He cited dueling food drives as one example. The outcome was often frustrating and turned-off potential donors. As USC members talked with student leaders about how to turn things around, we realized that if we put aside old rivalries we could learn a great deal from each other. We wanted to pool resources. The program encourages stronger, long-term relationships between community agencies campus groups.
Student organizations commit to yearlong relationships with the community agency of their choice.
Our first semester, USC members adopted Habitat for Humanity, Salvation Army, Boys and Girls Club and America Reads. Each organization agreed to support its adopted agency in any way they could. Assistance might include meeting service needs on a monthly basis or organizing one large-scale service project each semester. We knew organizing every campus organization at FSU for service was going to be tough. Some had even tried it before and failed.