Campus Ministry
John Wood Electronics
Recycling Drive
April 18th & 19th
contact volunteer@quincy.edu to help!
Volunteer Services Mission Statement:
"Quincy University Volunteer Service integrates our Gospel and Franciscan values into concrete acts of service."
Quincy University Volunteer Directory
A Prayer for Volunteers
Local Service
Various opportunities are available in the local Quincy community. Please contact Jennifer Orrico at volunteer@quincy.edu for more information. See the list of places below where we've volunteered recently!
Local Agencies We've Served
- Habitat for Humanity: Home Construction Volunteers
- The Humane Society: “Day with the Dogs”
- The American Red Cross: Blood Drives
- Catholic Charities: “Bridge the Gap to Health” Project
- Ladies of Charity: Food Drives
- Quincy Herald-Whig: Good News of Christmas Program
- Good Samaritan Home: Social Hours & Meals
Volunteer Service Break Trips
QU students participate in service trips throughout the year. These trips serve as a way to live out the Gospel call to be people of service by helping those less fortunate than ourselves as well as learning about places and social structures that create poverty and injustice. Our next trips take place in the fall semester. Contact volunteer@quincy.edu for more details. Below you'll see the places we've been in the past few years!!
Service/Mission Trips:
- Diocese of Gallup, NM/Zuni Village/St. Michael Indian School(Navajo Reservation)
- Beaches Habitat for Humanity - Jacksonville, FL
- Franciscan Outreach Association – Chicago: Soup Kitchen & Shelter
- Franciscan Connection – St. Louis: Stone by Stone Project - Urban Outreach
- Close the School of the Americas Trip: Social Justice/Activism
- D.C. Right to Life Trip: Social Justice/Activism
- Haiti Mission Trip w/ Eastern Illinois U: Third World
Immersion Expierence
- Glenmary Camp – Aberdeen, MS: Rural Outreach
- Habitat for Humanity – Mississippi/Louisiana: Outreach to Working Poor
- Hurricane Relief
Project Lazarus – New Orleans: Outreach to HIV/AIDS patients
Sometimes fees are charged to defray costs for service/mission trips, but the opportunity to participate is available to all students, faculty, and staff regardless of religious background.
Year-long internships in various ministry settings are available through the Franciscan Volunteer Program. Contact Sr. Kathy McNulty @ 773-667-1033 for more information.
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