NYU GPH Participates in 2025 Community Service Day

October 13, 2025
Community Service Day in Washington Square Park

A group of 60 NYU GPH students, faculty and staff came together at locations across New York City for Community Service Day 2025. It was an action-packed day of teamwork and giving back, and the results were inspiring:

City Harvest: Repacked 1,030 bags of apples and pears to help feed New Yorkers in need. 

Alliance for Positive Change: Assembled 110 hygiene kits, surpassing our goal, and donated even more supplies! 

Bronx River Alliance & Forest Park Trust: Removed 9 bags of invasives and trash and tackled weeding to help restore local green spaces. 

Collage of Community Service Day participants

Encore Community Services: An all-student team delivered much-needed meals to homebound elders. 

Rethink Food: Contributed to daily meal prep by cutting vegetables, helping relieve kitchen workload. 

Washington Square Park Conservancy: Helped keep the park beautiful through weeding, trash collection, and sticker removal.

We were proud to roll up our sleeves and support public health in action at all of our sites. Thank you to all our community partners!

Collage of Community Service Day participants