Join us for Canisius Community Days during 2010-11
Saturday, September 25, November 20, and April 16
9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. includes lunch by Chartwell's Dining Service
Transportation will be provided if needed.
*We meet in the West Wing of the Cafeteria at 9:15 am.
Canisius Community Day partners members of the College Community with non-profit organizations in the City of Buffalo. We assist our community partners with various projects and tasks at meal programs, food banks, shelters, agencies that work with refugees, senior citizens, Habitat for Humanity and more.
Our Community Days' Purpose: Canisius Community Days are a celebration. They are acts of gratitude for one another, for our student organizations, for our school, for our families, and for God! We come together to celebrate the gifts of our lives as members for the Canisius College Community in the Spirit of Jesus and that of the Jesuits. Our work and service to and for others is done in the spirit of Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam--For the Greater Glory of God.
Canisius Community Day is a popular program among Canisius students, faculty/staff and alumni. Many student organizations, athletic teams, and classes have long made Community Day a tradition.
Download a photo essay to read about past Community Days here. (.pdf)
Following is a list of the community partners we worked with 2008-09:
Benedict House
Blessed Trinity RC Church
Bristol Home
Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy
Buffalo River Keepers
Central City Café Soup Kitchen at Durham Memorial Zion Church
Canisius College Food Drive: Budwey, Jubilee and Quality Markets
Dulski Community Center
Food Bank of WNY
Hamlin Park Clean-Up
Habitat for Humanity
Hearts for the Homeless Mobile Soup Kitchen
Holy Angels RC Church
Holy Cross Parish
Little Portion Friary
Lutheran Church Home
Moving Miracles Inc.
Nicaragua Mission Project
Public School #17
South Buffalo Community Table – Soup Kitchen
St. Augustine’s Scholars Program
St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy
St. Lawrence Food Pantry
St. Vincent de Paul Dining Room
The People’s Park
Veterans Hospital of Buffalo
Vive La Casa Shelter for World Refugees
For more information contact Joe Van Volkenburg, in Campus Ministry, at 716-888-2875 or vanvolkj@canisius.edu.