Lasallian Community members will participate in 20+ hours of service in the Fall Semester. The exact community engagement/service sites for Fall 2021 are TBD.
Past Community Engagement Partners include:
DE LA SALLE ACADEMY - 1380 Galaxy Way, Concord - Opened in 2014, De La Salle Academy is a middle school for 5th-8th grade boys of academic promise from low-income families in the Greater Concord area. The school is grounded in the belief that a well-ordered and rigorous education is a key to breaking the cycle of poverty. Such an education can prepare students to live meaningful and productive lives and to recognize and fulfill their obligation to contribute to the well-being of the larger community. By focusing on students during their formative years, De La Salle Academy helps boys to lay a foundation upon which to build future success.
MONUMENT CRISIS CENTER - 1990 Market Street, Concord - Founded in 2003, Monument Crisis Center is a community-based non-profit family resource center for Central and East Contra Costa County. The center offers nutritious food, quality resources and referrals to low-income individuals and families in order to help them become stable and secure in their community. The center also offers a Teen Center and tutoring programs.
FOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA AND SOLANO - 4010 Nelson Avenue, Concord - Started in 1975, the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano stores and distributes donated and purchased perishable and nonperishable food items. They distribute food directly to low-income people at community sites and make food available for other nonprofit organizations serving the ill, needy and children. The Food Bank works to reduce food waste, feed hungry people and raise public awareness of issues related to food and hunger.
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL ALAMEDA COUNTY - 2272 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland - The mission of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Alameda County is to provide relief and support to those in need through person-to-person assistance and collective action guided by Vincentian principles of fellowship.
GAELPANTRY - On-Campus - The GaelPantry is a food pantry open to all SMC students. It is one of many food pantries located on college campus that are meeting the unfortunate reality for many college students: food insecurity. Food insecurity can hit anyone at any time throughout any phase of life. The GaelPantry is a tangible way that SMC, through the Mission & Ministry Center, is providing better systems of food security on campus.
