Intensive Service Project

Branch Out Day

Motto - "Finding our roots in our community!" A tradition starting in 1996, at the beginning of every October, the University kicks off its service projects with a day of extensive community service projects. Students, faculty, and staff are urged to make teams. These teams are then given a site somewhere in the surrounding community. Teams are usually given tasks such as painting, clean up, gardening, and sometimes working with children. This year, we can proudly announce that we served 52 sites!

Haunted House

Every year students and student organizations at La Salle come together to provide a fun and celebratory event during Halloween. Children who participate in the various service programs at La Salle are encouraged to attend.

OXFAM Hunger Banquet

The La Salle community has the opportunity to help end world hunger by participating in this nation wide program. Click OXFAM America for more information. (By following this link, you will be leaving the U.M.A.S. website. U.M.A.S. is not responsible for the content of said websites).

Winter Holiday Drive

This La Salle student-run program involves the entire community during the holiday season. The students contact 2 or 3 agencies that are affiliated with homeless or low-income families (i.e. last year, we worked with the Kensington Welfare Rights Union and the Transitional Housing Program for women and children). The students then make ornaments with the families' information on them that are hung on trees in Blue/Gold Cafeteria and in the Ministry office. Members of the La Salle community are individually invited to "adopt" one of those families by taking an ornament, and buying that family gifts for the holiday!

For further information about how to volunteer for or participate in these programs, please contact University Ministry & Service at (215) 951-1804. You may also e-mail Becky Messa, Community Service Coordinator, at messa@lasalle.edu, or Louise Giugliano, Associate Director, at giuglian@lasalle.edu.