at Newman on Tuesday, October 5 to benefit LifeSouth Community Blood Centers.

Did you know that one blood donor can save three lives?

Do you know someone whose life has been affected by cancer? You can honor them and help other people going through it by joining the Catholic Gators Relay for Life team.

Relay for Life is a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. With other student organizations, we spend the night in the Stephen C. O'Connell Center walking around the track, raising money, thinking of our family and friends, and having fun. In 2010, our team raised $1,220 and UF as a whole raised $87,833.18

Relay for Life 2011 is March 25-26!

We'll be getting the team together months in advance to fundraise and plan our campsite. If you have questions, please email captain Michelle Abou-Joude at ellehcim@ufl.edu.