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Y-Serve Village Mentors tutor students across the world

March 23, 2022 12:00 AM
BYU student volunteers log onto their computers once a week to mentor and chat with young students in other countries through the Y-Serve program Village Mentors.
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Saturdays are for building: BYU Y-Serve program teams up with Self-Help Homes

January 28, 2022 12:00 AM
BYU students get together every Saturday at 8 a.m. to help build homes in Salem, Utah, for low-income families through the Self-Help Homes program.
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Share Your Hair: Students take the snip and serve

December 13, 2021 12:00 AM
BYU students have the opportunity to donate their hair through Y-Serve's 'Share Your Hair' event and find it is an easy way to serve others.
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BYU Adaptive Show Choir to perform this weekend

December 03, 2021 12:00 AM
BYUAdaptive Show Choiris a service-based program that started in Winter of 2018 where volunteers are paired one-on-one with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to learn music and choreography together in preparation for a concert at the end of the semester.
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Y-Serve offers students a chance to give back this holiday season

November 23, 2021 12:00 AM
By Lilly Vehikite and Kaylyn Wolf
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Y-Serve programs approved to reopen

July 14, 2021 12:00 AM
Y-Serve programs are approved to reopen after being shut down for more than a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Provo Youth Mentoring offers children a university experience

December 14, 2020 12:00 AM
The Y-Serve office might just be a small room in the Wilkinson Center for many BYU students, but for school children involved in Provo Youth Mentoring, the service can be life-changing.
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Y-Serve finds ways to serve in a pandemic

September 21, 2020 12:00 AM
Y-Serve leadership is focusing on individual service and outreach while also transforming their programs at a time when service opportunities are limited.
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Photo story: Y-Serve hosts ProjectProtect mask-sewing station on campus

May 21, 2020 12:00 AM
Y-Serve is hosting an on-campus service opportunity for volunteers who want to help sew masks for frontline caregivers.
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Community honors Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy of service

January 20, 2020 12:00 AM
BYU and local communities commemorated Martin Luther King Jr. Day with various service projects in the Wilkinson Student Center as part of Community Outreach Day 2020, organized by BYU Y-Serve.
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Habitat for Humanity event sparks interfaith interactions

September 16, 2019 12:00 AM
People from various religions across Utah County filled the Provo Seventh-day Adventist Church on Sunday, Sept. 15 for Habitat For Humanity's International Day of Prayer and Action.
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Community celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day with service

January 22, 2019 12:00 AM
BYU students Sam Jensen, left, Christian Ayer, middle, and Madison Maw, right, make hygiene kits for girls in underdeveloped countries on Community Outreach Day. (Kylee Lapeyrouse)
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Light the World with Y-Serve

December 07, 2018 12:00 AM
The spirit of giving is in the air and with the holidays right around the corner many people are looking for ways they can serve.
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BYU Project Youth event inspires kids to seek college education

March 14, 2018 12:00 AM
Project Youth invites elementary school kids to experience college in a fun way in hopes to inspire them to attend when they are older.
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Students donate hair through Y-Serve's Share Your Hair event

February 24, 2018 12:00 AM
(Dani Jardine)
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Teen service increases self-esteem, research says

February 08, 2018 12:00 AM
Students participate in various service projects in the Wilkinson Student Center during the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Outreach event. BYU researchers found serving strangers can result in increased confidence and self-esteem in adolescents. (Josh Ellis)
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Utah named most generous state

February 02, 2018 12:00 AM
Primary motivations for philanthropy in Utah, as indicated in a Cicero Social Impact report, are shown in the graphic above. Y-Serve, an organization that teaches students to serve both on and off-campus, supports lifelong service and the growth of these motivations. (Haley Mosher)
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Annual Community Outreach Day unites community through service and celebration of MLK’s legacy

January 16, 2018 12:00 AM
BYU’s Y-Serve united community members, young and old, through various service projects celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 15.
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