Each year, MCC students, faculty, staff, and administrators volunteer time to fulfill the college's mission of serving communities and enhancing the larger community MCC serves. Several opportunities are offered throughout the year for students and employees to be part of a strong MCC tradition of celebrating community service.
2025 9/11 Day of Service
In recent years, there has been a national movement to transform the anniversary of 9/11 into a National Day of Service. On Thursday, September 11, Metropolitan Community College will join these national efforts and host its third annual 9/11 Day of Service.
Volunteer service opportunities will be available on-campus at each MCC location, virtually through the online education department, and off-campus at local non-profit organizations within our communities.
Activities in development include a Highway Clean-Up project, assembling Happy Kits for Children's Mercy Hospital patients, creating t-shirt dog toys for Wayside Waifs, writing notes to nursing home residents, and much more!
In early September, we'll email the event details to current MCC students, and informational fliers will be posted on campus detailing how you can get involved. As information, for those on a tight schedule, a variety of on-campus volunteer activities will be available for students and employees that can be completed in as little as 10-15 minutes!
"Service is a great way to get together and have fun while meeting new people!" - MCC Student
If everyone does a little, then we can achieve big things. Someone once said that service is how we pay rent for living on this planet. I am way behind on "paying rent," so I have a lot of things I need to do, and I am glad to be a part of MCC's service activities. - MCC Faculty
Service in the Classroom
As part of MCC's Small Business Management (BUSN 204) course taught by Dr. Amanda Crowe, students run a t-shirt business for the semester. Students develop t-shirt designs, create and implement a marketing plan, handle logistics, sell and distribute the t-shirts, and keep track of the accounting of their small business assets.
The proceeds from the t-shirt sales are donated to a local non-profit organization. This project have raised thousands of dollars that has been donated to organizations like Operation Breakthrough, Harvesters, Veteran's Community Project, ReHope Kansas City, and Hope Lodge.
$1,533 raised for Harvesters in 2023
$1,501 raised for ReHope KC in 2024
Community Service Projects
Here (in 2020), student volunteers from MCC-Blue River sort items such as medical supplies and bed sheets at the Franciscan Mission Warehouse in Independence.
Do you teach a service-learning course or advise a student club that participates in community service projects? Email mcc.studentengagement@mcckc.edu with details so we can highlight your efforts.
Learn more about how Metropolitan Community College serves the community through our Civic Action Plan (PDF).