Serve Your City, Serve Your Campus: Dig-In Garden Service

When: Friday, Sept. 23 from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Where: Meet at the corner of SMSU at the Dialogue Dome (SW Corner of SMSU on the Park Blocks) for a fun morning of beautifying and connecting with our campus gardens! 

What: Drop in for a Dig Into Service Welcome Back Campus Garden Planting event at the Smith Gardens on the PSU campus, hosted by the Student Sustainability Center and the Student Community Engagement Center. 

Accessibility Information:

• All volunteers need to fill out the PSU SSC Volunteer Waiver if you have not done so already. The Garden Safety Guidelines are also attached for your reference.
• Please dress comfortably and accordingly for the weather and in clothes you don't mind getting dirty. We also suggest long sleeves. Wear closed-toed shoes for safety.
  
• Tools and gloves will be provided.
  
• When working in the Smith Gardens, most areas are wheelchair accessible.
  
• If you have additional accessibility needs, please reach out and email us at volunteer@pdx.edu. We are happy to work with you to make sure you enjoy this event!
  

Serve Your City, Serve Your Campus: Hub Open House

When: Friday, Sept. 23 from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Where: SMSU M103 -- We are located on the first floor mezzanine, when you enter the building from the Broadway entrance, you can see the Hub if you look up and to the left, on the mezzanine level! Take the stairs or elevator in the far right-hand corner of the atrium and walk across the mezzanine to the Hub.

What: Come visit the Hub for Service and Sustainability to learn more about ways to get involved with the Student Community Engagement Center and/or the Student Sustainability Center! Learn more about volunteering, internships, community partners, leadership opportunities, jobs, field trips, and many other opportunities. You can engage in a service project. Or you can simply just pop by to chat!

We are located on the first floor mezzanine of Smith Memorial Student Union, in M103. When you enter the building from the Broadway entrance, you can see the Hub if you look up and to the left, on the mezzanine level! Take the stairs or elevator in the far righthand corner of the atrium and walk across the mezzanine to the Hub. 

Accessibility Information:

• To access the 1st mezzanine, you can also take the elevator facing the Broadway entrance doors for ease of access.
• If you have additional accessibility needs, please reach out and email us at volunteer@pdx.edu. We are happy to work with you to make sure you enjoy this event!
  

Serve Your City Short: Portland Downtown Litter

Clean-Up

When: Saturday, Oct. 8th from 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Where: PSU's Montgomery Plaza, on SW Montgomery St. between SW 6th and SW 5th Ave by the KMC School of Business. Look for the folks with clipboards by the tents for check-in and orientation! 

What: Looking to meet others, get outside, and learn more about the city through volunteering? Join PSU’s Student Community Engagement Center and Student Sustainability Center for a litter clean-up in the areas neighboring our campus. PSU students and community welcome and no experience is necessary. 

Help keep our public spaces clean, enjoy some time outside, and do something to support the city that PSU calls home. Many hands make light work! Volunteers will check-in, get oriented in small teams, grab gear, and then spread out in small pods into the nearby streets. After picking up litter in our designated areas while connecting to downtown’s many offerings, we will reconvene on campus for a post-project wrap-up, conversation, and snacks.

Accessibility Information:

• The check-in area is in a place that is wheelchair accessible. Most of the cleanup work will take place on city sidewalks that are wheelchair accessible. Please reach out if you have any questions or a need for accommodations.
• If you have additional accessibility needs, please reach out and email us at volunteer@pdx.edu. We are happy to work with you to make sure you enjoy this event!