We believe an education isn’t complete if it doesn’t teach students how to make things right in the world.

That’s why we work to help our students develop priorities that include:

  • Being a voice for the voiceless
  • Bringing healing to the hurting
  • Fighting for the oppressed

Our students give over half a million volunteer hours every year – the equivalent of a nearly $3 million investment in the local community.

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See how Liberty students serve communities around the world!


Employers are not just looking for a great education or a great résumé – they want to hire great people!

Companies are looking to hire candidates who exhibit adaptability, flexibility, honesty, teamwork, dependability, willingness to listen and learn, critical thinking, and good communication skills. Volunteer opportunities – which are an intentional part of the Liberty experience – help students cultivate these traits.

Students can serve in programs such as:

  • Campus Serve: About 150 students serve Lynchburg weekly through work projects, children’s ministry, elderly care, and poverty alleviation.
  • LU Send: Our humanitarian aid organization has sent teams to provide immediate disaster relief to places like California, Puerto Rico, Texas, Antigua, Cuba, and Mexico.
  • Habitat for Humanity Club: Raises money and builds homes for underprivileged families.
  • Food Disparity Workshop: Provides meals to support underprivileged Lynchburg City School students on weekends.

Samaritan’s Purse (1:00)

  • Law students provide free tax filing help to low-income families.
  • Liberty has partnerships with Unclaimed Baggage and HumanKind to distribute suitcases to foster children in Central Virginia.
  • Liberty students distribute thousands of gift-filled shoeboxes through Operation Christmas Child.
  • Liberty’s football team uses the Thanksgiving season to buy and deliver special meals to different local families.
  • Medical students provide free physicals, flu shots, mammograms, and mental health and vision screenings during community clinics.
  • Students collect bins of canned food for Lynchburg Daily Bread (a local food pantry) during football games.

Habitat for Humanity (0:42)

Habitat for Humanity Club Build in Lynchburg