The mission of Volunteer Opportunities in Community Engaged Service (V.O.I.C.E.S.) is to provide a forum for public
health students, faculty, and staff to reach out to their community by
organizing and participating in volunteer community service projects with a
public health focus. V.O.I.C.E.S. strives to
provide opportunities for students to gain practical public health experience,
interact with other students with similar
interests, and incorporate social responsibility into their academic
experience. V.O.I.C.E.S. enables the students of the Rutgers School of Public
Health to have a positive impact on the community in which they live, both
locally and globally. There are V.O.I.C.E.S. student
groups at each School of Public Health location.
Over the course of the year, students meet to plan and implement a variety of
community service initiatives working together with many community groups
throughout New Jersey including Elijah's Promise Soup Kitchen and Christ Church Food Pantry in New Brunswick, Wynona's House in
Newark, Coastal Habitat for Humanity in South Jersey, and Cathedral Kitchen and Project Hope in Camden.
Community service projects have included development of community health
workshops on topics such as asthma, HIV/AIDS, and nutrition; food and clothing
drives and hunger awareness projects; a healthy eating cookbook; and projects
in support of the Dominican Republic Health
Outreach Project.
For more information about V.O.I.C.E.S. initiatives go to sph.rutgers.edu/service/voices/index.html.
