In March 2009, Pitt-Johnstown embarked on the most extensive community service initiative in our history. During the week of March 28 to April 4, Pitt-Johnstown faculty, staff and students performed more than 150 hours of service in support of 20 service projects and community events.
Our next “@ Your Service” project will be held the week of October 18-24. Listed below are projects and activities that are being planned for the week. We hope that you will be able to join us and celebrate the spirit of service!
It’s not just Pitt-Johnstown anymore… it’s Pitt-Johnstown @ Your Service!
Faculty, Staff and Students @ Your Service
Faculty, staff and students will be volunteering to support a number of service projects throughout the week. These projects include:
- Goodwill Visit: Memorial Medical Center & Good Samaritan Nursing Care Center
- Goodwill Visit: Laurelwood Nursing Care Center
- Goodwill Visit: SeniorLIFE
- Goodwill Visit: Atrium Manor (sponsored by the Blue and Gold Society)
- Goodwill Visit: Arbutus Park Retirement Community
- Habitat for Humanity Popsicle Stick Build
- Lions Recycle for Sight Drive
- Blanket & Food Drive
- Humane Society Clean-Up
- Salvation Army Soup Kitchen
- Story Time: East Side Elementary School
- Defense Veterans Brain Injury Center Picnic
The Learning Lamp/Boys and Girls Club Moxham Outreach Site
- National Make a Difference Day (sponsored by the RealWorld Interest Group members)
- ACRP Baseball Field Renovation (sponsored by the Pitt-Johnstown baseball team)
- Breast Cancer Screening & Open House
For additional details on volunteer opportunities for faculty, staff and students, click here.
GLOCAL Society Series Events
We will be sponsoring two major events during the week to promote awareness of global issues and the international component of the Pitt-Johnstown experience. These events include:
- International Success Stories told by our international students to local school children
- Invisible Children Fall Tour 2009, which will bring attention to the realities of northern Uganda’s night commuters and child soldiers
For additional details on Glocal Society Series events, click here.
Community Events
As part of the week, we are inviting the community to join us at a number of events. These events include:
- Mountain Cat Madness
- Glocal Society Series: Invisible Children Fall Tour 2009
- Workplace Readiness Series
- Building a Winning Resume
- Fine-Tuning Your Resume
- Professional Etiquette for Your Job Search workshop
- Interviewing Skills workshop
- Habitat for Humanity awareness projects
- Haunted House (benefitting the National Kidney Foundation)
For additional details on these community events, click here.
Habitat for Humanity
It is estimated that nearly 2 billion people around the world live in sub-standard housing, and more than 100 million people are homeless. Pitt-Johnstown students are doing their part to make a difference. Throughout the “@ Your Service Week,” the Pitt-Johnstown chapter members of Habitat for Humanity will be involved in a number of projects and activities to raise awareness of the issue of homelessness:
- Playhouse Construction Project
- Cardboard City
- Popsicle Stick Build – date to be determined
For additional details on Habitat for Humanity events, click here.