About Columbia Community Outreach
General Information

The day begins on Low Plaza on Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 9:00am. Volunteers check in, get a volunteer t-shirt and eat breakfast. At 10:00 there is an opening ceremony with public speakers and school officials. In 2007, our keynote speakers were Congressman Charles B. Rangel and City Councilwoman Melisa Mark Viverito, CC '90. Once the ceremony has ended volunteers are sent out to various service projects throughout New York arranged by the CCO members. All volunteers are given bagged lunches, Metrocards for traveling, and any supplies they will need for the project site. The day is spent working at volunteer sites, and at the end of the day, when they return to campus, CCO provides pizza, drinks and ice cream for all the volunteers who participated.