{"id":27,"date":"2024-12-13T18:15:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T18:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/mission-integration-and-ministry\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2025-09-26T12:32:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T12:32:45","slug":"community-service","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/mission-integration-and-ministry\/community-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-564\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogs.dir\/85\/files\/2012\/07\/karen-c-e1495062091726-300x249.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Volunteering really brings people together and makes you feel like you are helping out the community and doing well for others. It was a great experience, especially doing it alongside friends and teammates. Everyone is helpful and in high spirits, which makes it all the better. It makes you realize that others less fortunate around you can be easily helped with the help of the community, which makes you want to do more.\u201d<\/em> \u2013 Karen Casteneda, &#8217;18<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<h3>Men and Women for Others<\/h3>\n<p>Our Jesuit tradition informs our students\u2019 commitment to service and progressive activism. Through Campus Ministry\u2019s community service program, students have a wide array of volunteer opportunities to serve those in our community that are most in need.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#amreads\">America Reads<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#junk\">Junkyard Dogs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#kitchen\">Campus Kitchen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/mission-integration-and-ministry\/community-service\/#food\">Food Pantry and Clothes Closet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#calendar\">Community Service Calendar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#athletics\">Student Organizations\/Athletic Teams<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Annually, more than 600 students volunteer on 50 or more community service projects at Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s and in the Hudson County community. The results are astounding. During the past year, Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s students contributed more than 10,000 hours of community service and supported various nonprofits in Hudson County.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"amreads\">America Reads<\/h3>\n<p>The America Reads Program is a federally funded tutoring and enrichment program began in 1997. Students who qualify for federal work-study may apply for a tutoring position. Tutors work in the afterschool enrichment program, Team Walker, at Public School # 22. Tutors work with children from grades 1-9, providing homework help, and enrichment. Tutoring shifts are Monday through Thursday, 4pm-6pm.<\/p>\n<p><!--\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogs.dir\/85\/files\/2015\/02\/sandwich-line-e1423852437718.jpg\" alt=\"sandwich-making\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" \/>\n--><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"junk\">Junkyard Dogs<\/h3>\n<p>The Junkyard Dogs is a service group that seeks to foster pride and care in Jersey City by physically cleaning up its streets and spreading awareness of the need to maintain and respect Jersey City. Clean-ups take place monthly, weather permitting.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hFOQOYWqDNw?si=nO-YSArIV3RPpiq_\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"kitchen\">Campus Kitchen<\/h3>\n<p>The Campus Kitchen at Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s University located on the 2nd floor of the MacMahon Student Center, recovers unused excess food from cafeterias and dining halls and repackages it into healthy meals to be delivered to people in Hudson County who are food insecure. Shifts occur in the afternoon on Monday through Friday, 2:30-5pm. Volunteers are needed to repackage food, deliver meals, and pick up donations.<br \/>\n<!--\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-593\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogs.dir\/85\/files\/2012\/07\/IMG_0037-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-383 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogs.dir\/85\/files\/2015\/02\/freezer-207x311.jpg\" alt=\"stocked freezer\" width=\"233\" height=\"350\" \/>\n--><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ezcol ezcol-one-third\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogs.dir\/85\/files\/2021\/12\/campus-ministry-2-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"Campus Kitchen\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-749\" \/><\/div> <div class=\"ezcol ezcol-one-third\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogs.dir\/85\/files\/2021\/12\/campus-kitchen2.jpg\" alt=\"Campus Kitchen\" width=\"248\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-757\" \/><\/div> <div class=\"ezcol ezcol-one-third ezcol-last\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogs.dir\/85\/files\/2021\/12\/campus-ministry-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"Campus Kitchen\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-751\" \/><\/div><div class=\"ezcol-divider\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thedirtonjerseycity.com\/2016\/04\/20\/campus-kitchen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong style=\"font-size: 13pt;\">The Dirt on Jersey City: Campus Kitchen<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"food\">Food Pantry and Clothes Closet<\/h3>\n<p>Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s maintains a Food Pantry and Clothes Closet on the 2nd floor of the MacMahon Student Center. Weekly, students are able to visit the Pantry\/Closet to receive nonperishable and perishable food, clothes, and toiletries. Additionally, the Food Pantry and Clothes Closet are open to the public by appointment on the 3rd Saturday of each month between the hours of 2pm and 6pm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfjOBZmhb08dfrPqfytWLn3YNe5dGbOIq0cexVLt6dX_IPgVA\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><button style=\"background-color: #003c71; color: white;\"> Make an appointment <\/button><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"calendar\">Community Service Calendar<\/h3>\n<p>In addition to the above mentioned projects, Campus Ministry schedules miscellaneous service events as needed by the Hudson County Community. Some of these events include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Glamour Gals and Guys \u2013 Manicures and conversation with the residents of local nursing homes.<\/li>\n<li>Rebuilding Together Jersey City \u2013 painting and landscaping low-income homes.<\/li>\n<li>Hillside Foodbank visits \u2013 Sort and package food for soup kitchens and shelters.<\/li>\n<li>Blood Drives \u2013 4 drives a year.<\/li>\n<li>Awareness Walks: Breast Cancer.<\/li>\n<li>Captain Mark Lee Sr. Angel Giving Tree Angel Giving Tree \u2013 Purchasing and wrapping gifts for children in need.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vB8JW15i2PU?si=im2oM1ji0Tpj5S3U\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"athletics\">Student Organizations\/Athletic Teams<\/h3>\n<p>Campus Ministry also works with all student organization and athletic teams, coordinating service projects to satisfy their requirements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information please contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:esekel@saintpeters.edu\">Erich Sekel<\/a><br \/>\nDirector of Community Service<br \/>\n(201) 761-7395<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:esekel@saintpeters.edu\">esekel@saintpeters.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-623 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogs.dir\/85\/files\/2015\/12\/GetFileAttachment-e1495561291383-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s was named on the President\u2019s Higher Education Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service. 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