Center for Community Outreach to host annual Super Service Saturday
LAWRENCE — Every Hawk Week, the University of Kansas Center for Community Outreach (CCO) hosts Super Service Saturday, an opportunity to assist area nonprofit service organizations.
The 2025 event will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 23. While this event is traditionally targeted toward students, CCO leadership encourages all Jayhawks, including faculty and staff, to sign up to volunteer for this day of service. Employees can join with their students or individually and partake in a meaningful team-building opportunity.
In 2024, more than 230 student volunteers traveled to 21 nonprofit service sites, contributing nearly $22,000 in economic impact to the local community, based on estimates from the Independent Sector’s 2025 Value of Volunteer Time Report.
“When we come together as a campus, we’re also coming together as a community to help each other work towards a better place for everyone to live, learn and work,” said Avery Swanson, CCO executive director.
Super Service Saturday includes an opportunity for participants to connect with CCO and other community service programs, assemble sustainable pet toys for donation to the Lawrence Humane Society and learn from influential keynote speakers prior to being transported by bus to service sites for two hours of volunteering.
This year’s Super Service Saturday keynote speakers are Linda Luckey, founding director of the Center for Service Learning and a current assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, and Melinda Lewis, School of Social Welfare professor of the practice.
Swanson said she is “excited to listen to two Jayhawks with a deep understanding of what it means to engage with the community as vital partners and how to pursue service that is actually positively impactful.”
All Super Service Saturday volunteers receive free breakfast, an event T-shirt and transportation to and from service sites. Sign up to volunteer by noon Aug. 22 and contact cco@ku.edu for questions or accommodation requests.
The KU Center for Community Outreach (CCO) is a student-led service organization founded in 1995 at KU with the mission “to provide meaningful service opportunities for students, address various needs through collaborative partnerships, and strengthen our community through education and advocacy.”