Become a Dropsite Volunteer: Participate in the four annual drives held by Penn Volunteers In Public Service (Penn VIPS) to benefit members of the surrounding community.

We are in need of locations around the University that can serve a drop-off point during our school, toy, gift drives as well as others. Your role would be to help advertise the event and to collect as well as deliver the donated items to our central location. We look forward to having you join us.

Create Your Own Volunteer Activity for Your Department: Would you and your colleagues or friends like to participate in a volunteer activity? Penn VIPS is happy to connect you to an activity or help you develop one of your own.

Donate Items to Penn VIPS: Remodeling the office? No longer need that file cabinet or desk? Want to do something useful with no longer needed items used by your department, but still in good condition?

Penn VIPS maintains an extensive list of local agencies and nonprofits in desperate need of your no longer needed items. We connect no longer needed items with members of the community that are happy to put donated items to good use. We can easily make arrangements for pick up. Don’t throw it out! Contact Penn VIPS.

Contact Isabel Mapp at 898-2020 or send an email to sammapp@pobox.upenn.edu for additional information and/or to make a donation.

—Isabel Sampson-Mapp, Associate Director, Netter Center for Community Partnerships