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Are you a volunteer?
Helping others enriches your educational experience, addresses community needs, and develops character and leadership.
Many KSC faculty members have incorporated volunteerism for students into their classes, an approach known as service learning.
Last year, for example, every student in the Women's Studies capstone class connected with a community partner and established goals.
One student organized records and created an oral history for an agency that helps low-income women join the workforce.
Another met with a group of elementary school girls once a week and developed appropriate programming to teach about cultural pressures and feminism.
Yet another organized Violence Prevention Week at Keene High School; one student tackled the knotty problem of transportation and child-care needs for women transitioning from the home to jobs.
Every year, students in Professor Temple's collaborative architecture course, known as Communicorps, design projects for local nonprofit organizations, such as affordable housing, school additions, or summer camp bunkhouses.
Many other volunteer projects happen without a specific classroom connection. Keene State students contributed more than 15,000 hours last year in volunteer student activities, from being a Big Brother or Big Sister to volunteering at a local dairy farm or building houses in Guatemala with Habitat for Humanity.
They bring the college motto, "Enter to learn; go forth to serve," to life.
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Global Village – How do some KSC students spend vacations? In 2006, KSC sponsored five Alternative Spring Break trips, with 80 students traveling to three Southern states to build homes with Habitat for Humanity and participate in inner-city service and environmental projects.
In January, during winter break, 18 KSC students and staff spent 10 days in Guatemala participating in Habitat’s Global Village program, while another KSC contingent went to Mississippi to help repair hurricane-damaged homes.
Not sure how to help? Each year we hold a community service fair to show an array of volunteer opportunities. Or contact the Community Service Office on campus.
River Clean-up day draws enthusiastic support from College Greek and other organizations.
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