CHE Certified Club
Become a CHE Certified Club!
The Center for Humanitarian Engagement (CHE) is interested in collaborating with you to enrich the experience of your club members and provide mentorship and leadership development to your club’s leaders. Among other things, we offer:
- Catered volunteer opportunities and service activities for your club
- 1 on 1 regular mentorship meetings with Director Lopez
- Access to apply for seed grant funds for your club’s service activities
- Access to CHE’s Tool Library for service activities
- Access to post volunteer opportunities campus/community wide through Get Connected (volunteer base of 4,100)
- Special features on university social media channels
Clubs will commit to:
- Involving at least 50% of members in 1 service activity per quarter
- Promote service opportunities in communication to members (emails and social media)
- Adopt one service project as a club for Fall Service Day and Spring Tri-College Community Day. First choice is given to CHE Certified Clubs
- Send one leader to represent at the Fall Leadership Retreat at no cost to the club
- Host a Blue Zones Project purpose workshop for club members
This certification was created to help support campus clubs in embodying our core value of generosity in service. We want to collaborate with club members and provide mentorship and leadership develop to enrich the experience of club members through service opportunities, access to the Walla Walla Tool Library and so much more!
How It Works
Now until the end of the year, adopt a project and get it catered by CHE (pizza, ice cream, or other snacks) You bring the people, we bring the party!
Choose from the following service opportunities:
- Visit one of the local assisted living facilities and lead residents in crafts or music (15-20 participants).
- Head downtown to engage community members in free intelligent conversations (30-40 participants).
- Write letters of encouragement to various groups in our community. (30+ participants).
OR choose from the following ongoing opportunities throughout the school year:
- Fall Service Day (choose a project available and sponsor it by providing a group leader and promoting it as a service opportunity for your club members).
- Tri-College Day (choose a project available and sponsor it by providing a group leader and promoting it as a service opportunity for your club members).
- CARE Weekends (weekly service options – for example: Christian Aid Center).
- Examples of CARE Weekends offered in the past: Volunteering at the animal shelter, sidewalk chalk.
If this interests you:
- Choose one of the service opportunities
- Pick a date that works for your club
- Contact us at ana.segawa@wallawalla.edu or 509-527-2100
- Advertise the project to your club members
Lastly, show up with your club to the service project and enjoy the perks of being a CHE Certified club throughout the year!