Overview
Where to Meet
How do we get to outside locations
Need a ride?
Volunteer Events and Calendar
Weekly outreaches and volunteer
Eva's Soup Kitchen
Paterson Habitat for Humanity
Volunteer Missions Trip
Donations Drives
The Large Focus of the Club is Community Service. Mother Teresa said "Good Works are a link that form the chains of Love". We run many volunteer opportunites, some opportunities even running weekly. One does not have to be Catholic to participate in our volunteer programs, our volunteer programs are open to everyone. Various club and organization have done community services with us, including various Greek organizations and William Paterson University Clubs.
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Where to meet and how to do we get to outside locations?
Meet at the Chapel/Center for our Volunteer services and a car-pool system is set-up to the outside campus locations. Please enter through the 2nd most opposite door from the Chapel.
If for any reason,you wish you drive on your own, please call the Chapel at 973-720-3524 or Mathew Shields at 973-908-9341, so we could inform the representative organizing the event.
The Club has a club Highlander that we sometimes use for transportation, however do ask for volunteers present if they would help with the car-pooling system.
Need a Ride to the Center?
If you need a ride to the Chapel/Center, you may call the Chapel at 973-720-3524 or Advisor Matthew Shields at 973-908-9341. Pick-ups are typically in Lot 5 by the shuttle busses, but other pick-up locations may be arranged.
Catholic Campus Ministry Highlander
Running throughout the Fall and Spring Academic Semester, there are various volunteer opportunites that are ran every weekly. Meet in the Chapel/Center at the designated times entering through the 2nd opposite door of the Chapel. Call the chapel or Advisor Matthew Shields if you need a ride or you are going to be late. Sign-up by calling the Chapel at 973-720-3524 or contacting Matthew Shields at CCMC@wpunj.edu or 973-908-9341.
Also, if you enjoy these events and would like to be a coordinator , please email Matthew Shields at CCMC@wpunj.edu. A coordinator get everyone together at the Chapel, organizes the materials needed, and coordinates the activites at the outside locations.
Weekly Schedule
Mondays: Bingo with the residents of Preakness Nursing Home 6:30 PM to around 9:00 PM
Come join us as we play bingo and spend time with the residents of Preakness Nursing Home. Sometimes giving up your time and spending time with someone is the best gift you can give.
Tuesdays: Tutoring at Haledon Middle School 2:00 PM-4:00 PM
Come join us as we tutoring and spend time with the children of Haledon Middle School. The material that they are learning are simple math and science so you don't have to be a Rocket Scientists to help them. This is also a great opportunity for education majors with the goal of becoming teachers.
Wednesday: Visit the Developmentally Disabled at New Jersey Development Center 6:30 PM to around 9:00 PM
Spend time with the Developmentally Disabled at New Jersey Development Center. Just spending time with them is the best gift that you can give.
Volunteers Visiting at the New Jersey Development Center
Come with us to Eva's Soup Kitchen located in Paterson. We attend every first friday fo the month during the fall/spring academic Semesters. We meet at the Chapel/Center at 9:45 AM where breakfast is served. We get back around 1:00 PM, it depends how long it takes us to clean. We are limited to 6-8 volunteers per session. Email Advisor Matthew Shields at CCMC@wpunj.edu to sign-up. Check our Calendar of Events for specific dates.
Join us as we help build and construt houses for the who need shelter with an organization called Habitat for Humanity. We work with the Paterson, NJ division and most of the job sites are located within the heart of Paterson, N.J. We have at least 1 date set for Habitat for Humanity a Semester. Meet at the Chapel/Center early in the morning and we finish up by the 4:00 PM in the afternoon. For dates and information, email Matthew Sheilds at CCMC@wpunj.edu or check the semester calender located in our club office buletin board by Student Center 309.
One must bring their own lunch, or one can buy lunch if there is a spot to buy lunch. Please wear comfortable clothes to work with and clothes that you don't mind getting a litle bit dirty. There is no need for construction experience, they will help you on the job site. We perform various task like painting, diging, and unloading equipment.
Advisor, Matt painting the ceiling of a Habitat for Huminity House
Once a academic year, the Club tries to organize a Volunteer mission trip with support of the Student Government Association. Although details may differ per academic year, our mission is the same, spread our time and services to other parts othe country and world. Destinations will also change with year and with area's varying demand for help. Check club email updates or the Calendar of Events on this webpage for details regarding this years mission trip. You may also email President Alan Yanza, yanzaa@student.wpunj.edu and Advisor Matthew Shields, CCMC@wpunj.edu if you have any questions.
Every Academic Year, we hold a number of donation drives. Our Donation drive consist of cans, where peole can donate money for a cause. Every fall we hold a Thankgiving awareness drive, where the money in the cans goes towards providing a thanksgiving meal for those who can't afford one. Every Spring semester, we also hold Shelter the homeless drive, where the money in the cans goes towards provide shelter for those who deeply need it. Check the Calendar of Events located on this website or our semester calender located on the buletin board next to our club office Student Center 309 for specific dates to sign-out cans.
