Give hours - Help the community - Make connections - Show your iSchool spirit
Philanthropy is vital to the School of Information. Each year foundations, corporations and hundreds of individuals support the school financially as well as with gifts of their time through volunteering. These donors give back through financial gifts that range from an annual donation of any size, to endowed gifts of $25,000 and more. The school also has more than 30 volunteer advisory council members who are committed to its advancement, and countless other volunteers who come back to give their time in the classroom as well as in our career services office. In celebration of the support these donors provide the school, iSchool students are kicking off the third annual iSchool iGive Campaign.
You Can Do A Lot Of Good In 2 Hours!
- Choose an opportunity
- Give at least two hours of your time
- Honor student giving
In conjunction with UT's capital campaign, our students are challenging themselves to give back by volunteering a minimum of two hours of volunteer service to any organization during the fall semester. Last year, almost 90 students submitted volunteer information that added up to more than 3,000 hours of service to our community. iSchool students volunteered for a wide range of organizations and causes. Some chose to pursue opportunities related to their career interests in libraries, archives, and museums, while others devoted time to political campaigns, the humane society, the Girl Scouts, and many other non-profit and volunteer efforts.
Where can I find opportunities?
- We are currently in the process of finding special iGive volunteer opportunities and they will be posted to this page. The current featured opportunities are
- Volunteer to work the iSchool table at the Texas Book Festival
Sign up for a time to volunteer at the Texas Book Festival. - Austin Bat Cave: Carnival o' Pizza on November 19 (Friday before Thanksgiving)
Sign up for a shift at the Carnival o' Pizza
- Benefits local non-profit Austin Bat Cave, an organization that works to help children ages 6-18 develop their creative expository writing skills. Operates primarily in East Austin schools.
- They need 65 volunteers throughout the day.
- The first shift, 8:45-12, is set up. People who enjoy building and putting things together, plus problem solving/trouble shooting are well suited to this shift.
- The second, 11:30-3:30, and third shifts, 3-7, are well suited to people who enjoy children, who aren't afraid to get loud and silly to draw attention to the games and refreshments, and aren't afraid to reel people into the raffle tent.
- The fourth shift, 6:30-10, is breakdown.
- Volunteer to work the iSchool table at the Texas Book Festival
- Additional opportunities will be listed in the iSchool Career Services Manager
- If you already volunteer or have found your own opportunity, that is fine too. Just remember to log your hours.
How will I log my hours?
All volunteer hours are self-reported. Please log your hours here.
Want to learn more?
Contact Cassie Alvarado