The Berkeley Project

The Berkeley Project aims to permanently change the relationship between the students and residents of Berkeley through hands-on community service. The Berkeley Project hosts two large scale community service events every year: 1) Each spring semester we will be holding our annual Berkeley Project Month. We will be hosting community service events on the last 3 Saturdays before Spring Break. Each Saturday, we will be sending 100 student volunteers to different community organizations all over the Berkeley area! Mark your calendars! 2) Every fall semester we hold our annual Berkeley Project Day event, where we send over 2,000 volunteers to work on various service projects with our community social organizations throughout Berkeley and Oakland. BP Day begins at 8 am and ends ~3-4 pm with closing festivities on campus. History The Berkeley Project (BP) began in 2006 as a giant, one-day service event held on Saturday, November 11th. Over 1000 students gathered from all over Cal to work together with our community partners at 43 service project sites all over the City of Berkeley. Working with our community organizations, students did everything from building playgrounds and planting trees, to making meals for the homeless and helping out at local senior centers. We are setting out to permanently change the relationship between the students and residents of Berkeley. Our ultimate goal is to create a network of service activities which will a.) serve the needs of Berkeley and its residents and b.) forge a positive relationship between the campus and the community.