S.O.U.L.S. Community Service Programs

• First Week of Service
• Wednesday & Thursday Night Supper Clubs
• Service Day
• Hunger and Homelessness Month
• First Saturdays
• Prison Book Club
• Connections to College
• Blood Drive
• Food for Thought
• Alternative Spring Break
• Other Programs

Become a Leader and Voice Your Ideas

Become a project leader

Each of our projects has one person who leads the group to the site, communicates with the people in charge when on-site, and helps to get the word out about our events. We are currently seeking several new project leaders for next semester; Contact us or come to a Steering Committee Meeting for more information.

Work for us

S.O.U.L.S. has a staff of 10-15 work-study students every semester, assisting us with the programs that we put on. Stop by our office or Donahue 209 to pick up an application

First Week of Service

Our annual beginning of the year kick-off! Join us for what is actually two weeks of events to find out more information about our programs in an open house to working with various community service organizations in Boston. Please see September’s calendar for more information or contact Kayla Lathrop, Community Service Scholar

Supper Clubs

Wednesday Nights, Project Leader
Thursday Nights, Project Leader

A long-standing tradition at both institutions, the Paulist Center and St. John the Evangelist have provided meals to homeless and needy persons through their Supper Clubs. An average of 5-10 students can be found each week assisting with meal preparation or serving warm food to the hundreds of guests each night.

Service Day

Join us on April 13, 2007 for our tenth annual Campus-Wide Service Day and dinner. Sites will be announced in February; applications will be available soon after this for both groups and individuals.

Residence Hall Service Day

A new program for this year modeled on our campus-wide Service Day in the Spring, join people from your residence hall floor for an afternoon of service at a local Community Organization. This is a great way to meet people and do something good for your community. More details and sites will be forthcoming; please see your R.A. for information on how to sign up.

For more information, contact Chanta Toeum and Kayla Lathrop, Community Service Scholars

Hunger and Homelessness Month

November is Hunger and Homelessness Month, and S.O.U.L.S. will have many events focusing on service for the needy and education on the issues. In addition to our month-long Canned Food and Warm Clothing Drives, we will be planning panel discussions and speakers, volunteer opportunities, workshops, and other activities. Please join us to help the needy of Boston prepare for the winter. Please see our Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Calendar for more information.

For more information, contact Chanta Toeum, Community Service Scholar

First Saturdays of Service

This is a new program this year. Many of our programs are geared toward busy students and take only a few hours of time. However, for the student who wants to work on one project for approximately 4-5 hours, we will have a planned group event on the first Saturday of every month and led by a S.O.U.L.S. staff member. Lunch will always be provided. Spend an afternoon with your friends to truly make a difference in the Boston community. For more information contact Alisson.

Prison Book Project

Join fellow Suffolk students to volunteer your time to help brighten the life of a prison. Travel to the Prison Book Site in Quincy and read requests for reading material from prisoners.

Connections to College

Interested in exposing middle school youth to college life? Suffolk University is collaborating with Bird Street Community Center to help youth explore college life and the campus first-hand. For more information contact Jon Paton at pat11292@suffolk.edu.

Fall and Spring Blood Drives

Spring Blood Drive will be on Wed., Apr. 12, 2006.

Food for Thought

Food for Thought is our monthly discussion club of social issues. One short article is read by the group and then discussed over lunch every three weeks. Be sure to stop by the office to get the article up to two weeks in advance and join us to discuss how to make the world a better place. For more information stop by the S.O.U.L.S. office in D209.

Alternative Spring Breaks

Do something good over your Spring Break with Habitat for Humanity and other Suffolk students. Applications are due in January; ASB runs from March 11-18, 2006. Please see the Alternative Spring Break page for more information.

For more information, contact S.O.U.L.S. Community Service Center

Other Programs

We have several one-time programs throughout the year. Please sign up for the S.O.U.L.S. Mailing List to receive the most up-to-date information.