Our Canisius for Buffalo Program is local community service outreach to people in need in the City of Buffalo. We have strong relationships with our local community partners and it is direct community service. There are a variety of placements to match your individual needs and interests.
Campus Ministry’s Community Service Interns serve as student liaisons between a particular community partner agency in our Canisius for Buffalo Program and the Canisius College community. A Community Service Intern assists members of the College community live up to the Jesuit philosophy of becoming “women and men with and for others.”
Direct community service enhances and enriches the Canisius educational experience; it also helps students develop valuable relationship, career, leadership, and social skills.
Community service placements may be made for you as an individual. It is popular for student clubs and organizations to arrange for community service as a group.
The following is a list of our community partners including a list of where our community service interns are serving for the 2010-2011 academic year. The time and availability of options for you are not always limited to the time when the intern is serving.
Canisius College Chapter of Habitat for Humanity
Canisius Community Days
Canisius Meals on Wheels
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Meet at Canisius –Transportation is provided The Burrito Project is a street ministry to Buffalo’s homeless and poor in Downtown Buffalo. It provides fresh home-made burritos to Buffalo’s poor and homeless population in downtown Buffalo. |
For more information, please view the Burrito Project webpage. | |
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ENERGY After School Program Please contact Katie Little with any questions at little2@canisius.edu |
The program meets on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 4:30-6:30. Transportation is provided. | |
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Lutheran Church Home
An Assisted Living Facility 217 E. Delavan Avnue The Lutheran Church home is a home to many amazing elderly people. The goal of the home is to provide the best care, activities, and positive relationships for its residents. If you are interested in meeting new people and making a difference in their life, come help put on activities or spend time with the residents. Some of the community activities include: RSVP Blankets for Children in the hospital, Bingo, Bowling, Games, and Movies For more information contact Jennifer Queeno at queenoj@canisius.edu or 716-491-7446 |
Wednesdays: 10am-noon Note: Arrangements may be made for individuals or groups at other times upon request including weekends. | |
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St. Monica's is a special middle school founded by Jesuits and provides motivated, low income students from the City of Buffalo. The all-girls school provides individualized attention enabling academic success in high school and college. We will be working in the classroom during the school day, and with the after-school program providing specific daily programs as well as tutoring each afternoon. The programs vary each day and include a review class for the Catholic High School Entrance Exam, a drama and creative writing program, a weekly CLC, and an exercise and dance program. For more information contact Abby Fronckowiak at fronckoa@canisius.edu |
Transportation is provided. | |
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Laura Jakiel |
St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy
325 Walden Avenue (at the corner of Oberlin) St. Luke’s Mission is a Roman Catholic Mission on Buffalo’s east side. St. Luke’s was founded Amy Betros and Norm Paolini and they serve as co directors. The have many ministry out-reach to the poor. Currently we work with them in their food ministry in the soup kitchen. This will start on or around September 16th. Contact Laura for details. |
Thursdays & Fridays We meet in the 2nd floor lounge of Old Main. |
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South Buffalo Community Table Soup Kitchen
185 Southside Parkway We help prepare and serve a meal to guests in the dining room. Participation includes food preparation, putting away donations of food in the pantry, and serving a meal. Participants clean up after the meal and prepare for the next day. We are back at Canisius by about 5:50 in time for your 6:00 pm class, band practice or choral. You are able to eat a meal while at the kitchen so you do not go to class or work hungry. |
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Tara Cicatello
(Picture Pending) and Julie Guerra (Picture Pending) |
VIVE La Casa
50 Wyoming Street (about 10 minutes from Canisius) VIVE is an interfaith organization which serves world refugees seeking asylum both in United States and Canada. VIVE and is a shelter with 108 beds. The refugees are provided with food, shelter, clothing, healthcare, and legal services as they await their appointment to enter Canada or their USA asylum hearing. Tara Cicatello’s internship at VIVE is focused on working with children, teens and young adults. There are as many as 40 children from around the world at VIVE at a time. Time is spent with them in the play room doing activities and having conversations. The children are very accepting and welcoming and just love the interaction with our students. Options for students include Community Days (school wide service days), trips to VIVE (cleaning, preparing meals to tutoring), VIVE trips to Canisius (help host residents at Canisius athletic or cultural events). Individual Service or student group placements are always available at times that are convenient to you. Julie Guerra’s internship and concentration is primarily working with adults with language and conversational English. The conversation will include a life experience and faith sharing component. Julie is also working with a refugee who is a senior in high school and needs assistance with physics Julie is at Vive each Tuesday and Thursday from 6-8:30pm and may be contacted at guerra@canisius.eduor 207-0275 |
Tara Cicatello Monday, Wednesday & Friday Contact Tara for additional events for individuals or student groups.
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For more information about local community service or the service internship program with Campus Ministry, please contact Joe Van Volkenburg at vanvolkj@canisius.eduor Ext. 2875.