Community Service

A Moment of Magic at UCLA A Moment of Magic at UCLA is a community service chapter dedicated to promoting wellness in children through character interaction and play. Following an auditions process and costuming, our...
Afrikan Education Project Our mission is to foster awareness of Afrikan history, culture, and consciousness on the UCLA campus and within the Greater Los Angeles Community. Our aim is to raise self-esteem and encourage K-16...
AIESEC AIESEC at UCLA is a local chapter of one of the world's largest nonprofit with over 200 chapters existing worldwide. We in AIESEC are dedicated to fostering youth leadership by facilitating global...
Alpha Phi Omega - Chi Chapter Alpha Phi Omega is a national coeducational service fraternity founded on the principles of Leadership, Friendship and Service. It provides its members the opportunity to develop leadership skills as...
Alumni Scholars Club To promote service, leadership and community among all Alumni Scholars, and to bridge the gap between Alumni and students around campus and across the world. ASC's signature projects include UCLA...
American Red Cross at UCLA The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization which mobilizes people to help their neighbors by giving them the skills and knowledge to prepare for and respond to emergencies in their homes,...
Arab-Interest Women's Association The purpose of this organization is to provide its members with a community of like-minded individuals and to promote interest in Arab culture. This organization works to empower Arab women by...
Artreach at UCLA Artreach at UCLA provides marginalized and disadvantaged communities outlets for art appreciation and creation. Our club strives to use the power of art to inspire, unite, and mentally relieve...
Asian American Tutorial Project (AATP) AATP works with USC and Occidental College to tutor and mentor the children of Castelar Elementary School, who are recommended by the teachers for primarily academic needs, in Los Angeles Chinatown....
Asian Pacific Health Corps (APHC) Established in 1980, Asian Pacific Health Corps (APHC) at the University of California, Los Angeles, is an official student community service organization devoted to serving disadvantaged Asian...
B+ @ UCLA This club is partnered with the national B+ foundation who's goal is to promote Kids Helping Kids Fight Cancer. This is done through raising money through events on college campuses to provide...
BAFA Bruin Assistance for All (BAFA) seeks to serve people experiencing homelessness in the greater Los Angeles area with a social support network to assist their transition from homelessness. Our...
Best Buddies at UCLA Best Buddies is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership...
Beyond The Book Book Club at UCLA where members will choose a book to read for the month then meet up once a month to discuss the book. After the club has met and everyone has discussed their favorite parts of the...
Brain Exercise Initiative We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that uses simple math, writing and reading aloud exercises as an intervention to improve cognitive function in those with Alzheimer's Disease.
Bruin Animal Rescue Coalition (BARC) - formerly known as No-Kill Initiative at UCLA Bruin Animal Rescue Coalition (BARC), formerly known as No-Kill Initiative at UCLA, is composed of animal-loving members who volunteer at animal shelters and work to educate UCLA students and school...
Bruin Belles Service Association Established in 1946, Bruin Belles Service Association is a registered non-profit community service organization at UCLA dedicated to community service and the promotion of women's leadership.
Bruin Competitive Debate at UCLA To provide a forum for UCLA students and high school students to become acquainted with the argumentative and logical reasoning skills of competitive debating in formats such as NPDA, BP and WSDC. We...
Bruin Initiative Bruin Initiative was founded in 2007 to encourage UCLA students to actively work toward alleviating educational disparities through all avenues possible, particularly by preparing high school...
Bruin Partners Bruin Partners is a one-on-one tutoring and mentoring program that serves the students at JFK High School, Phoenix Continuation High School, and Whitman Continuation High School. For middle school...
Bruin Shelter Bruin Shelter is a volunteer-run homeless shelter for students experiencing homelessness. Our mission is to (1) provide fellow students experiencing homelessness with a safe and supportive...
Bruin WELL Our organization aims to promote wellness at UCLA and elementary schools across Los Angeles. We lead yoga and nutrition after-school programs for students ages 5-12, and our Bruin WELL team flows...
BruinHope BruinHope, a project of the Community Service Commission, collects monetary, food, clothes, and hygiene donations for orphans in Tijuana, Mexico. BruinHope visits the children at Siempre Para Los...
Bruins Fighting Pediatric Cancer Bruins Fighting Pediatric Cancer (BFPC) is dedicated to fulfilling the mission of "never letting cancer cloud the joy of being a kid." With this mission, we strive to educate the UCLA community about...
Camp Kesem Camp Kesem is a nationwide community, driven by passionate college students, that support kids through and beyond a parent's cancer. Serving children ages 6 to 18, our campers experience a warm and...
CampMed CampMed’s mission is to provide an opportunity for high school students faced with socioeconomic barriers to learn more about healthcare careers and how to pursue a higher education. We are an...
Casa Heiwa and Angelina Mentorship Program Our objective lies in mentoring the youth residing in the Angelina and Casa Heiwa apartment complexes, in the Echo Park and Little Tokyo communities of Los Angeles. CHAMPs provides academic and...
Central Valley Project @ UCLA, The Our mission is to motivate Central Valley youth to pursue higher education, mentor youth to foster positive self-identities, and empower young student leaders in our communities. We provide a safe...
China Care Bruins Through mentorship, community outreach, and fundraising, China Care Bruins aims to foster lasting relationships among Chinese American and other transracial/transcultural international and domestic...
Circle K Circle K International (CKI) is the world's largest collegiate service organization. We offer on and off campus service projects, leadership opportunities, professional development, scholarships,...
CityLab at UCLA CityLab is a biotechnology & outreach initiative started in 1998 to increase biological science awareness and improve general science curriculum of disadvantaged LAUSD high school students. CityLab...
Collar Scholars at UCLA Fundraise, puppy raise, and volunteer for Canine Companions for Independence, a non-profit service dog training organization. Collaborate with UCLA campus entities to advocate and promote an...
Community Medicine in Los Angeles (Formerly Community Medicine in Koreatown) Community Medicine in Los Angeles (CMLA) at UCLA strives to facilitate health care and healthcare access to the people of Los Angeles. We seek to serve the low-income populations by providing...
Compas Compas is dedicated to tackling the education, language, and health disparities that exist within the farmworker community. Each of our six committees have distinct goals and responsibilities that...
Crafting for Cancer We are an organization that reaches out to cancer patients while acquiring and maintaining the unique skill of crocheting. Members learn how to crochet beanies which are donated to Jessie Rees...
Cru Cru (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ) is a worldwide, interdenominational Christian organization. It was founded in 1951 right here at UCLA. Campus Crusade for Christ is active on over 2000...
Designing Health Designing Health strives to utilize creativity, problem-solving, and determination to change the world we live in. Noticing the impact of summer California heat upon homeless populations, we commit...
Dialogue Society Guided by the belief that there is always a better version of oneself, Dialogue Society aims to enrich the lives of communities. Our purpose is to educate ourselves and the community through...
El Centro Legal Clinics El Centro Legal is UCLA School of Law’s student-coordinated network of volunteer legal aid clinics. Through each of El Centro's clinics, students provide legal services under attorney supervision on...
Glendale Learning Program GLP aims to mentor, tutor, empower disadvantaged middle school students in the Glendale area through academic tutoring, educational activities, college info sessions, high school info sessions,...
Global Action in Nursing GAIN is an open forum for the UCLA nursing community to enhance knowledge and participation in global health. We welcome all undergraduate and graduate students as well as faculty who are interested...
Global Medical Training at UCLA The purpose of GMT is to offer pre-health students an educationally enriching opportunity of gaining first-hand medical and dental experience, while providing free humanitarian health care services...
Habitat for Humanity To promote the mission of Habitat for Humanity International through building, fundraising, advocating, and educating in the UCLA community.
Happy Feet Clinic How to help L.A.’s homeless? One foot at a time. Without homes or any mode of transportation, hundreds of homeless people walk an average of 13 miles a day. Some walk for days, weeks, or months...
Hunger Project Hunger Project is a community service organization dedicated to serving the houseless, housing insecure, and food insecure populations. Consisting of about sixty student volunteers, we host regular...
Imperial Valley Student Outreach and Leadership at UCLA The Constitution of Imperial Valley Student Outreach and Leadership at the University of California, Los Angeles Article I - General Provisions 1. The name of this organization shall be the Imperial...
Improving Dreams, Equity, Access and Success (IDEAS) Improving Dreams, Equity, Access and Success (IDEAS) is a student organization and support network for undocumented and AB 540 undocumented students, as well as their supporters at UCLA and diverse...
Incarcerated Youth Tutorial Project (IYTP) iYTP was formed in 1988 as part of the MSA (Muslim Student Association) to provide incarcerated juveniles with the opportunity to become productive members of society by accommodating these youth who...
InterAxon InterAxon's mission is to create and foster interest, excitement, and curiosity about the brain. We work to encourage students to pursue higher education and possibly a career in science or medicine....
Kappa Kappa Psi - Psi Chapter Mission Statement: Kappa Kappa Psi is a fraternal organization that promotes the advancement of college and university bands through dedicated service and support to bands; comprehensive education;...
Kids Korner at UCLA Kids Korner is a community service organization dedicated to enriching learning and academic opportunities for children and teens from underserved communities in Los Angeles. We strive to bring a...
Kiva at UCLA Kiva is a non-profit microfinance organization that provides microloans to people in need worldwide, especially in developing nations. These loans create opportunities for individuals to change their...
LA STOP THE TRAFFIK LA Stop the Traffik aims to dispel myths about the nature of human trafficking. By collaborating with other student organizations at UCLA and across the country, we hope to address the...
Latino Student Health Project (LSHP) LSHP was established in 1978 response to high rates of chronic disease in underrepresented communities with limited access to healthcare. Our mission is to increase access to care in medically...
Live Action UCLA Live Action is a pro-education, non-sectarian, non-partisan student group dedicated to promoting the fundamental right to life for all human beings.
Los Angeles Mentorship Program The Los Angeles Mentorship Program (LAMP) at UCLA is dedicated to providing mentorship, tutoring and resources to empower under-served high school students in the Los Angeles area and promote their...
Los Angeles Student Educational Outreach The mission of LASEO, Los Angeles Student Educational Outreach, is to work towards equal access to higher education for the inner-city youth of Korea-town by providing tutoring and mentoring services...
Medleys A Cappella Medleys is a community service-based, co-ed a cappella group at UCLA. Comprised of students with many different personalities, backgrounds, and areas of study, we are united by a passion and respect...
MEDLIFE at UCLA Want a hands-on medical and community service experience? Want to bring health care to the people who need it most? Want a once in a lifetime experience? Travel to Tanzania, India, Ecuador, Panama,...
Memory Project, The This student organization serves to promote the mission of “The Memory Project” non profit organization on the UCLA campus, to collectively work on portrait art projects and inspiration art to serve...
Mentorship Program at UCLA Mentorship Program at UCLA is a unique year-long, one-on-one mentoring program that pairs UCLA students with youth aged 7-17. The majority of our youth live in government-subsidized apartment...
Mobile Clinic Project at UCLA To provide health care and social services to the homeless and medically underserved populations in West Hollywood and Santa Monica. To educate volunteers (undergraduate, medical, public health, and...
Mobile Eye Clinic @ UCLA - Student Leadership Club The Mobile Eye Clinic (UMEC) undergraduate club consists of students who volunteer with UCLA Jules Stein's Mobile Eye Clinic. UMEC and its staff of ophthalmologists, ophthalmology residents,...
MoneyThink @ UCLA MoneyThink, a mentoring organization honored by President Barack Obama at the White House, selects and trains top college students to make financial decision making and career planning fun and...
Only Being You at UCLA Only Being You is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that aims to provide resources to minority communities, create a safe space for minority students to share their own stories and experiences, and allow...
Operation Smile Student Club at UCLA Operation Smile is a private, non-profit organization that provides facial reconstructive surgery; more explicitly, children's cleft lip and cleft palate repair, in developing countries. The purpose...
Phi Delta Epsilon - International Medical Fraternity Phi Delta Epsilon International Medical Fraternity creates physicians of integrity with a life-long commitment to our guiding principles of philanthropy, deity, and education through fellowship,...
Pilipino Recruitment and Enrichment Program Pilipino Recruitment and Enrichment Program is a community service organization with a mission to equip our executive board and general members with a greater understanding of the importance of...
Pilipinos for Community Health MISSION: Established in 1989, Pilipinos for Community Health (PCH) at UCLA seeks to empower underserved and under-resourced communities in the Greater Los Angeles area and the Philippines by...
Pre-Dental Society The Pre-Dental Society will work towards preparing students interested in the dentistry profession by providing a variety of dental outlets such as guest speakers, community service opportunities,...
Princess Harmonics Princess Harmonics is a student-led acapella group where UCLA Students dress up as Disney characters and sing Disney Medleys to entertain and spread love to kids in the process of healing and...
Project Health The aim of Project Health is to give high school students essential and comprehensive health information regarding mental health, drugs, alcohol, sexual decision making, abusive relationships,...
Project Literacy at UCLA Project Literacy is a non-profit community service organization dedicated to improving literacy rates in the Los Angeles region through one-on-one tutoring for both youths and adults. The four...
Project Lux The role of this organization is to connect two intertwined subjects - healthcare and houselessness. One of the ways we will accomplish this is through directly helping individuals experiencing...
Projecting Minds In 1998, a group of student leaders collaborated to initiate a community-oriented program that focused on the academic improvement of struggling underrepresented youth in elementary schools located...
Reforming Education to Diminish Incarceration (R.E.D.I) The mission of the Reform Education Diminish Incarceration is to encourage UCLA undergraduate student involvement in reducing the recidivism rates of underserved communities in the Los Angeles area...
Rotaract Club @ UCLA Service Above Self - To provide an opportunity for college students to enhance the knowledge and skills that will assist them in personal development, to address the physical and social needs of...
Save the Children at UCLA Save the Children is an international organization that provides children in the United States and around the world with a nutritionally healthy start to life, the opportunity to learn, and...
School on Wheels at UCLA School on Wheels at UCLA works to enhance educational opportunities for children who are experiencing homelessness from kindergarten through twelfth grade. Our goal is to shrink the gaps in their...
Science Lab Teaching Club The Science Lab Teaching Club is a group of students who give demonstrations about science topics at local elementary schools using equipment borrowed from the physics department’s Demo Lab. The club...
SCOPE: Students for Community Outreach, Promotion and Education Students for Community Outreach, Promotion, and Education (SCOPE) consists of unique programs that each target specific communities. We work together to empower the greater Los Angeles community and...
SLAM! @ UCLA Welcome to SLAM! We teach after-school music classes including guitar, piano, percussion, ukelele, and voice at local underserved middle and high schools. SLAM! is a great musical community at UCLA,...
Soil 2 Soul @ UCLA The Soil to Soul’s purpose is to introduce and create gardens and teach gardening techniques and procedures to primary and secondary school students that suffer from food apartheid and whose families...
Students for Community Service Students for Community Service is a committee that advocates for the Community Service Projects of the Community Programs Office.
Students of Color for Public Health (SCPH) Students of Color for Public Health is a graduate student organization dedicated to strengthening the social support, career networking, and advocacy efforts for UCLA Fielding School of Public Health...
Students United for America's Toothfairy at UCLA SUAT at UCLA promotes and engages in activities that further the National Children’s Oral Health Foundation’s (NCOHF) mission of preventing pediatric oral disease, and promoting overall health and...
TeamX Health (formerly iCareX: Think Innovation) TeamX Health is founded with the belief in challenging the status quo to solve healthcare disparity by cultivating thinkers, building leaders, and thinking innovatively. Our mission is to serve as...
UCLA Unicamp As the official student charity of UCLA, UniCamp annually links 450 student volunteers to around 1,000 urban Los Angeles youth. Through offering a residential summer camp experience at a subsidized...
Underground Scholars Initiative The Underground Scholars Initiative creates a pathway for formerly incarcerated and system impacted individuals into higher education. We are building a prison-to-school pipeline through recruitment,...
UNICEF at UCLA We are the UCLA chapter of UNICEF USA. Our mission is to engage the UCLA campus in UNICEF’s global goal for the development of children and to serve and educate children in our local communities. We...
United Afghan Club We are an organization that will promote cultural diversity and awareness on campus. We intend to introduce the Afghan culture to non-Afghans and become a social, cultural, and educational hub for...
USAC Community Service Commission Since 1965, the Community Service Commission (CSC) has focused its efforts towards creating social change, understanding the greater Los Angeles community, and promoting campus-wide service...
Vietnamese Community Health Project at UCLA Vietnamese Community Health aspires to address the issue of preventative health through education, free services, and screenings in the Orange County and greater Los Angeles area. We attempt to...
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance UCLA VITA is a non-profit organization that has been serving the West Los Angeles community since 1987. Our goal is to provide income tax return assistance to those in need. We are committed to...
Watts Tutorial Program The Watts Tutorial Program serves the educational needs of underprivileged elementary through high school students residing in the Nickerson Garden, Imperial Court, and William Mead housing...
Women and Youth Supporting Each Other (W.Y.S.E.) Women and Youth Supporting Each Other (WYSE) is a curriculum-based mentorship program that pairs college women with middle school girls in under-served communities. WYSE was founded at UCLA in 1992,...
Writer's Den, The The Writer's Den is a group of UCLA students who enjoy creative writing and are aware of the shortage of creative writing opportunities available to students in inner city schools. Our mission is to...
YOUTHphonics A Cappella YOUTHphonics is a youth-oriented community service a cappella group dedicated to bringing music to underserved schools in the Los Angeles area and raising awareness of the importance of music...