Service
Celebrate 150 Years of BYU with 150 Hours of Service!
Share your Light with Service
It’s BYU’s big 150th birthday—and what better way to celebrate than by "Sharing Your Light" through meaningful service! From August 2025 to June 2026, we’re inviting everyone—students, employees, alumni, and friends—to come together and complete 150 individual hours of service in honor of 150 years of BYU.
This is your chance to make a difference, connect with the BYU community around the world, and use your talents and knowledge for the benefit of others, as Jesus Christ did. Pick a cause you care about, record your hours, and share your experiences. Every hour counts, and every act of kindness shines a little brighter as we celebrate this milestone together.
150 Service Ideas
This Easter, follow Jesus and do good.
1. Hold the door open for someone.
2. Let someone go ahead of you in line.
3. Hold the elevator.
4. Let someone enter or exit the elevator first.
5. Let someone merge in traffic.
6. Offer your parking spot.
7. Return someone’s shopping cart.
8. Carry groceries for someone.
9. Pick up trash you didn’t drop.
10. Offer a ride.
11. Offer your charger.
12. Share one of your talents
13. Let someone borrow something.
14. Help someone find something.
15. Pick up something someone dropped.
16. Offer to take a photo for someone.
17. Share your favorite book or movie.
18. Make someone a playlist.
19. Host a game night.
20. Leave a gift on a neighbor’s doorstep.
21. Heart attack someone’s door.
22. Give someone flowers.
23. Leave a kind note for the postal employee or Amazon delivery worker.
24. Support a local business.
25. Leave a positive review for a small business.
26. Tip generously.
27. Thank a worker by name.
28. Be kind to customer service.
29. Clean up your table at the Cougareat.
30. Pay for someone’s drink or food.
31. Share your lunch.
32. Make a meal for someone.
33. Make cookies for a neighbor.
34. Bring snacks to share.
35. Water someone’s plants.
36. Do your roommate’s dishes.
37. Clean the bathroom.
38. Refill something before it runs out.
39. Do a chore without being asked.
40. Help someone decorate.
41. Help someone clean their car.
42. Help fix something small.
43. Offer to run an errand.
44. Go grocery shopping with (or for) someone.
45. Share notes from class.
46. Help someone practice for a presentation.
47. Study with someone.
48. Help someone prepare for a test.
49. Visit a care center.
50. Ask an elderly person about his or her life.
51. Give someone a high five.
52. Celebrate someone’s success.
53. Check in with a friend after a hard day.
54. Plan one-on-one time with a loved one.
55. Call someone you miss.
56. Call a family member to say hi.
57. Text an old friend.
58. Email a missionary.
59. Send an encouraging text.
60. Encourage someone before a big event.
61. Offer encouragement after failure.
62. Give someone a handwritten quote.
63. Leave an uplifting chalk drawing or message on the sidewalk.
64. Write a handwritten thank-you note.
65. Send a thank-you text.
66. Leave a kind note for a roommate.
67. Send a thoughtful message to an acquaintance.
68. Send a thank you email to a professor.
69. Thank the custodial or grounds crew.
70. Check in on a friend in need.
71. Say hi to someone you don’t know well.
72. Sit next to someone new.
73. Help someone feel included.
74. Check on someone who’s quiet.
75. Go on a walk with a friend.
76. Let someone vent.
77. Make someone laugh.
78. Send a funny reel to a friend.
79. Give someone a compliment in front of others.
80. Say something kind about someone who isn’t present.
81. Stand up for someone.
82. Help someone make a choice.
83. Give someone your full attention.
84. Smile at 10 people on campus.
85. Give someone a hug.
86. Leave an uplifting comment on social media.
87. Let someone else be kind to you—ask for help.
88. Be patient with someone you are tempted to feel frustration for.
89. Go to the temple.
90. Do some Family History work.
91. Spend five minutes reviewing names in the FamilySearch Get Involved app.
92. Pray for someone new today.
93. Ask someone how you can pray for them.
94. Add someone to the prayer roll.
95. Share a conference talk with someone.
96. Share a scripture you’ve read recently.
97. Share how you saw Jesus today.
98. Share your testimony.
99. Offer to help set up for a church activity.
100. Offer to help clean up after a church activity.
101. Help someone plan an activity.
102. Visit someone you minister to.
103. Invite someone to church or to the temple.
104. Drop off a kind note or treat to your Relief Society or elder’s quorum president.
105. Do something kind for your bishop.
106. Ask the missionaries if there’s anything you can do for them—and do it.
107. Ask your Relief Society or elder’s quorum president if there’s anyone in the ward whom you can serve—and do it.
108. Go to a ward activity (ward prayer, FHE, etc.).
109. Do something to fulfill your calling.
110. Write your testimony in a Book of Mormon for the missionaries to share.
111. Do a ministering visit with someone from the Relief Society or elder’s quorum presidency.
112. Help a coworker.
113. Tell your boss thank you.
114. Offer to cover a shift.
115. Help someone to review their résumé or LinkedIn profile.
116. Share a job opportunity.
117. Help someone learn a skill.
118. Offer to mentor someone.
119. Introduce people who could help each other.
120. Give someone honest, kind feedback.
121. Donate food.
122. Donate clothes.
123. Give blood.
124. Help at an animal shelter.
125. Volunteer at a food bank.
126. Clean up a park.
127. Support a fundraiser.
128. Share awareness for a cause.
129. Volunteer on JustServe.org.
130. Go to Y-Serve and volunteer for Adopt a Grandparent.
131. Go to Y-Serve and volunteer for Best Buddies.
132. Go to Y-Serve and volunteer for BYU Tutoring.
133. Go to Y-Serve and volunteer for Habitat for Humanity.
134. Go to Y-Serve and volunteer for Kids on the Move.
135. Go to Y-Serve and volunteer for Meals on Wheels.
136. Go to Y-Serve and volunteer for Provo Youth Mentoring.
137. Go to Y-Serve and volunteer for Project Uplift.
138. Go to Y-Serve and volunteer for Foster Love.
139. Go to Y-Serve and volunteer for Language Interpreters.
140. Go to Y-Serve and volunteer for the Impact program.
141. Go to Y-Serve and volunteer for English Around the World.
142. Go to Y-Serve and volunteer for Boys and Girls Club.
143. Go to Y-Serve and volunteer for United Way Community Centers.
144. Go to Y-Serve and volunteer for Cougar Coaches.
145. Go to Y-Serve and volunteer for Food for the Soul.
146. Go to Y-Serve and volunteer for Junior Nutrition Academy.
147. Go to Y-Serve and volunteer for Leaders of Literacy.
148. Go to Y-Serve and volunteer for Linking Generations.
149. Go to Y-Serve and volunteer for MyHometown Provo.
150. Go to Y-Serve and volunteer for United Angels.
Record Your Service Hours
While you share your light, record the service hour benchmarks you hit in the BYU 150 Passport! You can also track your hours however works best for you, whether it’s in your phone, a journal, or digitally with your BYU NetID through the Y-Serve feature in the BYU app or Y-Serve website.
As you hit benchmarks in the BYU 150 Passport, you will unlock different rewards:
10 Service Hours—Exclusive BYU Photo digital wallpaper
25 Service Hours—Discount for BYU Music Groups song download
50 Service Hours—Add a LEGO piece (or if not in the area, a LEGO piece with your name will be added) to the 150 BYU anniversary mural at the BYU Store
75 Service Hours—Free song download, "Enter to Learn, Go Forth to Serve" performed by the BYU Chamber Orchestra and another LEGO piece in your name on the anniversary mural
100 Service Hours—20% Discount code to the BYU Store (Online only)
150 Service Hours—Your name will be entered into a drawing. Five lucky winners will get to award funds to a BYU entity of their choice.
Once you've hit a benchmark and recorded it in your BYU 150 Passport, we’ll send you an email with details on how to claim your prize as a thank-you!
