Service Outreach

Campus Ministry provides opportunities for students to train for, participate in, and reflect upon meaningful service to the community. These service experiences include aiding the very young and the elderly, the unemployed and economically disadvantaged, the homeless and the handicapped. Students enrich their own lives while helping others in the search for justice and liberation. Seton Hill University has developed service outreach activities in collaboration with the following organizations:

• Caritas Christi - participate in monthly programs for retired Sisters of Charity.
• Clelian Heights School for Exceptional Children - coordinate dances and other programs with developmentally disabled young adults.
• Habitat for Humanity - renovate homes for low-income families.
• Operation Christmas Basket - make crafts for a sale benefiting the local food bank and the Center Against Domestic and Sexual Violence.
• Alternative Breaks - engage in an intense service project during Fall/Spring Break.
• Sister to Sister - a mentoring program with African-American middle school girls.
• PA Cleanways - participate in environmental restoration of Mt. Thor Road, near campus.
• Elderly visitation at Redstone Highland and Green Meadows Nursing Facilities – visit residents, facilitate arts-n-crafts projects, and coordinate socials and groups games for elderly residents.
• Welcome Home Center - provide clerical and cleaning services, develop interactive programs for women and children at Welcome Home, a center that provides temporary housing and support services to homeless families and single-parent families.
• Food Bank - sort and package food items donated to the food bank to assist those in need.
• Bethlehem Project - a ministry that helps prevent homelessness in Westmoreland County.
• Hunger Garden - assist with harvesting and clearing a community garden whose produce is donated to local food banks to offer fresh vegetables to those in need of supplemental food.

Each semester other volunteer programs may evolve depending on local needs and student interest.