Student Leaders: Urban Involvement
Urban Involvement Partnerships
BREAD OF LIFE MISSION Top
Time: Second and Third Saturdays, 6:00-8:30 PM, other times as arranged
Serve lunch or dinner at Bread of Life Mission, building friendships with homeless men and women.
Link: Bread of Life Mission
Contact: Sadie Galbreath (sadiefay@spu.edu)
EMPOWERING YOUTH AND FAMILIES OUTREACH Top
Time: Tuesday, 3:20-6:00 PM
Relationship building is the key to tutoring with EYFO. Volunteers are given the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of school children in South Seattle. Tutors are matched one-on-one with a student, helping with homework and reading. Tutors may work with elementary or middle school students.
Contact: Lena McClenney (mccleh@spu.edu) or Samantha Lane(lanes1@spu.edu)
FIRST COVENANT CHURCH STREET FEED Top
Time: Friday, 5:00-8:30 PM
Volunteers will help prepare and serve a weekly burrito meal for homeless and street-involved youth, while building community with visitors.
Link: First Covenant Church
Contact: Marissa Johnson (johnsm24@spu.edu)
MARY'S PLACE DAY CENTER Top
Time: Thursday, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Volunteers will help with a variety of tasks and activities, building friendships with female visitors to Mary's Place Day Center, serving homeless and formerly-homeless women. NOTE: This program is limited to female volunteers only.
Link: Mary's Place
Contact: Michelle Allen (mlallen@spu.edu)
MEKONG KIDS Top
Time: Tuesday, Thursday, 2:30-5:30 PM, Wednesday 6:00-8:00 PM
Mekong tutors will be matched with a Graham Hill Elementary School student for individual attention focused on WASL preparation and success. Mekong serves students from a variety of ethic and social backgrounds, many of whom are enrolled in English Language Learners classes at the elementary school.
Link: Urban Impact
Contact: Katie Sullivan (ktsulli@spu.edu)
NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE Top
Time: Monday, 3:00-6:30 PM
Neighborhood House is an elementary school tutoring program located in White Center. Volunteers will develop a unique relationship with one or two children in this diverse environment.
Watch a video from the 2009-2010 volunteers at Neighborhood House.
Link: Neighborhood House
Contact: Jessica Sallstrom (sallsj@spu.edu)
SACRED HEART SHELTER Top
Time: TBD
Sacred Heart Shelter provides safe, transitional housing in a home-like atmosphere to homeless families and single women as they seek to address the issues that have resulted in homelessness. SPU volunteers shop for groceries, then prepare and eat dinner with residents of Sacred Heart Shelter. Sacred Heart allows students to explore Christ's view of equality by sharing a meal with individuals from different life experiences.
Link: Sacred Heart Shelter
Contact: Kelsey Hertel (hertek@spu.edu)
UNION GOSPEL MISSION KIDS’ CLUB Top
Time: Thursday, 5:00-7:30 PM
Volunteers provide childcare and play with children of mothers in transitional housing as moms participate in Bible study. Fun activities may be incorporated into this time with the kids, such as singing, crafts, snacks and story time.
Link: Union Gospel Women and Children's Shelter
Contact: Rachael Cherryhomes (cherrr@spu.edu)
UNION GOSPEL MISSION: WHITE CENTER Top
Time: Wednesday, 3:15-5:30 PM
Volunteers support Union Gospel Mission’s middle school program, serving as mentors and teachers of hip hop dance in the program’s afterschool activities.
Link: Union Gospel Mission White Center
Contact: Amanda Detchman (detcha@spu.edu)
UNION GOSPEL MISSION YOUTH REACHOUT CENTER (YROC) TUTORING Top
Time: Thursday, 3:15 - 5:30 PM
Volunteers will encounter invaluable and memorable cross-cultural experiences while tutoring and building relationships with children in Seattle’s Rainier Valley at Union Gospel Mission's Youth Reach Out Center . Volunteers spend time either one-on-one with a certain child or in a classroom setting with a specific age group helping with homework. In the process, volunteers become great friends and mentors to the students.
Link: Union Gospel Mission Youth Reachout Center
Contact: Courtney Pyle (pylec@spu.edu)
WHITE CENTER REMIX Top
Time: Thursday, 5:30-9:00 PM
Volunteers serve as mentors, friends, and role models for middle school students from a diverse array of family, cultural, and economic backgrounds in a fun, weekly youth group. There will also be opportunities to take your commitment deeper by starting a small group, tutoring, and going to camps, retreats, or special events.
Link: White Center Remix
Contact: Annie Valenziano (valena1@spu.edu)
WORLD RELIEF CULTURAL COMPANIONS Top
Time: Tuesday, 1:45-5:30 PM
Spend time with a recently-arrived refugee family supported by World Relief. Volunteers will help as conversation partners, tutors, cultural guides, and American friends to newcomers from across the globe.
Link: World Relief
Contact: Lisa Sorey (soreyl@spu.edu)