Ways to Give All Year Round

The Department of Campus Involvement's Civic Engagement program offers a variety of events and programming throughout the year the campus community can engage in.

All events are posted on HuskiesConnect with full event details.

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Annual Events

Find a way to give and give back. 

Every third week in September, St. Cloud State partners with the United Way of Central Minnesota, to host volunteer projects for St. Cloud State students and local community members to get involved with. Past projects include a Neighborhood Clean-Up and various service projects in Atwood.

Watch for events on HuskiesConnect or on the United Way website in September.

St. Cloud State participates in an annual program every November where people come together across the country to draw attention to the problems of hunger and homelessness. Participating groups spend the week holding a series of educational, service, fundraising, and advocacy events.

Watch for events on HuskiesConnect in November.

Bigs on Campus is a program through Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Minnesota, where local middle/high school students are bussed to the St. Cloud State campus and paired with a mentor. The program provides youth with a professional, non-family member, to confide in, serve as a role model, and help the Littles to believe that higher education can be a real possibility for them.

Who can be a mentor?

  • Current Juniors, Seniors, and Graduate students
  • Staff and Faculty
  • Alumni
Complete Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Minnesota Volunteer Interest Form to get started.

St. Cloud State celebrates the impact of volunteers in our community every April.

Watch for events on HuskiesConnect in April.

Every May, during Move-Out Week, St. Cloud State promotes the donation of unwanted items to local non-profits and other organizations.

Donation Options

Organization Name

Donations Accepted

Address

Phone Number

Anna Marie’s Alliance

Clothing, laundry detergent, cleaning Items

505 10th Ave N, St Cloud, MN 56301

(320) 251-7203

Catholic Charities Emergency Services

Clothes, small appliances, household kitchen items

157 Roosevelt Road Suite #100 "Door C, St Cloud, MN 56301

(320) 229-4560

Epilepsy Foundation

Clothing, accessories, household items

Local Drop Bins: Available around the clock. Please keep bags or boxes of items under 2’ x 2’ x 2’ to ensure they will fit through the chute. (Standard kitchen garbage bags easily fit through the chute.)

Cenex Gas Station:
1030 33rd St S, St Cloud, MN, 56301

Sherwood Manor:
555 Hwy 10 S, St Cloud, MN, 56304

Teal’s Market:
201 2nd Ave S, Cold Spring, MN, 56320

1-800-332-1000

Goodwill

Clothing, appliances, household items

50 2nd Ave S Waite Park, MN 56387

(320) 654-9012

Salvation Army

Clothes, appliances, furniture, household items

Worship and Service Center 400, US-10, St Cloud, MN 56304

(320) 252-4552

Savers

Clothing, appliances, furniture, household items

3326 W Division St, St Cloud, MN 56301

(320) 203-0558

St. Cloud StandDown, Inc. (Veteran Organization)

Clothing donations only

724 33rd Avenue North, St. Cloud, MN 56303

(320) 774-1892

Place of Hope

Clothing donations only

511 9th Ave North St. Cloud, MN 56303

(320) 203-7881

 Recycling Options