Join over 200 UNLV students for our semesterly tradition, Service Day. This Fall Service Day, go out and do three hours of service with various community partners around the Las Vegas Valley. Tasks vary depending on what the community partner may need but volunteers can expect to lift heavy items, be consistently moving throughout the day and doing all sorts of repetitive tasks. Please make sure you wear long pants and closed-toe shoes. No exceptions will be made for anyone wearing otherwise. Long-sleeve shirt also highly encouraged.

Volunteers will meet at the Student Union Ballroom. Please make sure to arrive on time at 8 a.m. to meet with your group and participate in a short educational activity with your volunteer group. Please stay afterwards to join us for our post service celebration with free food and other vendors!

Transportation is limited to only a few select sites. We strongly encourage carpooling to the site to facilitate and make things easier for all participants. 

Project Marilyn was inspired by the desire for every individual to have dignity with their period. PERIOD. Personal hygiene products are the least donated supplies when the community wants to help. People often donate clothes and food in an order to provide assistance but, rarely, does anyone think; what does a homeless person do when they are on their period? The reality would horrify you. People go to extremes to care for themselves each month. From straws with cotton to using fast food napkins and socks; when resources are limited the results can be tragic. When adults and teens resort to using items for their periods that are not intended for such, they can result from everything from a mild infection to disrupting their fertility. This is not just a health issue but a dignity issue as well. How do we expect a person to get back on their feet when they don’t have a proper way to care for themselves each month. Bluntly? How can a person hold their head high when they have a stack of fast food napkins stuffed in their underwear? 

Volunteers will be building 200-300 menstrual related product kits that will be distributed to their charitable partners and other project Marilyn locations.