Community Service

Important Links

Office of State Human Resources Community Service Leave Policy
ECU Servire Society
GivePulse

East Carolina University’s motto is Servire meaning “To Serve”.   ECU Staff Senate has been a campus leader in service for many years.  Our dedication and desire to help not only the university community and surrounding communities through service is something that we strive to do every day.   As a Staff Senate we would like to show our commitment to volunteer service by tracking the volunteer hours that our senators complete.  This year’s (25-26) goal is 1,000 community service hours for our Staff Senate.

Performing community service means voluntarily doing work that benefits your community or people in need, without receiving any payment.   It’s often organized through schools, non-profits, religious groups or local governments and can be done individually or within a group.

People might do community service for various reasons – out of sense of civic duty, to fulfill school or court requirements, or simply to give back and make a positive impact.  It promotes social responsibility and strengthens the bonds within a community.

Staff Senators are requested to report community service hours using the tracking form, found below. For every 100 hours of community service performed, a mast on the pirate ship will turn purple.   There are ten masts on the ship, and we would like to have all of them colored in by our May 2026 meeting.