Community Service Day is an Augustana tradition that was once held in the spring, but now provides Augustana with unique way to kick-off our fall volunteer events. 

Community Service Day 2012 will be Saturday, September 22.

Last year, on October 2, we celebrated service and a day to give back to Sioux Falls and the surrounding area. The day started off with 475 students, faculty, and staff gathering in the Augustana Commons dining hall. From there, each group prepared themselves for a fun-filled day of work. Altogether, these groups served 29 local non-profit organizations, logging more than 1,500 hours of service.

The following organizations were served this past Community Service Day.

• Children’s Care Hospital
• Women’s History Club
• Humane Society
• Second Chance
• St. Francis House
• Avera Prince of Peace
• LSS Immigration
• Ronald McDonald House (2 projects)
• Great Plains Zoo
• Youth Enrichment Services
• Minnehaha Planning
• Leif Erickson
• Kids Against Hunger
• Clean Up Palisades Park
• Summit House
• HelpLine
• Workers on Wheels
• Compus Center
• Glory House
• Family Connection
• Ten Thousand Villages
• YWCA (2 projects)
• SD Achieve
• SD Achieve Ballantyne Home