Example of a yearly service project at UT:
http://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/vslc/project.php
The Project is UT's Day of Service event designed by students to increase campus pride in community service with the goal of establishing a sense of a service tradition associated with being part of the UT community.
Partnering with Keep Austin Beautiful since 1999, the Projects have resulted in over 9,000 student volunteers working in four different neighborhoods in Austin for over 36,000 hours. In the first five years of the event, students have painted or landscaped over 70 local homes, five schools, two community centers, a public housing complex, among other sites.
http://www.keepaustinbeautiful.org/
The Project has become one of the largest one-day student and community run service events in the nation. The event has brought together over 2,000 students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community volunteers annually in a spirit of service to assist a neighborhood in need. And, in response to the work that the annual projects have accomplished, The Project has received numerous awards for community service.
77th Texas State Legislature Resolution H.R. 249 Recognizing UT for Project 2001
2001 Keep Austin Beautiful Award for Community Improvement
2000 Keep America Beautiful National Award for Community Improvement
2000 Keep Austin Beautiful Award for Community Improvement
1999 Keep Austin Beautiful Award for Community Improvement