Ministries: Tutoring and Training, Poverty
Results
Adopt-a-family (Omaha, NE)
This program links Creighton University organizations with families residing in local homeless shelters.
After School Kids (ASK) Program (Washington, DC)
The After School Kids (ASK) Program seeks to empower youth to make positive changes in their lives by challenging them with new learning opportunities and teaching them the necessary skills to successfully meet those challenges.
The ASK Program trains Georgetown University students to work in small groups as tutor-mentors for court-involved adolescents in the District of Columbia.
Allston-Brighton Initiative/School Partnership Project (Brighton, MA)
The mission of the Allston/Brighton-Boston College Community Fund is to support programs and services that are available to the people of Allston and Brighton. The Fund Committee seeks applications from organizations, associations, programs, or purposes based in Allston and Brighton. The Committee gives special consideration to the benefit of the potential award on the youth, senior citizens, and the needy in the Allston and Brighton neighborhoods. Beautification projects are also encouraged.
The Fund was established by the Honorable Thomas M. Menino and Rev. J. Donald Monan, former President of and current Chancellor of Boston College. The President of the College, Reverend William P. Leahy and Mayor Menino continue to support this cooperative effort between Boston College and representatives of Allston and Brighton.
The purpose of the awards is to supplement existing budgets of established organizations and agencies in order to promote a program or service for which financial support is not otherwise available. Consultants will not be funded. The Fund Committee also considers and makes awards to independent groups who present a worthy proposal or sponsor a worthwhile event
Arrupe Neighborhood Partnership (Cleveland, OH)
The Arrupe Neighborhood Partnership (Arrupe), a unique service and community-based program, is central to Saint Ignatius High School's focus on developing "Men for Others." We offer students and their parents an opportunity to become involved, serve others, build friendships, strengthen their faith, and ultimately to make a difference in the lives of neighborhood children and families in need. Arrupe sponsors a variety of afterschool service programs and events throughout the school year and summer.
Best Buddies (Washington, DC)
The mission of Best Buddies is to enhance the lives of people with intellectual disabilities by providing opportunities for one-to-one friendships and integrated employment.
Georgetown University Best Buddies is the largest college chapter in Washington, D.C. and is the birthplace of Best Buddies International. The precursor to Best Buddies was started by former Hoya Anthony Kennedy Shriver in the 1980s, who later founded Best Buddies International in 1989.
Our chapter holds group events once a month attended by both Georgetown students and members of the community with intellectual disabilities. In the past, these events have included barbecues, Halloween parties, Hawaiian luaus, and attending Hoya sporting events. Events are usually catered and include performances by student groups such as acapella and dance groups.
Best Buddies provides students with the opportunity to be full-time or associate buddies. Full-time buddies are paired up community members with intellectual disabilities. These buddy pairs meet up at least once a month for fun activities in and around D.C. such as movies, dinner, or exploring the city. Associate buddies are expected to come to meetings and group events.
De La Salle Middle School (St. Louis, MO)
De La Salle Middle School was founded in 2001 by the Christian Brothers of the Midwest. With the goal of providing a quality education to underserved 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students in North St. Louis’ African-American community, De La Salle offers an empowering education centered on comprehensive academic preparation, small class sizes, and dedicated teachers and staff, all within the frame work of an extended school day and a year-round academic calendar. De La Salle educates 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students, but our school’s focus extends beyond the middle school years, as well as beyond our school building. We help place students in one of St. Louis’ preparatory high schools and offer them academic and
counseling support throughout their high school and college years. De La Salle is a holistic place where students are nurtured academically, physically, morally, and spiritually. As a neighborhood school that instills values and fosters accountability, we believe that excellence in education increases individuals’ opportunities while also building stronger families and a better community.
Dolores Mission School K-8 (Los Angeles, CA)
Dolores Mission School is a parochial school educating students in grades Kindergarten through Eight in the heart of Boyle Heights in East Los Angeles. We strive to serve the families of the greater parish community by offering their elementary school age children the academic and extracurricular programs necessary for them to achieve their fullest human potential in a safe and nurturing environment. By providing a variety of academic and enrichment activities, we hope to develop well-rounded children who are prepared academically, spiritually, physically, socially and emotionally.
Dorothy Day Center for Service and Justice (Bronx, NY)
The Center for Service and Justice (CSJ) offers a variety of opportunities for students to learn from, engage in and reflect on service and social justice.
Volunteer Opportunities- CSJ works with community partners near the Rose Hill and Lincoln Center campuses to place students in a variety of service environments:
Volunteer Opportunities -Rose Hill
Volunteer Opportunities - Lincoln Center
Service Learning- CSJ helps students connect academics to volunteers experiences in the community through the Service Learning Program.
Service Learning Program
Internship Opportunities- Students can obtain paid and unpaid internship opportunities through CSJ, working in a variety of social service environments.
Internship Opportunities
Post-Graduate Vocational Discernment- CSJ helps connect students to long-term volunteer opportunities after graduation, as well as nonprofit careers in the New York area.
Post Graduate Opportunities
Integrated Service-learning Community- CSJ has developed an Integrated Serivce-Learning Community located in the Belmont neighborhood in the Bronx where students committ to ongoing volunteering during the year and participate in weekly reflection and community building activities.
Integrated Service-Learning Community
Education and Literacy Training Program (Richmond, VA)
This is an education and literacy training for low income families.
Fair Trade Club (Cincinnati, OH)
focuses on education and action to promote trade practices that support human dignity, economic justice and international solidarity. Here on campus the club works to encourage the use of fair trade coffee and other products.
Family Counseling (Richmond, VA)
Through this project, Sacred Heart provides parent programs, day-care, and adolescent support groups.
Gesu Catholic School (Detroit , MS)
Gesu Catholic School builds a culture of success by facilitating the moral, intellectual and social development of each student in a Christ-centered, educationally stimulating, nurturing, and safe environment.
Higher Achievement Program (Houston, TX)
In th summer of 2008 Jesuit introduced the The Higher Achievement Program (HAP). HAP is a three-week summer outreach program organized to provide opportunities for academic enrichment, supervised recreation, and other meaningful learning activities for rising 7th and 8th graders in the setting of a Jesuit high school. Many of the students come from low-income backgrounds and may not consider Strake Jesuit College Preparatory as a possible high school destination.
The HAP faculty consists of Jesuit teachers and is usually supported by rising seniors from the Jesuit.
On Mondays - Thursdays HAP students attended classes from morning to early afternoon with time for lunch and a PE period at the end of the day. Fridays are reserved for field trips, career days, and other activities.
Each day begins with a short reflection and prayer period. The students then attended four classes in the morning - Theater, Math, Applied Science, & Robotics. Some of the activities that the students work on are improv theater, gas prices and budgets, calculating interest rates, programming Lego robots, calculating momentum and acceleration in carts, and measuring angles of launch with water balloons.
After the classes and a quick lunch, students head to athletics where they play soccer and kickball, competed in obstacle courses and tug-o’-war, and worked on their fitness level.
Higher Education Program (HAP) (Dallas, TX)
HAP is an outreach program for sixty 7th and 8th grade boys from poor families who would not normally consider Jesuit as an option for high school. The dual purpose of HAP is 1) review basic math, English, Science, and study skills, and 2) to provide an opportunity to experience what Dallas Jesuit is like (with the hope that they might apply).
IMPACTO (Imaginado Manana Pico Aliso Community Team Outreach) (Los Angeles, CA)
IMPACTO (Imaginando Mañana Pico Aliso Community Team Outreach) is an after-school academic enrichment program serving at-risk youth ages 6-18 in the Boyle Heights community. In an area plagued with poverty, a suffering public education system, and the threat of gang violence, the youth served by the IMPACTO program are provided with more than merely an after school program; they are given hope, encouragement, alternatives and a safe haven. The goal of IMPACTO is to motivate and inspire youth of Boyle Heights to develop as leaders in pursuit of education. Additionally, recognizing the importance of parent support to ensure our students complete high school and go on to college, IMPACTO provides personalized assistance for parents so that they are better equipped to deal with the often daunting educational system.
Local Entrepreneur Advancement Program (LEAP) (Washington, DC)
to provide training, financial, and technical support for recipient neighborhood entrepreneurs.
Poder Center (Chicago, IL)
Since 1997, Poder has responded to the educational needs of immigrants in the primarily Latino areas of Pilsen/Little Village and Back of the Yards, on Chicago’s southwest side. In less than ten years, 4,500 students have attended our tuition free classes.
