Our club has an overarching focus of promoting animal rights through advocacy, raising awareness, and fostering a safe, communal, thought-provoking space for all who are concerned with or curious about the ethics around nonhuman animals. We seek to start and welcome conversations that encourage critical thought, especially in relation to the commodification and exploitation of […]
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The purpose of MEA is to enable students to do the most good possible for their local and global community with the limited time and resources available to us as college students. We achieve this through fundraising around campus for a charity chosen by its members each year!
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The Town-Gown Club would be the UMaine campus’s only club that is dedicated to fostering positive relations between the UMaine campus and the town of Orono that it sits on. We will accomplish this goal by using our club to increase student involvement in Orono. Every year, we will utilize the power of students to […]
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Blue Crew was established 3 years ago as a volunteer service group here at the University of Maine. In May of 2017, 16 students completed a trip to the rural villages of the Peruvian Amazon, visiting the local library, homes and medical clinic. The following year, in June of 2018 twenty students travelled to Ghana, […]
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The Student Social Work Organization (SSWO) strives to unite students together who have a connection to social work or simply a passion for helping others while networking in the community. By creating bonds within organizations on campus and throughout the greater Orono-Bangor area, the Student Social Work Organization is able to empower students to become […]
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Camp Kesem at the University of Maine is a nonprofit student-led group which serves children whose parent or caregiver has or has had cancer. We host a free summer camp for these children and provide them with year-round support services.
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The UMaine chapter of Active Minds is dedicated to changing the conversation surrounding mental health and suicide. We hold weekly meetings to discuss various mental health related topics, provide resources and do fun de-stressing activities.
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