Volunteer UWF! Community Partners Are an exclusive group of local agencies that collaborate with the university on providing meaningful service experiences and fulfilling community needs.

Community Partners

• Are important friends of UWF
• Must be either a non-profit organization, a government agency, a faith-based organization, or a K-20 educational institution
• Apply or re-apply once a year
• Are selected by a group of UWF students, faculty, and staff members and approved by Volunteer UWF!
• Attend Volunteer Fairs, workshops and Volunteer UWF! events annually
• Communicate with Volunteer UWF! Regularly
• Complete all necessary paperwork and evaluations
• Use and maintain current information in JasonQuest

Community Partners give UWF students valuable learning experiences including

• An orientation to their organization and the specific service experience
• Any training required to complete the service experience
• Supervision on-site
• The necessary tools to do the job
• A safe experience and an environment free of discrimination
• An opportunity to meet a mentor
• Access to valuable service experiences --UWF students are not simply fundraisers
• Prompt response to UWF inquiries

Volunteer UWF! will give community partners

• Access to great students who are ready to learn from you and help your organization
• A site visit
• Invites to on-campus events promoting your service opportunities
• Unlimited access to JasonQuest and JasonQuest support
• New professional development workshops to help support your organization's staff
• Access to faculty who are planning to implement service-learning into their courses
• New ways to promote service opportunities through UWF campus and local media sources
• Access to UWF Community Work Study students

Agencies interested in UWF student volunteers and service learning students -- Community Partner Applications (PDF) are now available! - If you are a Community Agency interested in a partnership with Volunteer UWF! please contact Tiffany Killam Jurey at tiffanyjurey@uwf.edu or volunteer@uwf.edu or at 850-474-3114. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis but are reviewed in groups every few months.