Volunteering is an integral component of student life at Kuban State University. A powerful impetus for its development was secured when the University won the right to create a Center for recruiting volunteers to participate in hosting the XXII Olympic and XI Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014. The largest volunteer training center in Russia was opened at Kuban State University. More than 11,000 volunteers from all over Russia were registered in the electronic database of the Kuban State University Volunteer Center, of which more than 5,000 were interviewed, and 2,733 were trained. The result of two years of work was the participation of 1,580 the Center trained in the first Winter Olympics held in Russia. Volunteers of Kuban State University also worked at the First Youth Winter Games in Innsbruck, at the Summer Olympic Games in London, at the World Summer Universiade in Kazan (World University Games), the 2017 Confederations Cup, the 2018 World Cup, the Russian Grand Prix Formula 1 and other significant sports’ events.
In order to preserve the lasting legacy of the Sochi 2014 Games, Kuban State University continues to pay special attention to the preservation and revival of moral values and traditions in the post-Olympic period. Participants in the Center acquire significant experience in volunteering in the following areas: social, sports, environmental volunteering, international activities, blood donation and much more. Today volunteering is a popular activity of the regional youth. The young people who have come to this center keep on looking for new types and forms of volunteer work. Annually, the Kuban State University volunteers participate in more than 100 socially significant campaigns and events of various levels.
