Community Service
Bellarmine is dedicated to community service. Sophomores must complete a total of ten hours of community service and they must also participate in a Habitat for Humanity build with their Community Period. Additionally, a community service class is required for graduation. Several community service clubs are active on campus such as Habitat for Humanity and Key Club, and there is a sophomore retreat offered that involves several hours of community service.
In 1993 Bellarmine began a tradition of housing temporarily homeless families in academic buildings during non-school hours for a small span of the year. Bellarmine provides these persons dinner, breakfast, and overnight accommodations with the help of student volunteers.
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Famous quotes containing the words community and/or service:
“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.”
—Aldo Leopold (1886–1948)
“In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)