Celebrating the Fifth Anniversary of Anteaters in Service Day
SAVE THE DATE:
Saturday, September 7, 2024
Anteaters in Service Day is an opportunity for alumni to:
- Bring the global UC Irvine community together to act on our mission of public service towards a brilliant future.
- Demonstrate that all alumni, regardless of proximity or affinity to UC Irvine, can make a difference in their communities
- Represent UC Irvine and highlight the alumni that come from such an innovative university
- Attract new volunteers, including service minded alumni of all ages
- Establish an Anteater network in your community
Let's get social! #ANTEATERSINSERVICEDAY
Fun facts from the Fourth Annual Anteaters in Service Day on September 9, 2023:
- Over 130 Anteaters registered to participate
- 200 laundry care packages were created
- 96 pounds of trash were removed from the Seal Beach, CA shoreline
- Dozens of hygiene kits created
- Food and clothing supply closets were cleaned and organized
- 13,000 pounds of fresh vegetable were harvested for the food bank
- 1,360 boxes of food were packed for senior citizens
- Hundreds of bags of pet food and supplies were distributed
Get involved!
Fun facts from the Fourth Annual Anteaters in Service Day on September 9, 2023:
- Over 130 Anteaters registered to participate
- 200 laundry care packages were created
- 96 pounds of trash were removed from the Seal Beach, CA shoreline
- Dozens of hygiene kits created
- Food and clothing supply closets were cleaned and organized
- 13,000 pounds of fresh vegetable were harvested for the food bank
- 1,360 boxes of food were packed for senior citizens
- Hundreds of bags of pet food and supplies were distributed
PROJECT: Volunteers will help us with a variety of projects, including processing nutritious fruits and vegetables that are then sent out to our community partner network.
REGION: Orange County
ADDRESS: 12751 Lambert Road, Irvine, CA 92618
TIME: 7:30 – 11:00am
PROJECT: HARVEST SOLUTIONS
Volunteers will help weed and harvest seed at the Native Seed Farm
REGION: Orange County
ADDRESS: 4727 Portola Pkwy, Irvine CA 92620
TIME: 9:00 – 11:30am
PROJECT: HARVEST Volunteers at the farm will be planting, harvesting, and maintaining the produce at Harvest Solutions Farm.
REGION: Orange County
ADDRESS: 12751 Lambert Road, Irvine, CA 92618
TIME: 7:30 – 11:00am
PROJECT: Volunteers will help weed and harvest seed at the Native Seed Farm
REGION: Orange County
ADDRESS: 4727 Portola Pkwy, Irvine CA 92620
TIME: 9:00 – 11:30am
PROJECT: Volunteers will stock and organize the pantry with donated goods. They will also organize and clean the community closet, so it is in tip-top shape when a youth comes in and shop for their new clothes.
REGION: Orange County
ADDRESS: 1575 E. 17th Street Santa Ana, CA 92750
TIME: 9 – 12:00pm
PROJECT: Volunteers will be hosting a painting activity day for the adult clients at our Santa Ana Shelter. Volunteers can also play games and enjoy snacks with the clients during their time.
REGION: Orange County
ADDRESS: Address will be provided upon registration
TIME: 9:00 – 12:00pm
PROJECT: Our Pet Food Pantry began during the pandemic to help our community members with pet food. Since its inception, we have given away more than 3 tons of pet food in our community, enabling pet owners to keep their pets at home and out of the shelter. Volunteers sort and load pet food, manage traffic, keep stats, and of course, set up and tear down.
REGION: Orange County
ADDRESS: 1630 Victory Rd. Tustin CA 92782
TIME: 7:00 – 11:00am
PROJECT: Volunteers will be working on an 8-acre farm supporting the day-to-day operations such as planting, weeding, and harvesting to help in providing approximately 200,000 pounds of produce annually to our community members most in need.
REGION: Orange County
ADDRESS: 14325 Goldenwest Westminster CA
TIME: 9:00 – 12:00pm
PROJECT: Volunteers will help us with the garden work. Weeding, raking leaves, planting succulents, and picking fruits.
REGION: Orange County
ADDRESS: 1505 E 17th Street, Santa Ana CA 92705
TIME: 9:00 – 12:00pm
PROJECT: Volunteers will help prepare food packages for low-income senior communities.
REGION: Orange County
ADDRESS: 11870 Monarch St. Garden Grove CA 92841
TIME: 8:15 – 10:30am
PROJECT: Volunteers will be tasked with searching out, picking up, and collecting trash/debris/litter from the beach, jetty, parking lot, shoreline, etc.
REGION: Orange County
ADDRESS: Seal Beach
TIME: 8:00 – 10:00am
PROJECT: Volunteers will be working to assemble STEAM project kits for different Engineering related projects that will be distributed to students in our programs around different schools in Orange County.
REGION: Orange County
ADDRESS: 550 N Parkcenter Dr, Suite 102,
Santa Ana, CA 92705
TIME: 9:00 – 11:00am
PROJECT: Project: Volunteers will Help Blanchet House residents serve a tasty and nutritious lunch. Each volunteer will help in various aspects of kitchen service such as plating the food and serving meals.
REGION: Portland, Oregon
ADDRESS: 310 NW Glisan St., Portland, OR 97210
TIME: 11am – 1pm
PROJECT: Volunteers will be tasked with sorting and packing donations.
REGION: Washington DC
ADDRESS: 4900 Puerto Rico Ave. NE Washington DC, 20017
TIME: Morning
PROJECT: Volunteers will assemble “Boxes of Hope”. These are essentially care packages with various supplies for our students and their families.
REGION: Orange County
ADDRESS: 1954 Placentia Ave, Suite 202, Costa Mesa CA, 92627
TIME: 9:00 – 11:00am
Check out 2023’s Fourth Annual Anteaters in Service Day photo album!
Our accomplishments from Anteater in Service Day in 2021
- UCI Health Blood Drive saw 48 donors and collected 35 units of blood
- OC Rescue Mission saw 40 volunteers and produced 2100 food boxes
- Rock Creek Conservancy volunteers collected almost 100 pounds of trash
- Stone Soup PDX saw 9 volunteers who made 100 meals
- Dreams for School saw 19 volunteers and created supply and material boxes for 80 kids
FAQS
What do you mean by service?
There are so many ways to have an impact and serve your community, whether that be volunteering at your neighborhood food bank, cleaning up your local park, holding a beach clean-up or donation sorting.
Who can participate?
Anteaters in Service Day is for everyone – alumni and their families. There may be age restrictions for some projects, which will be noted in the project description, otherwise most projects are family friendly and our community partners welcome all to serve.
What details are needed to organize a new service project?
When submitting for approval, please include general information such as project name, community partner or non-profit name, location, start time, end time, sponsoring chapter or individual, project description, project capacity, organization website, staff contact and lead on project’s contact information, and what the volunteers should wear.
Is there a deadline for alumni to register a new community partner for a project?
Yes, the form will be open for any new project submissions for approval until June 30, 2024.
What should volunteers wear for service projects?
Though it depends on the service project, it is a general recommendation to wear something weather appropriate and comfortable enough for you to work in during the duration of the project. Also, be sure to sport some Anteater spirit gear to show your alumni pride.
