Greetings!
We hope your semester is off to a wonderful start. We are here to help you get involved in the greater Cleveland community! Cleveland offers a range of dynamic community engagement opportunities for you to explore. Check out the offerings listed below, or stop by our office in AD- 32 on the ground floor of the Administrative Building to get involved TODAY! If you share your community engagement experiences with us on social media, please use the hashtag: #EngageCLE!
We invite you to sign up for one of the opportunities below and engage CLE.
Sincerely,
The CSSA Team
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Participate in a One-Time Service Opportunity! |
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Greater Cleveland Food Bank
- Monday, October 4 | 4:30 pm - 8:30 pm
- Saturday, October 23 | 4:30 pm - 8:30 pm
- Tuesday, October 26 | 4:30 pm - 8:30 pm
- Monday, November 8 | 4:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Volunteers are needed to help sort and repack nonperishable food that is later distributed to local food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters.
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MedWish Supply Sort
- Saturday, October 9 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Saturday, October 23 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Saturday, November 6 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
MedWish helps to re-purpose discarded medical supplies, and our volunteers help with this process. We collect tens of thousands of pounds of donated supplies each month and rely on volunteers to help us sort through these supplies, checking expiration dates and ensuring product viability. Sorting takes place through a number of different steps, and volunteers can expect to participate in all steps of the process (examples include sorting medical supplies into categories, matching similar items together, boxing, and labeling inventory). No medical experience is necessary!
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Community Arts Center Clean-Up
- Sunday, October 3 | 12:45 pm - 3:15 pm
- Sunday, November 14 | 12:45 pm - 3:15 pm
The Community Arts Center at Disciples Christian Church welcomes volunteers to help with yard-work, cleaning, and special projects which might include setting up for events, moving items out of the building as we make room for arts organizations, helping with the food center in our building, or more specialized projects based on volunteer’s interests and the Center’s needs. DCC has dedicated our building, free of charge, to help make the arts more accessible for youth and families in our community in partnership with area art organizations.
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Register for a Weekly Service Opportunity! |
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Esperanza Family ESL Class
- Thursdays | 4:55 pm - 7:35 pm
Service participants must be proficient in Spanish in order to participate in this activity. JCU students will facilitate group lessons and teach English as a Second Language to families in Esperanza's Family Engagement Program. Participants should be comfortable communicating in Spanish and English (written, verbal, interpersonal).
- Weekly through December 2nd
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Lake Erie Ink 6th Grade
- Tuesdays | 11:55 am - 2:30 pm
Service participants will assist 6th-grade students with creative writing activities during their English Language arts class. The workshops at Mary Bethune K-8 School in Cleveland will be taught by teaching artist Cynthia Larsen, Director of Education at Lake Erie Ink. The goal of the program is to foster creative expression and social-emotional learning, improve reading and writing, and build students' self-confidence as writers.
- Weekly through November 30th
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Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry Men's Shelter Poetry Group
- Mondays | 12:25 pm - 3:05 pm
Service participants in this activity build relationships with LMM Men's Shelter residents by participating in a weekly poetry group. The group of volunteers and shelter residents begin by reading and discussing published poetry, and then are invited to write and share poetry of their own. This activity involves direct interaction with men who are experiencing homelessness. Participants must be able to initiate and engage in conversation with this population. If you are uncomfortable with these requirements, please select a different activity.
- Weekly through November 29th.
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Children are looking for a few great tutors! |
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Carroll Reads is a federally-funded tutoring program aimed at helping children in elementary grades develop reading skills. If you are looking for a paid federal work-study position, this is a great opportunity to work with children in the community. Tutors are paid $8.80 per hour for tutoring twice/week, approximately 5 hours per week.
Responsibilities include:
- Conducting one-on-one tutoring sessions with students using educator-provided materials.
- Building rapport and cultivating enthusiasm with the children.
- Assisting children in developing their reading and writing skills to reach grade-level expectations.
- Weekly documenting and reviewing student data with the Carroll Reads Site Coordinators to gauge the effectiveness of interventions.
- Regularly checking in with Carroll Reads Coordinators and Student Liaisons for continued training and assistance in tutoring.
- Committing to tutoring two days per week, for ten weeks, over the course of the semester.
Fill out an application here
JCU students must be eligible for Federal Work-Study to apply. Applications are open NOW!
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Check Out the Food Buggy!
Homecoming Weekend
October 1-3
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The Food for Thought Food Buggy is an experiential learning project run by JCU students, who collaborate with partners including the Center for Service and Social Action, the Donnelly School of Leadership and Social Innovation, Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries, and the Chopping for Change Program. The food buggy strives to provide a way to help students creatively leverage both the capacity to make a profit and make a difference by building and nourishing community with those in need.
Stop by the Belvoir Parking Lot this weekend to see the food buggy in action!
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Lifelong Service: Jim & Cathy Regan '67 |
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CSSA received two special guests earlier this fall, Jim Regan '70 and Cathy Regan. Jim, along with several classmates, was one of the founding members of Circle K, a student organization dedicated to off-campus service projects. By the time Circle K changed its name to Sigma Delta Kappa in the late 70s, it had broadened its reach to many service populations and Cleveland neighborhoods as the only service fraternity in Ohio. What began as a source of fellowship and connection between JCU and Cleveland has become an important part of CSSA's history and John Carroll's dedication to service and the common good. CSSA staff enjoyed time with Jim and Cathy, learning about the early stages of community engagement and inviting other Circle K members to become reacquainted and involved with our current work.
Thank you Cathy and Jim for living the mission and for your lifelong witness to being 'men and women' with and for others!
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Some of our Meet CLE participants learned the art of papermaking at the Morgan Conservatory. They had a blast, and we are so impressed by the results!
The Morgan Conservatory is the largest arts center in the United States dedicated to every facet of papermaking, book arts, and letterpress printing and to cultivating the talents of established and emerging artists. An international destination that is free and open to the public, the Morgan Conservatory is a working studio, gallery, gathering place for the community, educational hub, and purveyor of some of the finest handmade papers in the world. Click here to learn more!
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Follow Us on Social Media! |
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Get Connected!!
Follow us on social media to get the latest news from CSSA, learn about upcoming opportunities, find ways to stay connected and engaged, read posts by featured students, and learn about all of the great things happening in the Center for Service and Social Action! We post frequent updates daily, so be sure to stay tuned in!
Connect with us NOW to join the fun!
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Sr. Katherine Feely, SND, Ed.D | Director | kfeely@jcu.edu | 216.397.1966
John Jackson | Assistant Director, Community Partnerships | jnjackson@jcu.edu | 216.397.1662
Caity Grundtisch | Assistant Director, Student Engagement & Community Impact | cgrundtisch@jcu.edu | 216.397.2024
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JCU Center for Service-Learning and Social Action
Administration Building | AD-32
216.397.4698 | (f) 216.397.1661
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