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The purpose of Acting on AIDS is to Glorify God by increasing awareness of the Global HIV/AIDS crisis amongst students and faculty on Campus, while actively participating in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Jessica Libby

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To build leadership skills and create friendships, while doing service.

Chandni Patel

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Natarajan Chennimalai Kumar

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Jessica Houston

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Margaret Dunleavy

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Tyler Cain

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Alyscia Vincent

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Patricia Bokish

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Promote volunteering, citizenship, and leadership

Eric Foster

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Colleges Against Cancer

Colleges Against Cancer is a nationwide collaboration of college students, faculty and staff dedicated to eliminating cancer by initiating and supporting programs of the American Cancer Society in college communities.

Sara Zanghi

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Community Impact Club

To improve the community and to gain experience in community service

Julia Hemphill

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John Lim

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Acting on AIDS, UIUC Chapter Alpha Phi Omega Asha-Urbana-Champaign

To fund promotion of basic education in India.

Best Buddies International

Best Buddies is an international organization created in 1989 by Anthony Shriver with the purpose of enhancing the lives of intellectual disabilities through one-to-one friendships. We match college volunteers with community members with intellectual disabilites as buddy pairs, to foster friendships, build social skills, and empower individuals with intelllectual disabilities.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of UIUC

Biodiesel Initiative at UIUC

Black Student Summit Commission (BSSC)

Camp Kesem Circle K International

Composing Comfort

The Big Brothers, Big Sisters mission is to help children reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one mentoring relationships. To promote the use of biodiesel made from waste vegetable oil on the UIUC campus and around Illinois. We are in the process of building a reactor capable of producing ~400 gal/week of biodiesel for use by the campus diesel fleet. To plan, organize, and create the Black Student Summit- a two day conference to be held at the beginning of Spring semester next year on our school's campus. To organize and run a free one week overnight summer camp that serves children coping with their parents' cancer in the Champaign-Urbana area. This is a nonprofit, student run organization.

To provide penpal relationships between University of Illinois students and those impacted by cancer.

Direct Health Projects International

To provide basic health relief to rural, poverty stricken areas in Ecuador, one family at a time. Our group works closely with leaders and well-established organizations of the communities we are targeting to create a wellcoordinated relief effort based on basic medical aid and health education.

Richard Kim

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Engineering Outreach Society

To provide an interactive learning environment for children through the use of hands-on science experiments

Anjli Patel

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Engineers Without Borders, UIUC Chapter

To help disadvantaged communities improve their quality of life through implementation of environmentally and economically sustainable engineering projects, while developing internationally responsible engineering students.

Fan-Chung Hsu

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Esperanza Guatemala

To help the sustainable development of local Guatemalan communities through in-country volunteering, cultural exchange, and meaningful dialogue.

Ashley Sarver

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Ending world hunger, one grilled cheese at a time.

Shilpa Viswanath

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Foundation of Service Leadership

Through the development and optimization of service, teamwork, and selfconfidence one shall obtain the skills necessary to successfully retain a challenging leadership role in the "real" world.

Rico Johnson Jr.

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Global Law Brigades

Global Law Brigades (GLB) is a network of pre-law students and legal professionals who travel internationally to work toward socially conscious solutions that support empowerment of youth and civil society in disadvantaged communities

Meghan Martin

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Greek Community Service

The purpose of Greek Community Service (GCS) is to provide a positive and supportive environment for all Greeks to come together in a spirit of interfraternalism and share, work, and act together to benefit the community of not only U of I, but to serve the benefit of the underprivileged and neglected all over the world.

Christina Dracopoulos

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Green Energy Team

We provide a free aluminum can recycling service. With the aluminum cans we are able to build solar energy heaters to then donate to under privilaged families.

David Kirmse

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Habitat for Humanity

Our mission is to end substandard housing in partnership with the campus, local, and global communities by connecting with families, educating, building, and fundraising.

Matthew Knight

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To Keep the HOBY spirit alive!

Marilyn Nguyen

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FeelGood-UIUC

Hoby Illini Club

Illini Dance Marathon

To raise money and awareness for children treated by St. John's Children's Hospital.

Beth Papanek

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Illini Emergency Medical Services

Provide volunteer EMT-B care at events on campus and to educate the C-U community in CPR and first-aid.

Elizabeth Regan

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Annie Sun

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Illini Green Team

To promote green living in residence halls and people in the community through environmental education, service projects and social activities.

Illini Heartbeats

Promoting awareness of cardiovascular disease and a heart healthy lifestyle! Major initiatives are education, fundraising and coalition formation to increase CVD awareness in C-U.

David Edelstein

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Illini Medical Screening Society

IMSS provides the uninsured and low-income individuals of Champaign County a free medical screening service that determines risk for Diabetes, Hypertension, and Hyperlipidemia. All screenings are scheduled and operated by undergraduate pre-health students, funded by Provena's Center for Healthy Aging, and supervised by licensed healthcare professionals. Our members volunteer at our screening events by conducting tests and volunteer at affiliated community health organizations to improve the hea

Grant Reed

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Illini Mentor Program

Mentoring Champaign-Urbana youth with the goal of building and fostering supportive, productive, and mutually respectful relationships between community members and U of I students that empower both C-U children and University students to develop and build social, academic and life competencies.

Bridget Sheehan

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Illini Red Cross Club

To establish an organization of volunteers with the University in order to educate and provide unique volunteer opportunities, as well as raise funds for the Red Cross and it's chapters.

Allison Mayer

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Illini Summer Opportunity Organization

An organization devoted to giving every child in the Champaign-Urbana community the opportunity to attend summer camp

Josh Gross

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Interfaith in Action

Join students from many faith traditions and worldviews in interreligious dialogue, community service, and social action.

Alice Foreman

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Debbie Sim

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To register and educate student voters.

Susan Duback

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Lead4Life

To promote unity and diversity among the entire student body through various campaigns and events on campus, offer leadership development opportunities and provide students who are looking to invest their time in the lives of youth with a chance to volunteer their services.

Brittany Heath

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MBA Service Association

To integrate the service of our members for positive impact to the community, to promote the value of the Illinois MBA, and to add continual value to the MBA program and the community over time

Kim French

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New Life Volunteering Society

To serve the homeless, hungry, mentally and physically disabled, and underprivileged children. Our volunteering opportunities are open to everyone who wants to make a difference. We volunteer at places like Champaign County Free Health Clinic, Times Homeless Shelter, and Swaan Center for Disabled Children. NLVS also has medical missions in Chicago and Florida, and abroad in Costa Rica, Peru, and South Africa!

Sarah Bluhm

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iServe, Illinois Student Service Council I-Vote

To foster strong relationships between and provide resources to all student, university, and community groups to create a more cohesive service program, raise awareness about service opportunities, and increase student involvement in volunteer service.

ONE at UIUC

The ONE Campaign seeks to raise public awareness about the issues of global poverty, hunger, disease and efforts to fight such problems in developing countries. It is a non-profit advacocy organization and truly just wants to inform the public and get them involved.

Clare O'Connor

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Albert Shih

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Andrew Waters

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Antwain Johnson

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Justin Meissen

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This is a service organization started by Jane Goodall. Our Mission is to foster respect and compassion for all living things, to promote understanding of all cultures and beliefs and to inspire each individual to take action to make the world a better place for people, animals and the environment.

Erik Connelly

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Rotaract Club

Serve our campus and community through projects and activities of humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world.

Melanie Roon

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Service and Justice Outreach

To provide Champaign-Urbana students and residents with opportunities to work for social justice through volunteering and service trips.

Jill Smialek

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Jamie Ishcomer

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The purpose of this organization is to provide stress management resources to the campus and community.

Israel Labao

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Increasing mental health awareness by getting everyone involved in an organization they can call their own.

Matt Bulman

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To help maintain clean and safe parks in the Champaign area through organized service events.

Matt Fitterer

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Anthony Larson

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Oxygen

Project Orange

Project Youth Mentoring Program Red Bison

Roots and Shoots

Special Populations Student Health Concerns Committee

Stress Management Peers

Student Helpers

Students for Cleaner Parks

Students for Environmental Concerns

To promote environmental awareness throughout campus. Project Orange's objective is to achieve affordable shirt prices for student organizations at the University of Illinois without compromising quality. Many small organizations are given inflated prices on shirts that make their orders unrealistic. Many large organizations do not utilize their size to leverage a low price and end up paying hundreds of dollars extra on each order. Project Orange is asking your organization to commit to being a part of a large contract of student organizations unit To encourage high school students from a low socioeconomic status to pursue higher education. We do this by inviting a group of students from chicago inner city high school's down to our University to stay for an all expenses paid conference. We make sure they attend classes with their mentor and they enjoy a number of academic and social events over a 3 day span. To work on prairie restoration projects and educate the campus and community about native vegetation

Increase health education and awareness in the UIUC and local communities, focusing on underrepresented populations

To educate and inform students and community members about environmental issues and to work towards positive environmental change on a national, statewide, and local level.

Lindsay Bailey

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Students Team Up to Fight Hunger

To spread the word of To Write Love on Her Arms at the University of Illinois. "To Write Love on Her Arms is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery." To work in coordination with the Eastern Illinois Food Bank to alleviate food insecurity and hunger in East Central Illinois.

Lourse Constable

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Students Towards Alzheimer's Research and Service (STARS)

To promote awareness of Alzheimer's Disease at the University of Illinois, provide fundraising activities in coordinance with the Alzheimer's Association chapter in Bloomington, IL, and to engage in service work with Alzheimer's patients in local hospitals and nursing homes in the Champaign/Urbana area.

Julia Buhnerkempe

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Teachers for Creatures

To promote humane education in the community and teach the community about companion animals.

Sarah Albert

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Jodi Alperstein

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Li Chu

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To empower communities worldwide to improve eye health and eliminate preventable blindness.

Payal Thakkar

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The University YMCA is an organization primarily concerned with student leadership development, campus and community dialogue, and social and environmental justice. It is home to 13 diverse and active student programs, as well as two lecture series, a scholarship program, international programming, and a residence hall for men.

Virginia Byrne

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To raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Kristin Gernant

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Vis-à-Vis

To provide an opportunity for students to tutor children one-on-one or serve as a classroom aide in the local elementary, middle, and high schools.

Kevin Brosnan

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Volunteer Illini Projects, Inc.

To promote peace, unity, and change through service on campus and in the Champaign-Urbana community

Kymberly Ruhmann

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Wu Zhi Qiao (Bridge to China) Charitable Foundation

To mobilize university students, professionals and volunteers to actualize sustainable bridge projects for underprivileged communities in mainland China, to show appreciation and respect in an exchange of cultures, and to work alongside and develop meaningful relationships with the universities in China.

Qiyuan Gou

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To empower women and eliminate racism through various programs for men and women of the university

Jannell Lising

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Students for To Write Love on Her Arms

Tzedek UNESCO

United for Sight at UIUC

University YMCA Student Board Up 'til Dawn

YWCA at the University of Illinois

To plan social programs raising money for charities, to participate together in community service events, and to take part in the act of "tikkun olam", which means repairing the world, by traveling and taking part in community service events. To promote the sharing of information and knowledge for all individuals in the global community.