APPLES Service-Learning

Interested in PAID service? APPLES offers competitive internships involved with many different organizations with newly raised stipends. Apply on the CCPS portal now until October 6th!!

FIRST EXPEDITION 🚀 These students went to Wildflower Lane Farm, where they provide food relief to local children who are food insecure by taking the money and middlemen out of farming. Stay engaged in service by going on expeditions!

Calling all entrepreneurs, go-getters, or people interested in making change but need the support, BRYAN FELLOWSHIPS are here to support you!!

Submit an application with an idea and we will help provide $1500 in funding, a course through public policy, and mentorship once selected.

(student orgs like have been started through Bryan Fellowships)

Looking for an internship or service opportunity? Curious about what goes into running the Town of Chapel Hill? Want to get more involved in local governance? Come learn more about how UNC students can get involved in the Chapel Hill community by taking some time to interact with town leaders-- Anyone from City Council members, staff from the Department of Transportation, the Board of Elections, and more! Lunch will be provided; RSVP in Heel Life today: https://go.unc.edu/PeoplesAcademy

✨EXPEDITIONS ARE BACK✨ These one day service trips are a great way to see what service is and the work we do here at APPLES. We know school can be stressful and overwhelming, that’s why expeditions are one day service trips nearby where you can do service and get free food! Sign up for more info

⭐️ ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT ⭐️ Surprised to know it’s not Shatera behind these posts anymore?!?

Hello all! This is the amazing Shatera McNair, a Carolina alumna Class of 2022. Her time at Carolina was absolutely crucial for not only developing her identity but for crafting her leadership style in envisioning a better school system for all students, especially for students of color. Throughout her undergraduate studies in Sociology and Education, she was eager to learn about the inequities that schools reproduce and it’s impact on staff, teachers, parents and students. It was fantastic to be able to bring her studies into the incredible service work at APPLES! As the APPLES Undergraduate Student Program Assistant (2020-2022), she was beyond happy for the opportunity to inform and support students in interacting with our service programs to best enhance their learning experiences in the classroom while also programmatically supporting Cabinet and staff leadership. Along with serving in adjacent leadership with Student Affairs, feeling long-standing support from APPLES’ Cabinet and staff and the many that she has met at Carolina, Shatera has had the privilege to welcome freshmen into their first year of high school as a City Year AmeriCorps Member at their largest site in Chicago, IL! Let’s put idealism to work by individually coaching students towards success and enacting anti-racist culture and policies in schools across the city! Go HEELS! ☺️

ALL ABOARDDD🚂🚂🚂!!! Applications for our Alternative Fall Breaks are open in the CCPS portal. Applications are available to any UNC undergraduate.

🍎 What are alternative breaks?
An alternative break is a trip where a group of college students engage in volunteer service, in this case, it will be over fall break.

🍎Where will we be going?
Each trip has a different theme and therefore goes to a different community within NC based on that theme.

🍎 What will we be doing?
Alternative breaks include direct service, community engagement, reflection, and bonding with other students centered around the theme of the trip.

🍎 What happens after a trip?
You 🫵🏼 have a chance of leadership and organizational service by applying to be an Alternative break leader in the spring.

Dm us or email us at [email protected] for more information 🫶🏻

And on top of the pyramid 🔺, we have … ABBY MUELLLER

Abby Mueller is the upcoming programming coordinator 👩🏻‍💻 for APPLES this year 🗓. Originally involved with APPLES 🍎 through the Alternative Break Program, she has served as an Alternative Spring Break Co-chair 🪑 last year. Her favorite thing about APPLES is definitely getting to work with all of the motivated💪🏼, passionate ❤️‍🔥, and supportive 💃🏻🕺🏻 individuals who do their best to help APPLES improve as an organization, like her bestie 👯‍♀️ Amy. This summer she took a creative writing class in Ireland 🇮🇪 and is now working as a nurse aide 👩🏼‍⚕️. She loves to meet new people 👋🏼, so please say hi to her if you see her around the APPLES office or at any events 🥂!

the man 👨🏻 the myth 🦄 the legend 🐲 it’s our Vice President: PEYTON LINDOGAN

Peyton is the returning 🏃🏻‍♂️ Vice President and has been working with APPLES since his first year at UNC! He is a rising senior studying environmental science along with minors in math and statistics 📊 . He loves to work with the APPLES team and their continued dedication to sustainable ♻️ service.

Peyton spent the summer in Florida 🍊 working for an energy company! He absolutely loved it and hopes to return. A fun fact about Peyton is that he is terrible at cutting with scissors ✂️ .

Looking for a leadership position in service? APPLES is looking for an alternative fall break co-leader interested in refugee communities this fall! Previous APPLES experience preferred but not required. Feel free to dm for more info or contact individuals listed above.

Want to move in early, meet other freshmen, and get to know community service orgs in the area? Apply for the Service-Learning Initiative through !! Find the application by going to the Carolina Center for Public Service (CCPS) portal. Email me at [email protected] if you have any questions!

*Abolitionist Workshop Opportunity*

CJAA will be hosting an abolition workshop this Tuesday April 19th at 5:00 pm in the Anne Queen Lounge at the Campus Y. All our encouraged to come especially if you don’t know much about abolition or are skeptical.

Reach out to CJAA on insta or email them at [email protected] if you have any questions. See you there!