Each semester RSVP soordinates a one day community plunge in which hundreds of Rice faculty and students work on community service projects throughout Houston. Day-long activities inform volunteers about the needs of the community, rescuit them for long-term service, and strengthen the relationship between Rice and local service agencies. Since 1987, volunteers have repaired and repainted homes, sorted and boxed food, helped refurbish a shelter for children with AIDS, served meals in soup kitchens and built playgrounds in city parks. More than 500 Rice volunteers join forces with local service agencies to do meaningful and effective outreach work.

Alternative Spring Breaks

Each year, RSVP sponsors an alternative spring break in which students may immerse themselves in an intensive community service project at various sites domestically and internationally; sites include Indian reservations and border towns near Mexico.

COOL Conferences

RSVP sponsors students to attend national campus outreach conferences where students interested in service may exchange ideas and attain new and innovative skills to organize campus outreach projects.