I-Help(ed) and So Can You

I-Help(ed) and So Can You Every year, Illini students participate in a day of service called I-Help. I-Help is planned by the Student Alumni Ambassadors Registered Student Organization (RSO)  and marks the start of Homecoming season. Every year over 2,000 students volunteer with their RSOs and friends to serve different charities and non-profits all over the Champaign-Urbana community. This is just one of the countless service opportunities that you can  do when youre an Illini. This year, I participated in I-Help with my club, the American Advertising Federation (AAF). We had 30 members come out to serve the community. We were sent to volunteer at Community Center for the Arts in Urbana. At this center they teach music lessons to the community and train circus performers, too. Its a really cool facility with wonderful people. We stuffed hundreds of envelopes for them, and it felt good doing something for a place bigger than myself. Here are some students having a jam session at the Community Center for the Arts. What was really exciting  is that I got to bond with the kids in my advertising club. Community service is a great thing to do, but what makes it so fun is doing it with your friends. Illinois students care about community service and serve to make Champaign-Urbana and the world a better place. Daniel Class of 2018 I’m an Advertising major in the College of Media. I’m from a northwest suburb of Chicago called Buffalo Grove. I chose Illinois because it was the first university in the entire world to offer an Advertising major, which is pretty cool!