CACTUS organizations

Art TU Kids is an initiative at Tulane University dedicated to bringing the therapeutic power of art to the young patients at the Children’s Hospital. Through creative workshops and activities, our club aims to support emotional healing and personal expression for children facing health challenges. Art TU Kids provides a joyful and supportive environment where kids can explore their creativity and find comfort in the art-making process.

Tulane’s pre-professional community service fraternity. APO engages in service with the Tulane and the New Orleans communities while promoting values of leadership, friendship, and service.

The Culinary Medicine Initiative aims to provide a community interested in exploring the links between food and health. Monthly meetings range from volunteering at the Goldring Center for Medicine to gathering and cooking a shared meal together. 

FIMRC is a nonprofit dedicated to improving healthcare for families in underdeveloped countries throughout the world. Through emphasizing education as a way of taking preventative measures, FIMRC hopes to provide more sustainable healthcare to families in need. This program is supported by a number of volunteers that travel to FIMRC's health clinic locations throughout various countries, including Ecuador, Peru, the Philippines, and Costa Rica. Locally, volunteers organize various donation drives for medical supplies that are given to the health clinics; these supplies are then distributed to the local families in need.

Hearts for the Homeless New Orleans is a non-profit organization that serves to provide one of the most vulnerable populations with free blood pressure screenings, education on the causes of high blood pressure, and clinical outreach programs by partnering with local food banks.

Morgan's Message aims to expand the dialogue on mental health by normalizing conversations, empowering those who suffer in silence, and supporting those who feel alone.

Every Saturday Morning, RGT goes to homeless communities with breakfast foods, coffee, and other essential goods. We distribute the items to homeless people in the New Orleans area and have conversations with them. We build connections with these individuals by returning to the same neighborhoods weekly. We are trying to create a better life and opportunity for the low-income community of New Orleans, which is why we want to start an on-campus club.

A student-led waste reduction initiative at Tulane University. We collect unwanted dorm items from students and sell them back at 50-90% off store prices. All proceeds go to local New Orleans environmental and social justice nonprofits.

TMTC is dedicated to promoting awareness about music therapy and its benefits. We believe in inclusion and acceptance of all individuals and want to provide supportive spaces for people to belong in and learn about music therapy in the process. We also want to give back to our community through the power of music, including for students at Tulane and in the New Orleans community. We aim do this through speaker events, volunteering in the local community, and fundraising for local music therapy organizations.

Dance Marathon is a national movement of students passionate about service that organizes in an effort to support Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, raising money that is used to fund local Children’s Hospitals’ needs and operations. TUDM supports Children’s Hospital New Orleans, which is right down the street from our uptown campus. This is done through year-long programming, which culminates in our 8 hour Main Event.

GB is the world's largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. It has mobilized tens of thousands of university students through skill based programs and community partnerships. 

The Pinky Swear Pack is an association of college students passionate about helping children fighting cancer. Pack members have the opportunity to visit children in hospitals, support facilities, and host fun adventures to create therapeutic experiences that have an impact on their lives.

ACEing Autism is on a mission for children with autism to grow, develop and benefit from social connections and fitness through affordable tennis programming, uniquely serving individual needs while filling a national void for this growing and worthy population. 

Best Buddies is a nonprofit organization that fosters one-on-one relationships between students and community members with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Our goals are to create lasting mutually beneficial friendships and to inform the community of the discrimination and challenges those with intellectual and developmental disabilities are faced with on a daily basis. We strive to create a more inclusive community for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities!

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, is a nonpartisan non-governmental organization that provides medical and humanitarian aid to victims of global conflicts, environmental disasters, public health crises, and exclusion from healthcare in more than 70 countries worldwide. At Tulane, the Friends of MSF Chapter aims to educate the student body on the work that MSF does globally and supports MSF's efforts through events including movie screenings, guest speakers, fundraisers, advocacy campaigns, service projects, and chapter meetings.

Founded in 1988, the Tulane Green Club remains a leading environmental organization not only at Tulane but also throughout the New Orleans community. The club continually strives to "green" the Green Wave through our efforts to make our campus more sustainable. We also educate the Tulane and New Orleans community through speakers, panels, and on-campus events, and volunteers with local environmental organizations. Please join us during the 2020-21 school year as we green, educate, and serve Tulane and the greater New Orleans community.

Letters of Love provides emotional support to children battling chronic illnesses in long term care with hand-made cards filled with love and kindness from a supportive community. 

NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. NAMI advocates for access to services, treatment, supports and research and is steadfast in its commitment to raising awareness and building a community of hope for all those in need.

NAMI on Campus clubs are student-led clubs that tackle mental health issues on campus by raising mental health awareness, educating the campus community, supporting students, promoting services and supports and advocating.

Strong City NOLA is the Tulane chapter of Strong City, a 501(c)(3). Strong City NOLA utilizes the Tulane community to support partner organizations such as The Youth Empowerment Project (YEP). We serve the community through our three pillars: project-based giving, gun violence prevention research, and a citizen network. Check out www.mystrongcity.org.

Tulane Alternative Breaks is a service club that has multiple student-led trips during fall and spring break to help connect students to pressing domestic issues, such as climate change, human rights, and anything else that interests our student leaders. The focus of our club is on developing active citizens who engage with their communities more effectively and empathetically.

Tulane Special Olympics works with Special Olympics Louisiana to provide year-round sports and Unified sports leagues. Come out and work with intellectually disabled athletes to teach the value of sports and sportsmanship. No athletic experience required -- just a positive attitude!

Tulane University Service-Dog Training and Education Program raises assistance dogs for Canine Companions for Independence for 18 months, which includes teaching basic commands and socialization. Furthermore, TUSTEP strives to provide education about disability etiquette, ADA, and service dog rights to the Tulane and New Orleans community.

Students Against Food Insecruity's mission is to engage community-service-oriented students in conversations and activities focusing on combatting the prevalence of food insecurity both on Tulane's campus and in the greater New Orleans area. 

ANT pairs Tulane students with a local K-8 students to help with their homework, reading, etc. Tutors have the opportunity to work with the same student each week in order to build a relationship as a tutor, mentor, and friend! Work to improve grades and teach long-term study skills and goal-setting. Be a mentor/role model and help them see college in their future!

The Circle K Club of Tulane University (TCK) is a service organization geared towards community service, leadership, and fellowship. TCK is a chapter of Circle K International - the world's largest student-led collegiate service organization. Members take part in volunteering in events both on campus and in the community, participate in both community and international projects, and, in the process, form new friendships and gain the knowledge and skills to become leaders. This is a really great organization to join in order to meet new people who have the same love for community service as you do! You can meet upperclassmen and members of the New Orleans Kiwanis for networking opportunities!

Food Recovery Network is a national organization focused on reducing food waste on college campuses. Every week night we go into the commons when the hot food stations are closing at 8 and package and record the remaining food. In the morning our community partners at New Orleans Mission come to pick up the food which ends up feeding about 1/3 of their shelter!

Habitat for Humanity is an international and nonprofit organization that works to provide affordable housing around the world. This Tulane Club works with the New Orleans chapter of Habitat as we volunteer at homes at various points in the building stage! We volunteer with a large variety of jobs anywhere from painting to power tools. All levels of experience are welcome and we would love to see you at our next build!

MEDLIFE's mission is to build a worldwide Movement empowering the poor in their fight for equal access to healthcare, education, and a safe home. MEDLIFE believes that in order to improve the overall health and welfare of families and communities in need, a comprehensive approach is needed. With this goal in mind, MEDLIFE seeks to deliver aid through three broad avenues: Medicine, Education, and Development.

TULAP is a legal aid program at Tulane University that provides free and low-cost legal services to members of the Tulane Community. 

The Research Ambassadors is an organization that currently maintains and assists in creating listings for shadowing and research opportunities for the Tulane University Research Network in order to promote research and shadowing opportunities for the Tulane University undergraduate population.

A university campus initiative for UNICEF. UNICEF works in more than 190 countries and territories to save and improve children's lives, providing health care and immunizations, clean water and sanitation, nutrition, education, emergency relief and more. UNICEF & Tulane for UNICEF believes that no child should die from preventable causes and that we can end this. Our goal on campus is to fundraise for UNICEF, advocate for their causes, and educate our campus about UNICEF and their projects.

This club focuses on making our campus and earth cleaner and creating events to host cleanups both around campus and in New Orleans. This is also focused on having guest speakers to further educate us on the importance of keeping our world clean and more sustainable. We gather volunteers to help out and give back to our community.

The Academic Tutoring of the Roots of Music provides homework help, test preparation, and mentoring to the students of the Roots of Music marching band (kids ages 9-14). As tutors, we assist with homework and act as mentors. No knowledge of music is required to tutor!

Swim 4 Success is a Tulane student-run program that provides free swimming lessons to low-income New Orleans youth. Our student volunteers teach one lesson per week at the Reily Student Recreation Center on campus.