CNU Engage Recognized Service Organizations

Alpha Phi Omega (APO) is a co-ed service fraternity. Our service program hosts a variety of fun service projects, both on-campus and off-campus with other organizations. In addition to service, we value building leadership skills and friendships!

Primary Email: apo@cnu.edu

Service Track: Arts & Culture, Civic Engagement & Social Action, Community Development, Environment & Animals, and Youth Development & Education

CNU American Red Cross Club provides volunteer opportunities to help make a difference by addressing our community’s greatest needs and developing leadership skills. Our main focus is to help provide a sufficient blood supply for our community hospitals by sponsoring blood drives on campus throughout the year.

Email: arcc@cnu.edu

Service Track: Health Related

A club for the students volunteering at Bluebird Gap Farm. We organize volunteers on service tracks at the farm, organize carpools for students, and host fundraisers for the farm.

Email: bbgf@cnu.edu

Service Track: Environment and Animals

Our goal and mission is to eliminate the bystander effect within the CNU Community and the greater peninsula area. CERO will seek to educate, train, and prepare the CNU community and the greater peninsula for all potential emergencies. From an everyday cut or scrape to a cardiac arrest or car wreck, the club will help train members and the greater community on the best and most efficient way to respond, render needed assistance, and stay collected during various health-related situations. This will be accomplished by bringing initiatives such as STOP the Bleed, CPR training, AED training, and EMT certifications on campus and making them readily available to students, staff, and faculty. CERO will also work with Captains Emergency Medical Services to provide Basic Life Support coverage for the CNU community on campus. We work closely with the NNFD, HFD, Riverside, and NNPS. 

Email: cero@cnu.edu; evan.wright.22@cnu.edu

Service Track: Health Related

Craft for a Cause is a service club that creates stuffed animals, blankets, and/or hats to donate to Riverside Hospital. Donated items will be knit, crocheted, or sewn, and we will teach these skills to anyone who wishes to learn!

Email: craftforacause@cnu.edu

Service Track: Arts & Culture; Community Development; Health Related

We are dedicated to working with CNU’s community partner, Family Focus, to educate and raise awareness in our community about childhood abuse and neglect. We will provide services and fundraisers for the Family Focus agency. We will help spread our knowledge to prevent childhood abuse and childhood neglect by promoting the Six Common Protective Factors known to reduce the risk of child abuse and neglect, emphasizing the importance of a family’s well-being. At the same time, helping to repair the effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).

Email: familyfocus@cnu.edu; melissa.mcdonnell.23@cnu.edu

Service Track: Youth Development and Education

We are a service organization that prevents food waste and works to feed the Newport News homeless community by collecting packaged food from the dining halls at the end of the night and delivering it to a local rescue mission.

Mission: To facilitate the safe, efficient, and effective transport of CNU’s excess assets to organizations serving those in need in the Newport News Community. To assist in the processes of organizations that utilize CNU’s unused assets. To encourage involvement in helping those in need within the Newport News Community.

Email: ethan.belote.22@cnu.edu

Service Track: Hunger & Housing

CNU students get the opportunity to serve in their local community with residents at Mennowood Assisted Living. This is a great opportunity for students to build their intergenerational relationships with residents of their very own community. We volunteer on-site once a week, where we paint canvases, do ladies’ nails, and take part in other fun activities. We also host on-campus volunteering where students can create cards, flower bouquets, and other arts and crafts for these residents.

Email: trinity.cathers.22@cnu.edu; olivia.aracich.24@cnu.edu

Service Track: Aging

We are the CNU Planned Parenthood chapter, and we focus on sexual health care on campus! Planned Parenthood Generation Action Network is a network of young organizers and activists across the country who organize events on their campuses and in their communities to mobilize advocates for reproductive freedom; in addition to raising public awareness about reproductive health and rights, educating young people about sexual health, and creating lasting change in those communities.

We table and provide free condoms and other STI-protective materials for students. We are also trying to get free condoms to be placed in dorms around campus.

Email: ppga@cnu.edu;

Service Track: Gender & Sexuality Interest; Health Related

The purpose of this organization is to work with persons born with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. The gymnastics program in Newport News provides children with special needs a fun, social, and athletic program that allows them to interact with volunteer coaches and other athletes in order to develop coordination and confidence through the sport of artistic gymnastics.

Email: specialolympicsgymnastics@cnu.edu

Service Track: Health Related; Youth Development & Education

Where Is The Line is the CNU student organization affiliated with the organization Fear 2 Freedom, a global nonprofit dedicated to redeeming and restoring lives wounded by sexual abuse, bringing them hope and healing. Where is the Line (WITL) is founded on the hope that education, awareness, and philanthropic action can alleviate and prevent the suffering of sexual assault, domestic violence, and sex trafficking. Our goal is to elevate awareness of sexual abuse and bring change through vigilance and healing through compassion.

Email: witl@cnu.edu

Service Track: Civic Engagement and Social Action; Gender & Sexuality Interest; Health Related