Community Service Student Organizations

With more than 30 recognized student organizations dedicated to service at Tulane University and several others doing service in the broader community, The Center for Public Service provides advising, promotional, organizational, and leadership support to USG-recognized community service clubs and student-run initiatives. From working with youth, to supporting rebuilding programs, there is a broad range of opportunities to choose from! Email the student leader or adviser listed for more information.

Community Action Council of Tulane University Students (CACTUS) is celebrating its 42nd year of providing several community service projects and important awareness events for the Tulane student body. This council supports all student led- community service clubs and helps to cultivate relationships and awareness initiatives that meet the needs of our community partners and student volunteers.
Student Chairperson: Michael Eisenstatt
Staff Advisor for all CACTUS Projects: Avery Brewton

CACTUS Project: Best Buddies -Tulane volunteers are paired with individuals with intellectual disabilities in order to enhance their lives by providing opportunities for one-on-one friendships. The buddies get together twice a month for outings and activities.
Student Leader: Linda AuDuong

CACTUS Project: Blood Drives
Student Leader: Janelle Driscoll

CACTUS Project: Children's Athletic Program (CAP) -Volunteers create a positive recreational environment by playing games and emphasizing the importance of sportsmanship, teamwork and leadership.
Student Leaders: Rachel Schwartz

CACTUS Project: Habitat for Humanity -Volunteers work on a Saturday once or twice a month with Habitat building houses in various neighborhoods throughout New Orleans.
Student Leader: Ryan Adel

CACTUS Project: Hope Garden
Student Leader: Ophir Haberer

CACTUS Project: Hunger and Homelessness Action Team of Tulane (HATT) -Volunteers combat the issues of hunger and homelessness in the city through a number of different avenues, including working at local homeless shelters and building houses with Habitat for Humanity.
Student Leader: Mari Flamm

CACTUS Project: Project Grand people -Volunteers visit local nursing homes to participate in and plan activities with residents. Activities include arts & crafts, games, and holiday parties.
Student Leader: Michelle Liu and Mai Vu

CACTUS Project: Raintree Project - Volunteers serve as role models, tutors and friends to girls, ages 13-18, living at the Raintree House. Volunteers plan a weekly activity, from cooking to arts and crafts to roller-skating, based on the hobbies and interests.
Student Leader: Rachel Brown

CACTUS Project: Science Club
Student Leaders:Marc Fisher and Anne Napoli

CACTUS Project: Tulane After-School Enrichment
Student Leader: Jenny Margolis

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Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity is a co-ed service fraternity dedicated in service to the campus, the community, the fraternity, and the nation. Founded in reaction to atrocities observed at war and based upon the principles laid by the Boy Scouts of America, Alpha Phi Omega strives to promote a forum for leadership and friendship in service.Our national fraternity was maintains over 350 chapters in the United States.  Our chapter, the Gamma Upsilon chapter, was re-chartered in 2009 and currently has over 120 active members.
Student Leader: Sam Lichtveld
Staff Advisor: Maurice Smith

Building Tomorrow (BT) is an international social-profit organization encouraging philanthropy among young people by raising awareness and funds to build and support educational infrastructure projects for under-served children in sub-Saharan Africa.
Student Leader: Position Available
Staff Advisor: Maurice Smith

Colleges Against Cancer/Relay For Life - Colleges Against Cancer is dedicated to the increased awareness of cancer on this campus and in the greater New Orleans community and hosting the annual fundraiser Relay for Life.
Student Leader: Erin Valley
Staff Advisor: Maurice Smith

Face AIDS runs several fundraising campaigns to raise awareness and money to support comprehensive health care in HIV-infected communities in Rwanda, East Africa
Student Leader: Jillian Ferraro
Staff Advisor: Avery Brewton

Global Brigades: A student-led organization that promotes health and sustainable development work in Central America by participating in projects there.
Student Leaders:
Architecture Team: Jennifer Palumbo
Medical Team: Jackie Witt
Medical Team: Matt Sperber
Public Health Team: Dana Raslan
Staff Advisor: Avery Brewton

Global Service League of Tulane
Global Service League of Tulane is an organization that works to raise awareness of humanitarian issues and enable the Tulane Community to serve on the international level. It works through four focus committees; world health, global education, economic opportunity, and human rights in crisis.
Student Leader: Sophia Duque
Staff Advisor: Avery Brewton

Green Club - Green Club is a student-run environmental service and education organization catering to student interest and involvement in the environment.
Student Leader: Nick "Taco" Stracco
Staff Advisor: Liz Davey

Harambee Sustainability Project: A group that ventures to Khayelitsha, South Africa during Winter Break to create sustainable agriculture, provide HIV/AIDS orphans and local school children with a consistent source of food and basic needs, and create entrepreneurial opportunities for local women. The trips provide immediate help, and also create a long-term reliable source of help and hope for the future.
Co- Student Leader: Paige Boetefeur
Staff Advisor: Avery Brewton

Manna Project International at Tulane: Our mission is to foster communities of young adults and encourage them to use their passions and education in service to communities in need. Our vision is to establish a global network of Manna Project communities where young adults live and work alongside one another in underserved communities to initiate positive change.
Student Leader: Sam Karel
Staff Advisor: Avery Brewton

Net Impact Tulane is growing and strengthening a network of leaders who use the power of business to make a positive net social, environmental, and economic impact.
Student Leader: TBA
Staff Advisor: Avery Brewton

RESULTS: RESULTS is a service organization dedicated to ending the effects of poverty worldwide.  RESULTS Tulane focuses on both local and global issues including access to education, hunger, women's health and rights, and microfinance.  Public health is a major area of emphasis for our group.
Student Leader:  Amelia Conrad
Staff Advisor: Avery Brewton

Roteract Club promotes better relations between all people worldwide through domestic and international service.
Student Leader: position available
Staff Advisor: Avery Brewton

Youth Rebuilding New Orleans (YRNO) - YRNO is a student-run rebuilding and recovery initiative that provides an opportunity for college students to work directly with teachers and families to help them return home.
Student Leader: position available
Staff Advisor: Avery Brewton

Swim 4 Success: Swim 4 Success provides free swimming lessons to economically disadvantaged youth within the New Orleans area.  Volunteers are assigned to a child each semester and give 8 one-hour lessons to the child every Sunday.  Not only do children learn basic swimming skills and safety, the teacher and student have the opportunity to build a relationship.
Student Leader: Regina Popova
Staff Advisor: Avery Brewton

Tulane University Community Advancement Network strives to empower our fellow New Orleanians, in order to strengthen relationships between students and residents, and to broaden Tulane's understanding of the surrounding city.
Student Leader: Claire Burns
Staff Advisor: Avery Brewton

Tulane Red Cross Club is the official chapter of the Greater New Orleans American Red Cross. Projects: community disaster awareness, Disaster Action Team, First Aid and Comfort stations, and teaching both adults and children to swim.
Student Leader: Austen Hawk
Staff Advisor: Latha Rajan

Up 'Til Dawn - is an organization dedicated to supporting the work of St. Jude Children's Hospital in Memphis, TN through fundraising and education efforts.
Student Leader: Caroline Gray
Staff Advisor: Avery Brewton

Women and Youth Supporting Each Other:  WYSE is a curriculum-based mentoring program that works in the New Orleans area at a local middle school.  We build personal relationships with a group of 7th grade girls and provide them with the support and tools to be confident and well-informed young women.  In addition to our one-on-one relationships, our curriculum includes personal identity, -ISMs, healthy vs. unhealthy relationships, and healthy lifestyle choices.
Student Leader: Rebecca Lipschutz
Staff Advisor: Avery Brewton