Because Mercer University is inseparable from the Macon community, many FYS/X students choose to become involved in volunteer programs. Each year the FYS/X classes come together to help clean up the surrounding neighborhoods by picking up trash and debris from abandoned fields and the yards of those men and women who are no longer able to care for them alone. Classes also have the opportunity to select other volunteer projects and have worked in conjunction with other organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, the Boys and Girls Club, and Christmas in April.