COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
Community Partnerships are reciprocal relationships between Villanova and each organization, nonprofit or school dedicated to working with the underserved or caring our environment.
While each of our community partnerships must be committed to addressing the needs of an underserved community, we also make sure that each environment provides an opportunity for our students to not only help but also achieve their own level of personal success, whatever that may be.
Additionally, each organization we partner with must have:
- An infrastructure that can support volunteers.
- The ability to have volunteers who work on a Higher Education Schedule without compromising their own ability to contribute.
- A staff or faculty liaison who can maintain communication with the Office of Service Learning.
- A perceived need which can be addressed through research or praxis.
- A safe environment in which the students can work
Poverty and Homelessness
Note: Clearances are not necessary for these sites
- Back on My Feet: Community building
- Face to Face: Dining room meal service
- Families Forward: Family shelter (supporting SREHUP)
- Hub of Hope: Meal services (Humanities course opportunity)
Domestic Abuse
Note: Requires all clearances including criminal, child abuse and FBI clearance
- Laurel House: Child care at shelter for domestic violence survivors
Adult Literacy
- ACLAMO: ESL and computer literacy
Education
Note: Requires all clearances including criminal, child abuse and FBI clearance
- Boys and Girls Club Of Wissahickon
- ACLAMO: Latino/Hispanic after school program
- Cristo Rey: High school after school program
- Currently Trending: Tutoring for high school students at Dobbins and School of the Future
- McClure Elementary: Tutoring bilingual students in reading and writing
- Mighty Writers: Mentoring and writing assignments for kids 6 – 12th grade
- St. Francis deSales Elementary: English language tutoring and computer coding
Disability
- Level: 1:1 student mentoring for Villanova students with disabilities
- Special Olympics Athlete Practices (SPO): 1:1 and group training with disabled athletes
Ex-Offenders
- Sisters Returning HOME: Literacy skills assistance for women ex-offenders
Prison Literacy
- Chester County Prison and SCI Phoenix Prison: Inmate volunteer programs
Spring Only
- Vested: Technology and engineering programs for future engineers in underserved communities