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Peter C. Thompson, Director

Justin Schneider, Assistant Director

Amanda McLaughlin, Jumpstart Coordinator

Anthony Rivero, Jumpstart Coordinator

Samantha Ellis, Administrative Assistant

PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY

PEPPERDINE VOLUNTEER CENTER

Tyler Campus Center, Suite 230

24255 Pacific Coast Highway

Malibu, CA 90263-4143

Hours: 8 am–5 pm, Monday–Friday

Phone: 310.506.4143

Fax: 310.506.4827

pepperdine.edu/volunteercenter

NEEDS AND ASSETSOur Los Angeles and Ventura County communities are rich in diversity, history, and culture. Amidst our many strengths, we also struggle with a variety of social justice and equity issues. While these issues are complex, the Pepperdine Volunteer Center challenges students, faculty, and staff to be active citizens and partner with community assets to make a positive impact.

More information and additional opportunities can be viewed on our website at pepperdine.edu/volunteercenter.

WEEKLY SERVICE

Education and LiteracyStudents have the opportunity to work with and encourage youth and English language learners in furthering their education. The Volunteer Center tutors incarcerated youth in L.A. County juvenile probation camps, such as Camp Gonzales and Camp Miller. In addition, students can participate with America Reads in local elementary schools, Language Connection at the Malibu Community Labor Exchange, and tutoring children experiencing homelessness in Skid Row through School on Wheels.

Environmental JusticePepperdine has a unique obligation to not only engage in sustainability but also to educate our students. We have a moral obligation to those of the lowest socioeconomic status who are the most impacted by environmental degradation. The Volunteer Center partners with the Center for Sustainability and the student Green Team to raise awareness about how each of us can actively strive toward sustainability. Each opportunity provides hands-on ways to be stewards of the environment. This program partners with Heal the Bay, Mountains Restoration Trust, TreePeople, and others.

Health and WellnessEach program partner is committed to teaching healthy lifestyles and social interactions to assist people of all ages and abilities in leading productive and fulfilling lives. Volunteers can work with teens at the Boys and Girls Club of Malibu, assist in activities for seniors at WISE & Healthy Aging, establish relationships and develop life skills with special needs teens and adults with Hand in Hand, Creative Steps, and Equine Therapy organizations as well as mentor high school students through Waves of Innovation winner College Connections.

PEPPERDINE

VOLUNTEER CENTER MISSIONThe Pepperdine Volunteer Center is a place where students live out the Pepperdine pledge that “knowledge calls, ultimately, for a life of service.” This mission is realized in developing and supporting student leaders who engage their peers in meaningful service and build strong partnerships with our community.

Hunger and HomelessnessThe latest homelessness counts for Ventura and L.A. Counties show a dramatic increase in this population. The Volunteer Center partners with Habitat for Humanity and The Kingdom Center in Ventura County to help transition people into homes, FOOD Share and Food Forward to provide food to those who are hungry, and several of the Missions on Skid Row to assist in their holistic programs trying to get people off the streets.

Academics and ServiceThe scholarship of community engagement increases each year as more academic courses incorporate service experiences in the community. Student service-learning advocates support faculty and students engaged in these courses. In addition to the advocates, the Volunteer Center provides grants, workshops, and consultations for engaged faculty.

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

JumpstartThe Jumpstart program is working toward the day when every child in America will enter school prepared to succeed. Members of the Jumpstart Corps serve preschool children in early-childhood learning centers, developing relationships with the children, family, and teachers. Students are placed on a Jumpstart team and commit to serve 300 hours over the academic year. Participants earn their full work-study award and receive an additional Americorps education award.

ONE-TIME SERVICEStep Forward Day September

Blood Drives Fall, Spring

Jumpstart for a Day (JFAD) March

Senior Prom April

PROJECT SERVE Spring Break

Project Serve began in 1996 and has been an annual Seaver student attraction since 2002. Project Serve is a short-term service trip over spring break that educates and inspires students through hands-on experiences across the United States and abroad to use their talents and develop the perspective needed to relieve injustice, oppression, and poverty within their local communities.

pepperdine.edu/volunteercenter

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PROFESSIONAL STAFF

Peter C. Thompson, Director

Justin Schneider, Assistant Director

Amanda McLaughlin, Jumpstart Coordinator

Anthony Rivero, Jumpstart Coordinator

Samantha Ellis, Administrative Assistant

PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY

PEPPERDINE VOLUNTEER CENTER

Tyler Campus Center, Suite 230

24255 Pacific Coast Highway

Malibu, CA 90263-4143

Hours: 8 am–5 pm, Monday–Friday

Phone: 310.506.4143

Fax: 310.506.4827

pepperdine.edu/volunteercenter

To sign up, visit

AWARENESS WEEKS

Movember November

Beginning in November, students are encouraged to wear mustaches as a sign of commitment to promoting healthy lifestyles, healthy relationships, and healthy communities among men. Events will be held the first week of November with a final photoshoot on at the end of the month.

National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week November

Pepperdine joins campuses nationwide to raise awareness about the issues of hunger and homelessness through a week of engaging speakers, service, and eye-opening experiences.

Week of Peace, Hope, and Justice (PHJ) January

Beginning on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, PHJ invites the Pepperdine community to learn about issues of injustice and to celebrate peacemaking in this world. Partnering with Intercultural Affairs, the week includes speakers, interactive presentations, activities, and service opportunities.

pepperdine.edu/volunteercenter