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Service Opportunities

Service Trip Opportunities:

Approximate Service Trip Dates: McKee, KY - Thanksgiving Croix des Bouquet, Haiti - January New Orleans, LA (January-term) Pilsen - Chicago, IL (January-term) Camden, NJ - Spring Break Flores, Honduras - Spring Break New Orleans, LA - Spring Break Selma, AL - Spring Break Vanceburg, KY - Spring Break

Throughout the school year, Campus Ministry offers opportunities to participate in service to others locally, nationally and abroad.  Service trip participants fundraise for these trips and assist in the St. Pat's Auction held every year. The St. Pat's Auction raises money for all service trips and is a well attended tradition at Loras College. Every summer a cash award up to $3,000 goes to a junior who wants to spend his/ her summer doing service.

Local Service Opportunities:

REACH OUT
Reach Out – Reach Out is an opportunity to visit with the elderly in retirement homes around Dubuque. Spend time playing card games or board games and chatting with the residents. While this program takes place multiple times each week, this is a great program because it is not a program where you have to commit to going each week. Students are able to come whenever they can. Currently Loras students go to three different retirement homes each week making service in the community very accessible.

HOPE HOUSE
Hope House – In collaboration with the Father Ray Herman Peace and Justice Center, this opportunity allows students, faculty and staff, and student organizations to prepare a weekly meal and eat with the current residents at the Hope House in Dubuque. The Hope House is a temporary shelter for women and children in current need. Students can donate items that the shelter needs throughout the year as well.