The heat is getting a bit more bearable, the outdoor water activities are coming to a standstill, and the leaves are starting to change color. This can only mean one thing (well, it can mean a lot of things actually): the first fall semester for freshman students is fast approaching. Or already starting! Among all of the dorm move-ins, awkward icebreakers, late night cram sessions, and spectator sport adventures you are about to embark on, we have one more thing to throw your way. The Compass Fellowship, in association with The Kenneth Cole Foundation, is looking for 180 freshman students across participating campuses to join Compass Community. So what is Compass Community exactly (besides sounding like something out of The Chronicles of Narnia)?

The Compass Community is made up of young, passionate social innovators who will be given opportunities to interact with business leaders locally and nationally. Fellows will work alongside Mentors to encourage adventurous thinking and proactive participation. The peer-driven curriculum will inspire, push and empower Fellows to achieve what they do best.

Not only will being a part of the Compass Fellowship look great for experience and achievements on your resume, but it will open up your social boundaries, where you will meet people who have similar interests as you. In a sea of thousands of other students like you, it is always helpful to join clubs and organizations like this, just to help the friend-making process a little easier. And when college starts, we need all the help we can get!

The Compass Fellowship will be hitting up 10 campuses across the nation, including San Francisco, Boston, and DC, as well as 2 campuses in Sweden, for a grand total of 180 Compass Fellows. Applications can be found here.

Remember the thrill of finding Easter eggs as a child, plucking colorful eggs from behind bushes and other discreet places? It was always such a satisfying feeling to be able to tick one less egg off of your list. Now that we are older and more mature (Oh, who are we kidding? Easter egg hunts are still the coolest), it is time we move onto a different kind of scavenger hunt. The kind that we can look back on and say, “Hey, that was really cool.”

Which brings us to non-profit organization Do Something’s Scavenger Hunt, an 11-day challenge where various acts of giving back to the community take place each day, starting Monday, July 11. The challenge of the day varies in topic, from animal welfare to poverty & homelessness to recycling & reuse. Challenges of the day can be found on the website or if you register with your cell phone number, it will be text messaged to you. After completing the challenge, teams must write to Do Something about their experience and include a picture. Those who complete a challenge early and turn it in have a chance to win prizes along the way.

The scavenger hunt is a great way to hang out with your friends (there is no team size requirement) while doing something (no pun intended!) that will help someone out along the way. Not only can you say that you spent eleven days of your summer giving back to the community, but there are also prizes that can be won. Always a bonus. The Grand Prize winning team will win a trip to LA to attend the Do Something awards. The show awards one of five young finalists who have given back to their community $100,000 for their hard work and dedication. Celebrities will be in attendance presenting awards and giving speeches, with past participants having included Glee’s Jane Lynch and R&B artist Usher.

So what are you doing the next two weeks? How about you head on over to Do Something’s website and  register you and some friends to take part in this fun and worthwhile summer activity!