Intensive Service Project
Are you the kind of person who likes to help others? Even if you have
never participated in a volunteer program, it is never to late to
start. La Salle offers opportunities for students, staff, and faculty
to serve our neighbors and our own community in a variety of ways.
Branch Out Year
UPDATE: We have changed our formate for this program. Click
HERE for more information.
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.
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