ONE-TIME OPPORTUNITIES
Spring 2025
One-time opportunities are worth 5 service credits. Partner organizations for each opportunity have been vetted by the Office of Service and Discipleship and provide APU students a meaningful opportunity to serve in the local area. APU students are expected to arrive on-time, serve for the duration of their shift, and to represent the university with humility, love, and kindness.
Azusa Coastal Cleanup #3
A.C.C. needs volunteers who would like to participate and do their part in taking care of our oceans. We will meet on site at 11am for instruction. The cleanup will begin promptly at 11:30am and will continue till 2:30pm, followed by a variety of activities. There is a place to purchase food right next to where we’ll be and make sure to bring your own water or reusable water bottles! *Snacks will be provided and transportation can most likely be provided if needed* Message us on Instagram @azusacoastalcleanup for all updates and to ask any questions you may have.
Date: Saturday, April 5th
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Organization: Azusa Coastal Cleanup
Address: Manhattan Beach | 4119 The Strand, Manhattan Village, CA 90266
Eaton Fire Response
Join Samaritan’s Purse as we minister to families whose homes were damaged during the Eaton Fire in California. Far beyond the physical help you will extend to the homeowners, the spiritual and emotional support you offer to them is even more important. We hope your volunteer experience is rewarding and life-changing. We will be working to do personal property clean up from the fires. Open to APU faculty and staff as well. All volunteers must be 14 years or older.
Date: Saturday, April 5th
Time: 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Organization: Samaritan’s Purse
Address: Lake Avenue Church | 393 N Lake Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101
Service Credits: 10
El Sereno Home Build
Help Habitat for Humanity uplift our mission of bringing people together building homes, communities, and hope. We build strength and self-reliance through shelter. You can volunteer on one of our construction sites. No construction experience is necessary - our skilled site supervisors provide on-site instruction to help get you hammering, painting, landscaping or other fun activities! Currently, we are accepting construction volunteers at our El Sereno construction site (the exact address will be provided if a student signs up for this opportunity).
Date: Saturday, April 5th
Time: 7:45 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Organization: Habitat for Humanity
Address: El Sereno | Location TBD
Autism Awareness & Acceptance Walk
Our mission is to serve the community of the city of Azusa and its surrounding neighborhoods, providing help and support to those in need. Azusa Connects works in conjunction with various local charities and fundraising organizations, contributing its resources where they are most needed and can have the most significant and beneficial impact on the community at large. Azusa Connects will be hosting our 3rd Annual Autism awareness & acceptance walk on April 6, 2025. Volunteers would help with event set up before the event begins and during the event volunteers will serve refreshments to walk participants. volunteers will also be asked to cheer our walkers on and perhaps work at game booths and will also help with clean up at the end of the event.
Date: Sunday, April 6th
Time:
Shift #1 (8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.)
Shift #2 (11:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
Organization: Azusa Connects
Address: Northside Park | 601 W. 11th Street, Azusa, CA 91702
Murray Mindfulness Fair
Passionate about mental health and social emotional learning in your local community? Looking for a volunteer opportunity that is fun, artistic, and impactful?
Murray Elementary School is hosting its 1st Annual Murray Mindfulness Fair on Friday, April 11th and we need your help! We are looking for multiple APU student volunteers to help us run hands-on activity booths for students and community members to help promote understanding of coping and emotional regulation strategies to improve student social emotional learning and mental health. Some featured activities include DIY stress balls, gratitude journals, self-affirmation buttons, kindness cards, fidget bracelets, slime, sensory bottles, bubble breathing station, a fitness station and more!
Volunteers will be assigned a station and given information about the impact of that particular strategy on the human body or mind, and how it can help individuals cope with stress, anxiety, anger, and other emotions. Students will visit booths throughout the afternoon to engage in these activities alongside you and learn new coping skills while creating their own SEL tools! Later in the afternoon, caregivers and community members will come on campus to explore the fair to learn and create as well. This opportunity allows APU students to connect with members of the community while uplifting the importance of mental health and social emotional learning in an impactful, fun, and lasting way.
Date: April 11th
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Organization: Murray Elementary
Address: 505 E. Renwick, Azusa, CA 91702
Spring Care Day
Volunteer with FoodED! Be part of improving a school garden to change the landscape of the school & influence generations to come on healthy eating and climate change. Be part of making big change in your community! Projects include weeding, plant care, mulching, soil topping, and more. Tools and gloves, water and light snacks provided will be provided. Bathrooms on site. No experience is necessary.
Date: Saturday, April 12th
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Organization: Food Exploration and Discovery
Address: Plymouth Elementary School | 1300 Boley Street, Monrovia, CA 91016
OneLegacy Run/Walk
From its humble beginnings on the campus of California State University, Fullerton, the Run/Walk has moved to Azusa, CA, the new home of OneLegacy's corporate headquarters. Azusa Pacific University will host the same fantastic event that donation and transplantation advocates have been enjoying for years: a Circle of Life Garden where dedicated signs will be on display; Ted's, Hedrick's and Deceased Donor Family team villages; exhibitors; kid zone; food; and, most importantly, fun!
Date: Friday, April 25th (Setup) | Saturday, April 26th (Event)
Time (3 Teams):
Setup (Friday, April 25th): 12pm-5pm
Team 1 (Saturday, April 26th): 5am-9am
Team 2 (Saturday, April 26th): 9am-1pm
Organization: OneLegacy
Address: APU Soccer Field, West Campus
If you have an approved medical exemption from the Accessibility and Disability Resources Office, please contact Karen Rouggly at krouggly@apu.edu to discuss your options for participation.
For more information regarding Local Engagement, please contact localengagement@apu.edu