The Mission Hill After School Program was created in 1983 at the request of residents of the Mission Main and Alice Taylor housing developments in Roxbury. Serving 60 children (ages 5-14) divided into four age groups, MHASP volunteers strive to provide individual attention within a classroom setting, with both homework assistance and by working with the children on a creative curriculum designed by coordinators. Additionally, optional bi-weekly field trips to museums, cultural events, and recreational facilities enhance counselor-child friendships. Counselors work with the same 1 or 2 children for the entire semester to provide the most consistent and rewarding relationship. The time commitment is 3.5 hours a week during one afternoon Monday through Thursday. For more information, please contact Irina Vaynerman at mission.hill.after.school@gmail.com

Number of Members: 76-100

Involvement: Undergraduates, Community Members

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Group Website: http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~mhasp/

The Harvard Outing Club exists to help Harvard undergraduates, graduates, and faculty to get outside. We are a group of people who cooperate to organize hiking, backpacking, canoeing, kayaking, snowshoes, skiing, and camping trips. In addition to running trips, this Club provides the gear members need, a forum for members to organize their own trips, and a community to meet people with similar interests. The club also runs a program to train new hiking trip leaders in backcountry skills, outdoor leadership, and wilderness first aid.

Number of Members: 76-100

Involvement: Undergraduates, Graduates, Community Members

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Group Website: http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/oc

Harvard's King School Buddies chapter matches Harvard volunteers with developmentally delayed and learning disabled kids and adults from Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School, the King Elementary School and a Specialized Housing Group Home near the Quad. Since all three sites are within easy walking distance of the Yard, volunteers can make their own schedules for visiting their Buddies each week. The goal of the program is to form friendships that are rewarding both for volunteers and for Buddies. In its ten years at Harvard, King School Buddies has grown to include nearly thirty committed members. Please contact Alex Messiter (amessit@fas) or see our website at (http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~bestbuds).

Number of Members: 26-50

Involvement: Undergraduates

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A memorial to President Kennedy, The Institute of Politics' mission is to unite and engage students, particularly undergraduates, with academics, politicians, activists, and policymakers on a non-partisan basis and to stimulate and nurture their interest in public service and leadership. The Institute strives to promote greater understanding and cooperation between the academic world and the world of politics and public affairs.

Number of Members: 76-100

Involvement: Undergraduates

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Group Website: http://www.iop.harvard.edu

Deepam exists to unite people who share a passion for Indian classical dance on campus. In addition, this group seeks to inspire enthusiasm in the larger community for this vibrant, energetic and graceful tradition. By performing in cultural shows and intercollegiate competitions throughout the year, Deepam maintains its presence on campus and in the Boston area.

Number of Members: 10-25

Involvement: Undergraduates

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The Association of Black Harvard Women (ABHW) was founded in 1975, through a unanimous decision by 65 black Radcliffe women. Our mission is to strengthen the bonds of black sisterhood through community discussion, social action and public service. The Association of Black Harvard Women currently serves a membership of over 100 Harvard undergraduates with discussions addressing pertinent issues affecting black women and community service events such as the voter registration drives and the Alberta V. Scott Mentorship Program.

Number of Members: 76-100

Involvement: Undergraduates, Graduates, Community Members

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Group Website: http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~abhw

"Improv comedy at Harvard and beyond." The Immediate Gratification Players are Harvard Universitys premier long-form improvisational comedy troupe. We have been performing free on-campus shows since the fall of 1986, including an annual festival that attracts many collegiate troupes. IGP has also taken its improv on the road, traveling to Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, London, and the Bay Area. In 2010, Jeff Garlin became IGP's first Immediate Gratification Player of the Year, and in 2011 Wayne Brady received the honor. IGP sometimes uses an improvisational pianist to give its shows a musical flair we are also recognized for our signature red-and-yellow neckties and our distinctive improv events, such as improvised dinner parties, improvised open mic nights, and improvised improv.

Number of Members: 10-25

Involvement: Undergraduates

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Group Website: http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~igp/

To advance undergraduate knowledge and appreciation of physics, encourage social interaction between physics students, and advise students within the physics department. The SPS serves to maintain the strong community amongst physics and physical sciences concentrators.

Number of Members: 76-100

Involvement: Undergraduates

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Group Website: http://hcs.harvard.edu/~physics/