Service Opportunities
This year, the Newman Center has a number of opportunites for students to volunteer their time for community service. We will be working with Little Portion Friary, First Hand Learning, St. Vincent de Paul Soup Kitchen, Habitat for Humanity ReStore, and Friends of the Night People. For more information, contact us at 882-1080 or bscnewmancenter@yahoo.com
Long Term Service
There are many ways to give of your time and talents. Volunteering is an opportunity to improve the life around us and to grow ourselves. Here are several websites which link volunteers to long-term service commitments. Many of these programs offer school loan different and a chance to explore your personal career goals.
The Jesuit Volunteer Corps or JVC offers many programs nationally and internationally, all based on social justice, community living, and Ignatian Spirituality.
Claretian Volunteer Corps is a lay volunteer ministry program for women and men grounded in Christian values as witnessed by the Claretians, who have as their model of service, their founder, Father Anthony Claret.
The Capuchin Franciscan Volunteer Program offers men and women the opportunity to work in direct service to the poor while living a simple lifestyle in community with other volunteers. The spirit and spirituality of St. Francis of Assisi are central to this experience of community and service.
This website is a link to many different types of service. There are programs sorted by location, by type of work and by length of commitment. Were sure one will fit you.
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