Philanthropy and service are an integral part of life at SI.  Our students are frequently engaged in activities that support the school and the communities in which we live and work.  You can participate in these projects alongside the next generation of SI alumni!

Support Alternative Spring Break!

SI ASB Penny Wars

MSI student specializations, PhD students. faculty, and staff are pitted against each other to donate the most amount of money in support of ASB. Pennies and checks count as positive amounts; silver coins and dollar bills count against a group. Start saving your pennies!

SI ASB Book Sale

The annual book sale in support of SI ASB is held in the Media Gateway of North Quad.  All book types are available! Cookbooks, literature, fiction, non-fiction, self-help, children’s, text books — we have it all!

Books cost $1 for soft covers, $2 for hard covers.

SI ASB Book Drive

The SI Alternative Spring Break Fund Raising Committee is always collecting books of all types for the annual SI ASB Book Sale.  You can make arrangements to donate your books by contacting SISA at sisaofficers@umich.edu.

SI on Crowdrise

Students at the School of Information are actively fundraising using the social networking site crowdrise.com. The funds will support SI’s Alternative Spring Break, where students spend a week volunteering their skills at nonprofit educational and cultural institutions in  New York, Chicago, Detroit and Washington DC.  It's a great way to encourage these enterprising students in their volunteer efforts and support a very worthwhile program.  Learn how to become a host organization and support this important effort here.

SI Service Day

On Saturday January 14, 2012, during the Martin Luther King weekend, over 110 SI students, faculty, and staff participated in SI Service Day – putting their skills and talents to work at one of several Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti area nonprofits. The project created opportunities to develop and strengthen relationships between the School of Information and local cultural organizations by utilizing the unique abilities and interests of the SI community.