Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism

The Black Bear Exchange will be open Tuesdays 10:00 am to 4:00 pm during Winter Break.  Winter Break runs from 12/17/17 through 01/20/18.  Please note that we will be closed on December 26 so we will not be open at all for the week of December 24 – 30.  We will post hours for the […]

Last week, we received donations from 3 major food drives at the BBE.  The Classified Employees Advisory Council and the Professional Employees Advisory Council held a food drive at the President’s Annual Holiday Luncheon.  They collected $248 and many boxes of food.  Then on Thursday, Brian Perkins’ FSN101 class held their extra credit food drive.  […]

Exciting News!  University Credit Union has chosen to support the Black Bear Exchange through multiple efforts during this holiday season.  UCU recently made a cash donation to secure food for the food pantry, and they will be coordinating a food drive during the month of December.  Pictured here is Susan Crawford, Branch Manager of the […]

UMaine students put in a lot of hours helping people for Thanksgiving.  Multiple students groups went to  Food AND Medicine in Brewer to help with their Solidarity Harvest.  Students packed boxes with food items for thousands of families in the area.  Student organizations donated turkeys to the Free the Z turkey drive, and student organizations […]

The Bodwell Center is coordinating a food drive to put together Thanksgiving meals for students and staff in need.  Please share this flyer to get others involved!

To schedule an appointment, call the Red Cross at 1-800-redcross or the Bodwell Center at 207-581-3091.  Appointments are recommended, but we will take walk-ins as the schedule allows. (Lisa Morin)

Over 100 UMaine students got up early on Saturday, November 4 and made the trip down to Mount Desert Island to participate in the annual Take Pride in Acadia Day.  This is always a great event that many students and student organizations want to participate in.  Friends of Acadia welcomed nearly 500 volunteers, and after […]

The Bodwell Center at the University of Maine will host the annual Clean Sweep Sale at the Alfond Arena on May 26 and 27, 2017.  Pre-Sale photos will be posted on our Facebook page.  We are recruiting for volunteers to assist on Friday.  If you are interested, visit our Project Page to sign up.   […]

On May 3, 2017, 1500 volunteers completed 74 projects for Maine Day 2017.  Projects ranged from raking around the Memorial Union and Fogler Library, to helping stain a shed at the Forestry Field Office on College Ave Extension and cleaning up downtown Orono.  At the Hungry 100K, over 250 volunteers, including students, faculty, staff, alumni, […]

Congratulations to the Bodwell Centers 2017 Award and Scholarship Recipients! At the April 21st Community and Student Engagement Awards Ceremony, the recipients for the 2017 awards and scholarships were announced.  For the 2nd year, UMaine’s Society of Women’s Engineering was selected as the recipient of the Active Citizenship Award.  Servant Heart Scholarship recipients are Dan […]