Service and Outreach

There's lots for you to do!

IT IS FROM NUMBERLESS DIVERSE ACTS OF COURAGE AND BELIEF THAT HUMAN HISTORY IS SHAPED. EACH TIME ONE STANDS UP FOR AN IDEAL, OR ACTS TO IMPROVE THE LOT OF OTHERS, OR STRIKES OUT AGAINST INJUSTICE, HE SENDS FORTH A TINY RIPPLE OF HOPE, AND CROSSING EACH OTHER FROM A MILLION DIFFERENT CENTERS OF ENERGY AND DARING, THOSE RIPPLES BUILD A CURRENT WHICH CAN SWEEP DOWN THE MIGHTIEST WALLS OF OPPRESSION AND RESISTANCE - ROBERT F. KENNEDY

Prizing the values of justice, peace, and service… (taken from the Iona College Mission Statement)

Best Buddies:
Come befriend an intellectually disabled adult and start a friendship that can last a lifetime. One-year commitment requested or you can be an associate and attend events (like movies, picnics and basketball games) with the buddies.
Contact: Genna Toye or Martine Joseph

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Iona College Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter:
Join us the first Sunday of each month at 8:00 am in LaPenta TV Room to go and build affordable housing in Westchester. Campus Chapter meetings are the Thursday before each build and numerous fundraisers are held throughout the year.
This group meets on the first Sunday of every month 8:30 am in the TV room of the Robert V. LaPenta Student Union.
Contact: Janine Tepedino, or Audrey Emaus

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Midnight Runs:
Join us on a trip to the New York City you haven't seen. Come share food, clothing, toiletries and conversation with the homeless each month.
Thursdays or Fridays we meet at Montgomery House at 8:00 pm.
Contact: Dan Noonan or Joanna Willis

Project Sunshine:
Come spend a night playing, laughing and getting to know some of the incredible children of Blythedale Hospital. Special events held each month.
Contact: Kristen DeFilippe or Grace Tobar

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Project Family Soup Kitchen:
Serving meals once a week to the hungry
Contact: Matt Cornish

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Success Center:
Come spend an afternoon tutoring elementary school children on campus. We meet every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon from 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm in the basement of Amend Hall. Check out our Success Center Site. Contact: Coordinator, Bridgette Bolduc at (914) 633-2328

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Elderly Outreach:
Make someone’s day! Join other students in spending time with elderly people in senior housing facilities.
Contact: Alexandria Lanese

Week of the Peacemaker, November, 6-16, 2007:
SOS FOR PLANET EARTH: Calling for a Just and Sustainable World
Ten days of events to engage the campus in serious reflection and action on behalf of the greatest and most fragile treasure – the earth
To be involved, contact co-chairpersons: Mr. Carl Procario-Foley (Campus Ministries) or Dr. Teresa Delgado (Religious Studies)

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Make a Difference Day: Week of October 21, 2007
Over 300 Iona volunteers joined in a day of service as part of a national movement.
Contact: Tiffany DiNome

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Don't see what you're looking for?
Other hospital work, animal shelter, truck-loading humanitarian aid, nursing home work, clothing drives, youth sports and many other are available - come in or email. We also offer reflection events, and more!
Contact: Carl Procario-Foley, stop by our Office on the second floor of the Robert V. LaPenta Student Union , or call us at (914) 637-2772.