This project aims to organize and explain the Community Cloud system developed my Boston University's Community Service Center. Programs managers include Sam Wu and Farah Alam
Community Cloud is composed of 3 parts:
- Community Partners (CPs): Community service organizations around the Boston area looking for volunteers
- Student Organizations (SOs): Boston University student groups that are looking for service oppurtunities
- Community Service Center (CSC): A Boston University office dedicated to providing students with community service
The purpose of the Community Cloud is to facilitate the needs of these three groups:
Community Partners
Campus partners are able to advertise directly with chosen student groups who are dedicated to their unique service. In this way, the quality of the volunteering improves while also increase the quantity of volunteers as well.
Student Orgs
The Community Cloud provides SOs with a personalized calendar which contains dates, times, locations, descriptions, and sign-ups for select service oppurtunities. Students going through the CSC also have the benefit of skipping the process of signing forms and getting approval. Those processes are handled by the CSC.
Community Service Center
The CSC now has a central database of CPs, which will faciliate in their own community service initiative, including First-Year Student Outreach Project (FYSOP), Alternative Service Breaks (ASB), and CSC projects such as After Schools and W.I.Z.A.R.D.S. These projects will also be advertised to students using the Community Cloud.
For a visual overview of the Community Cloud Architecture, check out the "Community Cloud System".