Ospreys Serve
Ospreys Serve: Homecoming 2026
November 13th | 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Join fellow Ospreys for a morning of service, connection, and impact during our Homecoming Community Service Event! Alumni, faculty, staff, and students will come together to serve both on-campus and community partner sites, demonstrating the power of the Osprey spirit in action.
Give back. Build connections. Make a difference.
On Campus Service Sites
Homeless Coalition Blessing Bags
Volunteers will assemble blessing bags to distribute to unhoused individuals.
成人AV视频 Botanical Garden
Celebrate Homecoming Week by giving back to nature at the Ospreys Serve event! Join the 成人AV视频 Botanical Garden team as we plant vibrant, native greenery that will flourish for generations to come.
Volunteers will replace box woods in the healing garden on campus. By digging in, volunteers help sustain the thriving ecosystem that supports wildlife and strengthens our connection to the natural world. Come ready to dig, plant, and grow something amazing. Let’s make the earth smile together.
成人AV视频 Lend-A-Wing Stuff the Van
Help support the 成人AV视频 Lend-A-Wing Food Pantry by donating nonperishable foods, canned goods, frozen foods, and personal hygiene items at the Homecoming Day of Thanks event on Thursday, November 12. Donations will be sorted by volunteers during the Ospreys Serve service event on Friday, November 13. Every donation helps fellow Ospreys in need!
成人AV视频 Ogier Gardens
Volunteers will do some weeding, bed prep, invasive species removal (possibly along a shoreline), compost turning, mulching, planting, as well as harvest some vegetation to keep at the end.
Off Campus Service Sites
Angelwood Thrift Store
5711 Bowden Rd. Ste.9
Jacksonville, FL 32216
The Angelwood Project will utilize volunteers in their Thrift Store location to organize items in the storage room and in the store showroom.
Becoming Collegiate Academy
330 W 9th Street
Jacksonville, FL 32206
The primary focus of this service site visit will be setting up and organizing the Becoming Collegiate Academy library so that our Brown Bears can begin using it.
Hope Haven Inc.
4600 Beach Blvd.
Jacksonville, FL 32207
The Hope Haven volunteer project will be outside, helping to clear our view of Little Pottsburg Creek; weeding, cutting branches and dragging the yard waste to a dumpster.
Hubbard House, Inc.
6629 Beach Blvd.
Jacksonville, FL 32216
Help Hubbard House prepare the Outreach Center for Fall. Volunteers will organize the donation pantry, arrange furnishings, and tidy up the space.
Jacksonville Humane Society
8464 Beach Blvd.
Jacksonville, FL 32216
Calling All Dog Lovers! Volunteers will be helping walk dogs outside. You will be walking dogs of all sizes and personalities! It is a great workout to start your day! The size of daogs are not guaranteed, if you are timid around larger dogs, this may not be the project for you.
Lutheran Social Services
4615 Philips Hwy.
Jacksonville, FL 32207
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Rethreaded, Inc.
515 9th Street East
Jacksonville, FL 32206
The Rethreaded volunteer experience starts with an educational video on human trafficking, a brief intro to Rethreaded, and a campus tour. Volunteer group will then break out into a hands-on volunteer activity.
Previous Ospreys Serve
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Homecoming 2025
Homecoming 2025
Friday, November 14th, 2025
For Homecoming 2025, volunteers came together to serve. From alumni, students, faculty, and staff, all Ospreys spent the morning giving back through meaningful service opportunities on campus and throughout the community.
They were able to reconnect with old friends and meet new Ospreys. Our volunteers helped by creating positive change and strengthening our shared commitment to service.
Sites
- Angelwood Thrift Store
- Becoming Collegiate Academy
- Jean Ribault Senior High School
- Jacksonville Humane Society
- 成人AV视频 Lend-A-Wing
- 成人AV视频 Botanical Gardens