CSUnity

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CSUnity: A National Volunteer Month CAMmunity Tradition is celebrating its 26th year as a long-time CSU tradition and integral community engagement program on Sunday, April 23 (12PM – 4PM). Join SLiCE, Rams, and community members on this one day of service during National Volunteer Month to:

  • Branch out & cultivate connections
  • Collectively care for our neighbors
  • Contribute to community-wide spring clean-up projects

Approximately 1,500 CSU volunteers will collectively complete hundreds of service projects within the Fort Collins community.  CSU Rams would either volunteer with a service-based community agency (non-profit/governmental-based organization) or a local neighbor located within Fort Collins city limits.  Service projects could involve the following:

  • Adding to upkeep of external buildings and grounds
  • Cleaning deck/patio/porch/garage/shed/outdoor furniture/first-floor gutters and/or windows/wells
  • Environmental work (trail maintenance, waterway clean up)
  • Event support and customer service
  • Mowing/weeding a lawn or picking-up leaves
  • Organizing/sorting goods
  • Prepping gardens or basic landscaping such as trimming bushes/trees/plants
  • And, more!

CSUnity is rain-or-shine.  There is no backup date should there be severe inclement weather the day of (i.e. snow falling heavily).  Only SLiCE will make the determination to cancel the event due to severe weather.

Volunteer Waiver

The CSUnity Volunteer Waiver is due Monday, April 17 by midnight.

Every volunteer who commits to participating in CSUnity must submit a CSUnity Volunteer Waiver.  The waiver hardly takes 10 minutes to complete and can be completed long in advance of CSUnity.  Submitting your waiver by the deadline ensures you will receive a CSUnity t-shirt, gloves, and other materials on the day of CSUnity. CSU Rams must sign in with their CSU eName and password on RamLink first, otherwise, the waiver will not be accessible.  If you are a CSU Ram under the age of 18, have your parent/guardian complete this waiver instead. If you are a non-CSU Ram joining a Volunteer Team, complete this waiver instead.

Volunteer Teams & Team Leaders

About 90% of CSUnity Volunteers participate via a Volunteer Team of an already established registered student organization, campus department, office staff, academic class, or group of friends.  CSU faculty, staff, and students may all volunteer.  Participation is first-come, first-serve; if capacity is reached, you will be waitlisted.  Transportation is not provided.  Volunteer Teams comprise 5 or more CSU Rams and require a Volunteer Team Leader who also volunteers. 

FYI:  Volunteer recruitment must occur before registering; it is not the other way around.  Signing up and showing up are critical to the success of CSUnity.  Thus, please only register if you intend to collectively follow through.  Thank you!

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As a Volunteer Team Leader, you must secure committed volunteers part of your Volunteer Team before signing up to participate in CSUnity.  Sometimes, volunteer recruitment and retainment can be challenging.  Yet, with this helpful checklist below, you can recruit volunteers effectively and accurately for CSUnity.

  • Early Marketing: communicate early with volunteers to ensure they are prepared to follow through.  How?
    • At an upcoming meeting, share an interest form.
    • The earlier the better, especially for bigger teams.
    • Post excuse deadline earlier to weed out no-shows
  • Do Not Estimate Volunteer Numbers: estimations are detrimental to the overall operation of CSUnity. SLiCE, neighbors, and community agencies highly depend on accurate numbers. When signing up, give only committed volunteer numbers. How?
    • Create a digital agreement through a sign-up sheet.
    • Confirm with volunteers they will show up and commit.
    • Keep a detailed list of confirmed volunteers and their contact information, and maintain hype thereafter.
    • Communicate clear consequences to ensure volunteers understand importance of follow through.
  • Personalize Messages: help volunteers invest in and care about CSUnity by connecting the why (or purpose of CSUnity) to your organization/department/team and the volunteer themself. How?
    • Share the positive impacts a volunteer can make.
    • Communicate required service hours (if necessary).
    • Reach out to past, reliable volunteers to gain buy-in.
    • Personally reach out with individualized messaging.
    • Vary your communication style (i.e. email, text, social media messaging, GroupMe, etc.) to match how your team best communicates.
  • Incentivize Participation: sometimes volunteers need an extra push to commit; think up how your team can further incentive participation. How?
    • Offer free swag, snacks, etc. if they participate.
    • Encourage volunteers to join with a friend, for additional bonding and to make participation less intimidating.

All Volunteer Teams are led by Volunteer Team Leaders, who also volunteer the day of CSUnity and count toward the total number of volunteers.  Team Leaders do have additional responsibilities and play a critical role of both signing up their team of (already recruited and committed) volunteers and ensuring their volunteer team shows up to their service project the day of CSUnity and follows through.  Volunteer Team Leaders are heavily supported by SLiCE; our Community Support Team is here to help you and your Volunteer Team succeed.  Below is a distinction between the three types of teams and team leaders.

  • Small (5-10 Volunteers) = team stays together, Volunteer Team Leader leads whole team
  • Medium (11-19 Volunteers) = if team is split up, only 2 sub-teams, Volunteer Team Leader leads one sub-team, Sub-Team Leader* leads the other
  • Large (20 Volunteers+) = team likely divided into 3+ teams, multiple Sub-Team Leaders* become on-site leads

*Sub-Team Leaders do not complete Team Leader Training, but they may view the modules at any time to learn more about the leadership role.  They do not attend the Commitment Chat, nor attend Team Leader Check-In or Check-Out.  However, they serve as a responsible and supportive team player, who would be an on-site lead if their Volunteer Team is split into sub-teams and divvied up between two or more service sites.  The Volunteer Team Leader trains them to the degree the Volunteer Team Leader needs their help.

Back-Up Contact: the Volunteer Team Leader does need to consider a back-up contact, whose contact information is asked of on the registration form.  This person does not have responsibilities as long as the Volunteer Team Leader is reachable with ease by SLiCE.  However, if the Volunteer Team Leader cannot continue in their leadership role and needs to switch out, the Back-Up Contact becomes the new Volunteer Team Leader.  They must complete Online Team Leader Training, and any remaining responsibilities of the original Volunteer Team Leader.  This could include attending the Commitment Chat, Check-In, and Check-Out.  Choose this back-up contact wisely; they are likely the person who you would first appoint as a Sub-Team Leader – someone responsible and supportive of you.

If you want your Volunteer Team to participate in CSUnity, the following steps need to be handled in this order by a Primary Team Leader.

  1. Recruit your volunteers well in advance and ensure their availability/ability/interest to follow through and serve on Sunday, April 23 (12PM – 4PM). Keep track of names and contact information of each committed volunteer, as you will be asked to disclose this on your registration form.
  2. By Friday, March 31, complete Online Team Leader Training and submit the quiz.
  3. By Friday, March 31, submit CSUnity Team Leader Registration form by Friday.
  4. On Thursday, April 6 or Friday, April 7, attend your Team Leader Commitment Chat to learn of your specific service project match and receive critical reminders and resources to successfully complete your Team Leader duties. These will occur in person with other team leaders and SLiCE staff. 
  5. By Monday, April 10, contact your assigned service project provider (either a service-based community agency or a local neighbor).
  6. By Monday, April 17, ensure all volunteers complete the CSUnity Volunteer Waiver. For those who do not get their waivers in, follow up with them to complete this process before your CSUnity project begins.  The number of waivers you have completed by this deadline dictates the number of gloves, shirts, snacks, and other materials you can receive at Team Leader Check-In.
  7. If volunteers drop, find replacements, and keep SLiCE informed about changes to your team’s participation along the way. SLiCE can provide best practices to help salvage these situations!
  8. On Sunday, April 23, 11AM – 11:20AM, attend Team Leader Check-In in the Longs Peak Room (LSC).
  9. On Sunday, April 23, 12PM – 4PM, enjoy CSUnity by positively impacting the local community!
  10. On Sunday, April 23, by 5PM, attend Team Leader Check-Out in SLiCE (LSC 210) with gloves, pictures, and information about how each project went, after all of your service project(s) are completed.  

This year, CSUnity Team Leader Training is online.  It is broken into several modules to make the dense information more digestible.  After each module, you will need to complete the associated quiz questions.  If you do not pass the quiz (80% or better), SLiCE will work with you individually to ensure you understand the concepts you missed before you are given your assigned service project at the Team Leader Commitment Chat.  You are accountable for knowing the information shared in Team Leader Training; it will set you up for success as a Team Leader and ensure SLiCE and your assigned neighbor/community agency can count on you to follow through adequately.

Please Note: You must complete Team Leader Training before you submit a CSUnity Team Leader Registration, but the form can be submitted immediately thereafter (you do not need to wait for your quiz to be graded).  Once SLiCE receives your registration form, the cancellation policy applies (explained in depth during Team Leader Training), thus please be sure you are trained before you commit your team to CSUnity.

The 8 Training Modules

  • #1 – History & Value of CSUnity’s CAMmunity Service

  • #2 – SLiCE’s Behind-the-Scenes

  • #3 – Volunteer Team Leader Responsibilities

  • #4 – Volunteer Team Expectations & Communications

  • #5 – How to Contact & Interact with Service Providers

  • #6 – Grounds for Dismissal & Cancellation Policy

  • #7 – Navigating Challenges & Reducing Risk

  • #8 – Commitment Chat, Check-In, & Check-Out

 Online Team Leader Training & Quiz

Volunteer Team Leaders are required to also attend a “CSUnity Commitment Chat” held in-person in the Lory Student Center on Thursday, April 6 and Friday, April 7.  Multiple sessions will be offered, and you will sign up for the time that best works for you in your CSUnity Volunteer Team Registration.  At this Commitment Chat, the following will occur.

  • You will receive your service project match(es)
  • You will receive a checklist on how to contact your assigned neighbor/agency (per project)
  • You will receive final critical reminders & resources
  • You may ask SLiCE staff questions in the group or individually

Commitment Chats:*

  • Thursday 4/6: 8:30AM – 9AM (LSC 212)
  • Thursday 4/6: 11:30AM – 12PM (LSC 212)
  • Thursday 4/6: 1PM – 1:30PM (LSC 300)
  • Thursday 4/6: 3:30PM – 4PM (LSC 300)
  • Thursday 4/6: 5:30PM – 6PM (LSC 144)
  • Friday 4/7: 11:30AM – 12PM (LSC 300)
  • Friday 4/7: 1PM – 1:30PM (LSC 324)

*These are small meeting rooms; we do not have room for Sub-Team Leaders to join you.  Sorry!

Team Leader Check-In occurs the day of CSUnity on Sunday April 23, 11:00AM – 11:20AM.  It is in the Lory Student Center Longs Peak Room (3rd floor, in the southeast corner of the LSC).  Please note the following:

  • Only for Volunteer Team Leaders
  • Coffee & breakfast burritos for you
  • Volunteer Team Leaders need to be organized when they arrive at check-in to share with SLiCE any final updates of their side, ask any final questions, and collect gloves, shirts, rakes, etc. needed for their team
  • Line starts to form 15 minutes early
  • Takes 10 minutes to Check-In
  • Sub-Team can come to the LSC and wait nearby but we do not have room for all of them in the Longs Peak Room
  • Plan accordingly to arrive to service project @ 12PM
  • Tip: meet Sub-Team Leaders/Volunteers in LSC afterward to share materials & instructions, & teambuild

Solo Volunteers

Solo volunteers are integral to CSUnity, as are our Volunteer teams.  SLiCE’s goal is to assign you (a solo volunteer not participating with a Volunteer Team) to a service project with other solo volunteers, either led by SLiCE or another on-campus department.  CSU faculty, staff, and students may all volunteer.  Participation is first-come, first-serve; if capacity is reached, you will be waitlisted and notified.  Transportation is not provided.

FYI: signing up and showing up are critical to the success of CSUnity.  Thus, please only register if you intend to follow through.  Thank you!

Solo Volunteers are integral to CSUnity, as are our Volunteer Teams.  SLiCE’s goal is to assign you (a solo volunteer not participating with a Volunteer Team) to a service project with other solo volunteers, either led by SLiCE or another on-campus department.  CSU faculty, staff, and students may all volunteer.  Participation is first-come, first-serve; if capacity is reached, you will be waitlisted and notified.  Transportation is not provided.

FYI: signing up and showing up are critical to the success of CSUnity.  Thus, please only register if you intend to follow through.  Thank you!

To participate in CSUnity, the following steps need to be handled in this order.

  1. By Friday, March 31, complete this “CSUnity Solo Volunteer Registration Form.”
  2. On Friday, April 7, SLiCE will email you your service project match, Volunteer Team Leader contact information, and final steps.
  3. Check email/phone regularly/be responsive to assigned Volunteer Team Leader communications up to the day of CSUnity.
  4. By Monday, April 17, be sure to submit your CSUnity Volunteer Waiver (sign in with your CSU eName and password to access the form).
  5. On Sunday, April 23, 12PM – 4PM, enjoy CSUnity by positively impacting the local community!

Local Neighbors

CSUnity sends CSU Rams to support older adult neighbors and neighbors with disabilities living in Fort Collins and needing help with outdoor work they cannot complete themselves or afford to pay others.  We ask neighbors to please consider if you can pay for your yard work, ask a friend or relative for help, or are able to complete it yourself, instead of participating in CSUnity.  While we never want to turn away anyone who will benefit from CSUnity, we do ask you to determine this before requesting volunteers.  Please check out our alternatives to CSUnity that could be pursued in place of CSUnity, or in addition to, and on a more ongoing basis.

If you want to participate in CSUnity as a local neighbor, the following need to be acknowledged.

  • Participation in CSUnity is not guaranteed, nor are volunteers. (Projects are approved due to volunteer availability, scope and content of the project, and cooperation with SLiCE.) 
  • Registrations are processed on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • You, or a neighbor/friend/relative, must be home when volunteers are present.
  • All service projects at your home must occur outside (primarily yard work/outdoor cleaning).
  • Service projects must be completed within 4 hours or less; projects may not fully be completed by CSU Volunteers and that is okay. If your residence is a decent drive from campus, shorten the project length to make time for travel.
  • We will strive to match the number of volunteers you requested, but please anticipate about 25% of volunteers not to show up. You will have an assigned Volunteer Team Leader who will attend and will call you before CSUnity to ensure you are on the same page.  If the Team Leader misses you on the phone, they are instructed to leave a voicemail with their phone number. Save their phone number so you can be sure to connect by Mon, 4/10.
  • We cannot guarantee CSU volunteers are fully vaccinated from COVID-19.
  • You must provide all necessary resources (i.e. garden/yard tools, cleaning supplies, trash bags, etc.)  SLiCE provides gloves.  If you do not have all the materials you need, consider asking a neighbor, but do not expect those services to occur if tools are not provided by you.
  • Volunteers are not experts or trained. Requested tasks should be quick to learn & teach (you are expected to train volunteers on what you need), and flexibility with results is asked.  
  • Volunteers cannot do construction work with chainsaws, nail guns, or any other power tool.
  • Volunteers will not turn on your water valve for your sprinkler system.
  • SLiCE and CSU Volunteers will not remove items from your property, you are responsible for your own yard waste disposal.
  • Your home must be located within Fort Collins.
  • If you know a Fort Collins resident who qualifies for CSUnity assistance, have them visit this website to register separately. Volunteer Teams cannot be sent to additional yards for help the day of, unless that neighbor is registered.
  • If you wish to cancel your own project, please notify SLiCE and your Volunteer Team Leader.  Volunteers are not required to make up the service project if there is severe winter weather and SLiCE must cancel the event.  This is because the following weeks occur finals.
  • Please spend the first 30 minutes of your service project: greeting all volunteers, sharing the value of their service work for you, building a meaningful connection, training them on your yard work projects, explaining your exact expectations, and being sure they understand your needs before starting.

The largest change to our CSUnity registration process is that we are no longer to able to accept registrations over the phone.  Sadly, we no longer have the staffing abilities to offer this service anymore.  We hope you can adapt with us as we transition to more of a paper registration and online registration model.    

  1. Mail Your Paper Registration to SLiCE by Friday, March 24: if you received a paper registration in the mail, place completed paper registration form in the provided pre-stamped and pre-addressed envelope, and mail back early. (Paper registration forms are only sent out once via a bulk mailing process, we will not send paper registration forms on-demand thereafter.)
  2. Submit Online Neighbor Registration Form by Friday, March 31: complete the online form, click the “NEXT” button at the bottom until all pages are complete, and click the “SUBMIT” button to ensure your registration is submitted correctly online by Friday, March 31.

Approved Projects: Projects are approved due to volunteer availability, scope, and content of the project, and cooperation with SLiCE.  If matched with volunteers, your CSUnity Team Leader will call you by Monday, April 10 to go over any project changes on your end and confirm their Volunteer Team’s attendance. Please anticipate receiving a call from an unknown number, and make sure your voicemail is not full.  If the Team Leader misses you on the phone, they are instructed to leave a voicemail with their phone number. Save their phone number so you can be sure to connect by Monday 4/10.  If you do not hear from your assigned Team Leader by Tuesday 4/11, please let SLiCE know at 970-491-1682, and we will try to expedite the process for you.

Waitlisted Projects: If SLiCE must waitlist your project due to reaching capacity, we will notify you in April.  Otherwise, you can anticipate your registered project is approved for April 23.

Below are some community resources that may be able to assist you with your outdoor yard work.  Considering CSUnity is once a year, here are ongoing, local resources for more year-round support or in place of CSUnity.

2-1-1 Colorado – The Colorado State Emergency Operations Center and the United Way of Larimer County activated 2-1-1 Colorado to connect Coloradoans with human service resources statewide; it is confidential and multilingual. Simply type in “general yard work” to their website to find more services and resources.  Learn more: here.  You can also dial 2-1-1 or text your zip code to 898-211.

A Little Help – is a non-profit aiming to help older adults successfully age at their home and in their community via offering “a little help.” Services include but are not limited to grocery/medicine errands, check-in calls, transportation assistance, home organization, handiwork, and yard clean-up projects.  Learn more: here or call 970-412-9396. 

Adopt-a-Neighbor – is a City of Fort Collins, Neighborhood Services program pairing volunteers with those who need assistance with certain tasks. Volunteers are background checked and trained on COVID safety. Ongoing and one-time tasks include grocery shopping/delivery, basic errands, snow shoveling, dog walking, home care, and more.  Learn more: here or call 970-343-4826.

Curbside Yard Waste Removal – seasonal yard trimmings including leaves, grass, weeds, and other lawn trimmings may be collected by local trash haulers from April – November for an extra fee. Contact your hauler to sign up. Learn more: here.

Larimer County’s Office on Aging offers several different voucher programs providing funding and services to older adults in Larimer County who may need assistance with chores, lawn mowing, snow removal, exterior house cleaning and repairs, and indoor cleaning or moving.  The Chore Voucher (or Home/Yard Work Reimbursement) Program provides funding to low-income seniors and is designed to increase safety and help neighbors perform tasks around their homes due to limited physical ability or endurance.  Funding may partially or fully cover services.  Learn more: here or call 970-498-7750.

Volunteers of America Handyperson Program: in Northern Colorado focuses on home safety through assessment, education, and repair. They provide simple safety repairs and minor home maintenance for limited-income seniors and adults with disabilities who reside in Larimer County. Volunteers provide the labor and clients are responsible for the cost of materials.  Learn more: here or call 970-472-9630.

Yard Waste Drop-Off – Ewing Landscape Materials (formerly Hageman Earth Cycle) accepts the following yard waste: grass clippings, garden waste, leaves, sod and soil, branches, and rocks and gravel.  If you can drop these items off at 3501 E. Prospect Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80525, only a small fee is associated depending on the type of load and materials.  Learn more: here or call 970-221-7173.

Community Agencies

Local service-based, non-profit community agencies are welcome to request volunteers for the day of CSUnity.  With the date being at the end of National Volunteer Week and on Earth Day Weekend, CSUnity could be an ideal opportunity to both connect with CSU Rams and fulfill some much needed service projects for your organization.  Typically, participating non-profits host yard work and clean up projects around their facilities, while others host events directly tied to their missions.  Though the theme of CSUnity is spring clean-up in nature, collective care and community connections are central to CSUnity.  If you are unsure your service project meets our criteria, do not hesitate to reach out to the SLiCE Community Support Team at slice_communitysupport@colostate.edu.

If you want to participate in CSUnity as a local community agency, the following need to be acknowledged.

  • Participation in CSUnity is not guaranteed, nor are volunteers. 
  • Registrations are processed on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • A Community Agency representative must be present at the site when CSU Volunteers are present.
  • Service Projects can be outside or inside (at your facility or a neutral location).
  • CSUnity volunteers should not enter local resident/neighbor homes.
  • Projects must be located within Fort Collins city limits.
  • Service projects must be completable within 4 hours or less; projects may not fully be completed by CSU Volunteers and that is okay. If service project location is a decent drive from campus (must be within 30 minutes of the Lory Student Center), shorten the project length to make time for travel.
  • You may request 5 or more volunteers.  Please determine a suitable range of volunteers that would enable you to have a successful service project.  (Please anticipate up to a 25% volunteer attrition rate, we apologize in advance if this happens.)
  • SLiCE and CSU Volunteers will not remove items from your property, you are responsible for your own waste disposal.
  • We cannot guarantee CSU volunteers are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
  • You must provide all necessary resources (i.e. garden/yard tools, cleaning supplies, trash bags, etc.)  SLiCE provides gloves.  .
  • Volunteers are not experts or trained. Requested tasks should be quick to learn & teach (you are expected to train volunteers on what you need), and flexibility with results is asked.  
  • Volunteers cannot do construction work with chainsaws, nail guns, or any other power tool.
  • If you wish to cancel your own project, please notify SLiCE and your Volunteer Team Leader.  Volunteers are not required to make up the service project if there is severe winter weather and SLiCE must cancel the event.  This is because the following weeks occur finals.
  • Please spend the first 30 minutes of your service project: greeting all volunteers, sharing the value of their service work for you, building a meaningful connection, training them on your yard work projects, explaining your exact expectations, and being sure they understand your needs before starting.

To successfully register for CSUnity, please do the following.

  • Submit Community Agency Registration Form by Friday, March 31: complete the online form, click the “NEXT” button at the bottom until all pages are complete, and click the “SUBMIT” button to ensure your registration is submitted correctly online by Friday, March 31.

Approved Registrations: Projects are approved due to volunteer availability, scope, and content of the project, and cooperation with SLiCE.  You will be assigned Volunteer Team Leader(s) who will contact you by Monday, April 10 to ensure you are on the same page.

Waitlisted Projects: If SLiCE must waitlist your project due to reaching capacity, we will notify you in April.

CSUnity Participation Highlights

CSUnity’s 26-year-history is one full of sincere appreciation, positive impacts, and significant lessons learned.  Below are some highlights of CSUnity from past volunteers, neighbors, and community agencies.

  • “The neighbors are amazing. Getting to interact with them and hear their stories was our highlight.  It really put things into perspective and helped us better understand an older generation.”
  • “One highlight of participating is the kindness expressed from local community members for us as volunteers, they are really grateful for our contributions.”
  • “We made a noticeable difference in just a few hours; it was good to see and hear about the positive impacts we made and quickly.”
  • “This was my first time participating with CSUnity, and I loved this experience – both the service work and connecting with fellow Rams and local community members.”
  • “The non-profits are so friendly, they cheered us on the whole time.”
  • “One of the neighbors cried as the volunteers were wrapping up. She was so appreciative of the company.”
  • “We loved getting to know our neighbor and her connection to CSU as a former employee.”
  • “Since the majority of volunteers were bilingual and our neighbor was too, we had a particularly valuable experience deepening our conversations and building our relationships further.”
  • “Volunteering alongside other volunteer teams made this experience feel bigger than ourselves and made the experience that much better as CSU Rams.”
  • “This was a solid bonding experience for our student organization.  As such, we decided to make CSUnity a tradition for future years!”
  • “My volunteers were wonderful, kind, attentive, and very hard workers. I’m so grateful for them and pleased to be part of CSUnity.”
  • “Because of one of her classes, a volunteer was familiar with my genetic disorder, and it was refreshing to talk to her about it, because she ‘got it!’”
  • “I had some much-needed projects to complete that I was otherwise unable to do myself or afford another to do, and the CSU volunteers helped me complete every one of them. I’m so appreciative!”
  • “I have never had a bad experience with CSUnity. The volunteers are always pleasant and work well together and with me.”
  • “I just want CSU to know how much this program is appreciated by the community. You all do such a great job.”
  • “CSUnity volunteers give me faith in younger generations!”
  • “My husband is disabled, and I have to do everything myself. It’s been hard on us to upkeep our home; so, to have CSUnity volunteers makes things that much easier.  Thank you!”
  • “CSUnity volunteers brightened my day with their friendliness and hard work!”
  • “We would be lost without this program, I’m 75 and my mother is 96. Thank you so much!”
  • “I can’t do all this yard work myself anymore, it helps me live in my home longer. Thank you with all my heart!”
  • “The volunteers did a great job representing CSU. They were enthusiastic, worked hard, and endured some difficult weather conditions.”
  • “One of our clients said the 5 volunteers they received worked 2x harder than previously volunteers they had had. It made a huge difference.”
  • “Our group of volunteers were excellent, they worked really hard and had such positive attitudes.”
  • “Our volunteers were energizing! We had to remind them to take breaks because they were so go-go-go!”
  • “We had an amazing turnout of volunteers despite very windy and chilly weather.”
  • “Volunteers were amenable in jumping in and doing whatever was needed to be completed for our event to be a success. Thank you.”
  • “CSUnity volunteers helped us revive a program that hadn’t occurred since before COVID, they rejuvenated it! We’re relieved.”
  • “Our volunteer team did an amazing job. They accomplished everything single task on our list, and even things we didn’t anticipate having time for they completed.  They were engaged, had great attitudes, and we are so grateful for their time and efforts.”

Sign Up & Register for CSUnity

Volunteer Team Registration

For Volunteer Team Leaders who already recruited volunteers, completed Team Leader Training, and are ready to sign up their team.

Solo Volunteer Registration

For individual CSU Rams seeking to volunteer outside of a Volunteer Team, but is willing to join fellow solo volunteers for CSUnity.

Neighbor Registration

For local neighbors within Fort Collins, requesting volunteers to assist with yard clean up and outdoor projects.

Agency Registration

For local, service-based community agencies (as in non-profits/government-based organizations), requesting volunteers.