Community Service

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,...
Animal Support and Knowledge at Ucla (ASK) An organization that focuses on spreading awareness of endangered animals and those that have lost their homes to natural causes. Through this knowledge, our organization brainstorms ideas on how to...
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...
ASEZ ASEZ is a global group of university student volunteers that attend the World Mission Society Church of God. Our motto is to deliver the warmth of Mother's love to the whole world. You should join if...
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...
Assessing Residents' CI-CARE Medical Program A community of volunteers, interns, and staff serving as patient advocates to enhance physician-patient interactions. We strive to promote lifelong learning for prospective healthcare professionals,...
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...
Bitcoin Bruins Bitcoin Bruins seeks to foster a community of bitcoiners at UCLA through meet-ups, workshops, and education sessions. Bitcoin is a revolutionary protocol with unlimited potential as both a reserve...
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 philanthropic organization at UCLA dedicated to community and university service and the promotion of women's...
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 Marina del Rey Middle School in Mar Vista/Culver City, JFK High School, Phoenix Continuation High School, and...
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 Tzu Ching At UCLA, Bruin Tzu Ching is an on-campus community service group. We focus on inspiring all students and community members to develop compassion, love, and understanding for all human beings...
Bruin WELL (Wellness to Enrich Little Lives). Yoga and Nutrition 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, material to improve their infrastructure , and food donations for orphans in Tijuana, Mexico. BruinHope visits the...
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...
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 Farm workers have been recognized as essential, but tend to be some of our most vulnerable populations. Compas will be dedicated to the propagation of information regarding the current situation of...
ConnectEd Research Our purpose is to establish an academic community where we share research and academic resources with undergraduates from various majors and backgrounds, especially international students, ethnic...
Crafting for Cancer The purpose of this organization is to reach out to cancer patients while acquiring and maintaining the unique skill of crocheting. Students will learn how to crochet beanies and compile them to be...
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...
GIVE at UCLA Our mission is to empower students to both understand what being a global citizen is as well as to encourage students to become global citizens through various volunteering activities in our...
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...
Global South Coalition The Global South Coalition is a student organization that engages the interests and utilizes the strategies of the Global South’s consistent decolonial struggle. It is also to be held as a space for...
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...
Health Equity Circle at UCLA The Health Equity Circle (HEC) at UCLA is a student led and operated organization established to empower undergraduate students to advocate for health equity in the Los Angeles community....
HUG Moms at UCLA Help, Uplift, and Guard mothers, especially of color, from medical negligence and postpartum depression.
Human Race, The The goal of the club is to provide opportunities for students to be able to help first-hand in an underprivileged country through the assistance of projects in the local communities. Coordinating...
Humans of Westwood Humans of Westwood (H.o.W) is a UCLA student run organization aimed towards providing sustainable aid for the local homeless population in Westwood. Our initiative is to not only provide physical and...
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...
iKNITiative, The The iKNITiative is a knitting club on campus that is dedicated to donating knitted goods to the community and teaching anyone the art of needlecraft. The goal of the club is to spread the love of...
IMHOME IMHOME (Improving Maintaining Homeless Opportunities through Mentorship and Education) seeks to serve people experiencing homelessness in the greater Los Angeles area with a social support network to...
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, Equality, Access and Success (IDEAS) Improving Dreams, Equality, 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 and...
Kappa Kappa Psi 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 group that mentors at-risk youth in two North Hollywood apartment complexes. Our main goal is to improve the academic and social skills of the children we work with...
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...
Leadership and Educational Advancement Program LEAP is a mentoring and tutoring program that serves the underprivileged schools of 75th Street Elementary School and Bethune Middle School in South Central promoting a college going mentality and...
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 serviced-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,...
Mental Health Initiative Approximately 5.4% of the US population suffers from severe mental illness, a broad category of disorders ranging from depression to ADHD. In the Los Angeles County, minorities make up the biggest...
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...
New Voters New Voters @ UCLA aims to amplify the youth voice at voting booths and beyond. We do this through empowering high school leaders to host successful non-partisan voter registration drives at their...
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...
Pinky Swear PACK at UCLA The Pinky Swear Foundation Mission is to help kids with cancer and their families with financial and emotional support. The Pinky Swear PACK Campus Program has a mission of college students working...
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,...
Project BRITE (Bruins Reforming Incarceration Through Education) Project BRITE is a non-profit organization that seeks to champion social equality for underprivileged and underserved youth, promote the dignified rehabilitation of incarcerated youth, and eliminate...
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 homelessness. With our organization our first goal will be to volunteer with existing organizations that already...
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 (formerly Student Leader Advocates of Music) Welcome to SLAM! We teach after-school music classes like guitar, piano, percussion, rock band, and voice at local middle and high schools. SLAM! is a great musical community at UCLA, and a unique...
Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) at UCLA SACNAS at UCLA is part of the SACNAS National Organization. Both the National Organization and the Chapter are dedicated to fostering the success of Chicano/Latino, Native American and other...
Student Run Homeless Clinics The Student Run Health Clinics were founded in 1989 under the direction of Dr. Richard Usatine in the Department of Family Medicine at UCLA. The clinics are solely run by DGSOM medical students and...
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 To strengthen the social support, career networking, and advocacy efforts for UCLA Fielding School of Public Health students and alumni of color. SCPH, founded in 2001, provides opportunities for...
Students United for America's Toothfairy at UCLA SUAT at UCLA promotes and engages in activities that encompass and further the National Children’s Oral Health Foundation’s (NCOHF) mission of preventing pediatric oral disease and promoting overall...
Students Vs Pandemics Created to tackle COVID-19, Students Vs Pandemics shares health education material, resources for students, and opportunities to serve our greater community, writes policy memos for state...
Teach4Change at UCLA Teach4Change at UCLA is an organization dedicated to tutor and mentor those in the greater Los Angeles area suffering from addiction trying to get back into school, work, and/or a community. Our goal...
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...
Together Educating and Advocating Community Health To provide the most up-to-date, effective preventive health services to at-risk youth and families in the Venice and Los Angeles communities, while developing a habit of public service in future...
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...