Join us for the 2026 Walk the Walk Week Service Project as the campus community comes together to support after-school programs for children and teens in South Bend. 

All materials donated will be shared with four local organizations:

• Boys and Girls Clubs of the Northern Indiana Corridor
• La Casa de Amistad
• The MLK Dream Center
• Robinson Community Learning Center

Here's how you can help.

All Campus Donation Drive
January 5-21, 2026

In January, all students, faculty, and staff are invited to donate non-perishable items. 

Cleaning supplies:

• Surface sanitizer
• Hand sanitizer
• Facial tissues
• Rolls of paper towels
• C-fold paper towels
• Cloth dish towels

Classroom supplies:

• White copier paper
• Wide-ruled filler notebook paper
• Glue sticks
• Markers
• Colored pencils
• Pencils
• Erasers

Art project supplies:

• Construction paper (both classroom and professional)
• Good quality paint brushes (all sizes)
• Wide variety of acrylic paint for crafts

Boxes to collect donations will be available in the following buildings:

• Bond Hall - Main Foyer
• Center for Culinary Excellence - Main Entrance
• Cedar Grove Cemetary Office
• Central Receiving
• Coleman-Morse - By Room 103
• Decio Hall - By the elevators near Decio Cafe
• Development Offices - Eddy Street Commons, 3rd Floor reception
• Duncan Student Center - Graduate Student Lounge, Room 206
• Duncan Student Center - South Entrance near Innovation Garage
• Eck Center - Alumni Association Reception Area
• Grace Hall - First Floor Lobby
• Hammes Mowbray Hall - 1st Floor
• Hesburgh Library - First Floor, Near Circulation Desk
• LaFortune Student Center - Student Government Office, Room 109
• Law School - Commons
• Main Building - 1st Floor, North Entrance by the Elevators
• Malloy Hall - Near the Northwest Elevator
• Mendoza College of Business - Atrium
• NDTL Propulsion & Power 
• North Dining Hall - South Entrance into Lobby
• Notre Dame Fire Department
• O'Shaughnessy - Charron Family Commons
• South Dining Hall - Near Monitor Station
• Sustainability Office

Student Service Project
January 24, 2026

All undergraduate and graduate students are invited to volunteer on Saturday, January 24, from 10:00 a.m. to Noon in Duncan Student Center as we sort and package after-school kits for local children and teens. 

Coffee, snacks, and t-shirts will be provided!

Register to volunteer

This initiative is co-sponsored by Notre Dame Student Government, and the Office of Public Affairs and Communications, and Procurement Services in partnership with the Office of the President.