Volunteer Opportunities

spiritual volunteer

Quincy University volunteer service integrates Gospel and Franciscan values into concrete acts of service. Various opportunities are available in the local Quincy community.

Volunteer Services Mission Statement:

"Quincy University Volunteer Service integrates our Gospel and Franciscan values into concrete acts of service."

Local Service
Various opportunities are available in the local Quincy community. Please e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call (217) 228-5318 for more information. See the list of places below where we've volunteered recently!

Local Agencies We've Served

  • Habitat for Humanity: Home Construction Volunteers
  • The Humane Society: “Day with the Dogs”
  • The American Red Cross: Blood Drives
  • Catholic Charities: “Bridge the Gap to Health” Project
  • Ladies of Charity: Food Drives
  • Quincy Herald-Whig: Good News of Christmas Program
  • Good Samaritan Home: Social Hours & Meals

Volunteer Service Break Trips
QU students participate in service trips throughout the year. These trips serve as a way to live out the Gospel call to be people of service by helping those less fortunate than ourselves as well as learning about places and social structures that create poverty and injustice. Our next trips take place in the fall semester. Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more details. Below you'll see the places we've been in the past few years!!

Service/Mission Trips:

  • Boys and Girls Home of North Carolina
  • Diocese of Gallup, NM/Zuni Village/St. Michael Indian School(Navajo Reservation)
  • Beaches Habitat for Humanity - Jacksonville, FL
  • Franciscan Outreach Association – Chicago: Soup Kitchen Shelter
  • Franciscan Connection – St. Louis: Stone by Stone Project - Urban Outreach
  • Close the School of the Americas Trip: Social Justice/Activism
  • D.C. Right to Life Trip: Social Justice/Activism
  • Haiti Mission Trip w/ Eastern Illinois U: Third World

Immersion Experience:

  • Glenmary Camp – Aberdeen, MS: Rural Outreach
  • Habitat for Humanity – Mississippi/Louisiana: Outreach to Working Poor
  • Hurricane Relief Project Lazarus – New Orleans: Outreach to HIV/AIDS patients

Sometimes fees are charged to defray costs for service/mission trips, but the opportunity to participate is available to all students, faculty, and staff regardless of religious background.