FIJI

The philanthropy effort of UCSD’s FIJI has always been focused on the positive impact we can have in our community. That is why our community service has been geared towards making San Diego and the surrounding areas a better place for everyone. We work frequently with local organizations, such as the Feeding America Food Bank (formerly known as Second Harvest Food Bank), but also take the initiative to organize ourselves by completing beach cleanups and other small projects. FIJI of UCSD supports national organizations as well. So far, we have helped run three events with Special Olympics and organized three blood drives on our campus with the Red Cross.

Community Service

Since our Colony was founded just a little over two years ago we have accumulated 536 hours of community service. All of our projects and volunteer hours have been geared towards benefiting our community, including:

• Volunteering at schools in underprivileged San Diego areas
• San Diego County Amber Alert Child Identification Initiative
• Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Rock 'n' Roll Marathon participant and volunteers
• Habitat for Humanity Building homes in Mexico
• Second Harvest Food Bank
• Special Olympics
• Red Cross Blood Drives
• Adopting a beach
• Relay for Life

Future Projects

• Beach Clean-up
Adopted Marine Street Beach and perform janitorial duties such as picking up trash. We attend to the beach on Sunday afternoons every other week.
• The FIJI Wilderness Project
We will be remaking, beautifying, and mapping wilderness trails at a local preserve. The project is predicted to take about 200 man hours to complete.
• Light the Night Walk
Fundraiser for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society on November 20th at Qualcomm Stadium. We will organize a team to participate and raise money. We will also help set up and take down the booths the day of the event. Visit their website for more information: Light The Night Walk
• Special Olympics Bowling Tournament
The Special Olympics of Southern California organization is coordinating a bowling tournament in Ventura, CA on October 3rd. Our job will be to assist and coach the participants in the event. Visit their website for more information: Southern Olympics of Southern California
• Feeding America
Formerly known as America's Second Harvest Food Bank, we will assist the workers of the Feeding America Food Bank of San Diego by retrieving and packaging canned/boxed food to ship out. The service will be provided sometime during fall quarter. Visit their website for more information: Feeding America