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Community Commitment Day of Service

Date: Saturday, September 20, 2025, 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Location: Ohio Union

Cost: Free

Join your fellow Buckeyes in a day of service. Get connected to the Columbus community at Pay It Forward’s 28th Annual Community Commitment on Saturday, September 20.

Since 1997, Buckeyes have started the new school year by coming together to serve  Whether you volunteer together with your student organization, a group of friends or want to get involved individually, all undergraduate, graduate and professional students are invited to join Pay It Forward as we ring in the new academic year by giving back to the city of Columbus through a morning of community service! Students will have the opportunity to participate in 2-3 hours of community service with a local nonprofit around a variety of community needs.

Registration starts at 9:30 a.m. on September 20. Groups can pre-register to be placed at the same site, and there is no advanced pre-registration required for individual participants.

Visit the Community Commitment website for more information about the event, apply to be a site leader or pre-register a group. Reach out to Pay it Forward advisor Kelsea Brown at brown.7928@buckeyemail.osu.edu with questions about the event.

Learn more about Community Commitment here!

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If you require an accommodation such as live captioning or interpretation to participate in this event, please contact Kelsea Brown at brown.7928@buckeyemail.osu.edu or 614-292-3691. Requests made one week in advance of the event will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

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