CAS inspires commitment to community service

The Friends of the Mississippi river aim to restore, protect, and enhance the Mississippi. They aim to do activities and programs which restore and conserve the Mississippi River. Volunteers play a huge part in this program, as they come in both large and small groups to help. "I help a lot with the classes, which are in groups, but it definitely ranges. People come in groups or individually," the...

Highwood Hills Elementary is a school that works with young children by teaching them valuable skills and providing emotional and physical support "Our school focuses on the whole child, not just one aspect of them. We work with them not only with school work but we also give them a snack and talk to them about how their day is going," a representative of Highwood Hills Elementary said. Highwood H...

Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) partners with local hospitals to offer inexpensive housing to families with children receiving medical treatment so the families can stay together, minimizing the stress of separation and transportation. “Ronald McDonald House is an organization that provides a safe and warm ‘home away from home’ for families with children facing medical challenges,”...

Project for Pride in Living is a housing and social services non-profit in the Twin Cities. "Our two main focus areas are housing with services and employment readiness serving the low-income communities in St Paul," a representative for PPL said. One of the options available is to tutor individual students in an after-school youth program at four different sites in the Twin Cities. Volunteers...

Mano a Mano, or hand to hand, is a St. Paul-based organization dedicated to providing medical and school supplies to Bolivia. In 1994, Segundo and John Velasquez noticed that hospitals and clinics in Minnesota were discarding hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of medical supplies for which they had no use. Mano a Mano began collecting medical surplus and shipping them to health care providers ...

The Sanneh Foundation is a youth development program with an emphasis on soccer as a vehicle for change. At the St. Paul Academy service fair on Nov. 9, a Sanneh Foundation spokesperson said “we mainly use soccer as a catalyst for [our] programs”. Those programs include hosting after school youth soccer initiatives as well as free summer camps that are attended by nearly 10,000 kids in the Twin ...

Urban Roots is a Saint Paul organization whose mission is to empower youth through community, nature and healthy food. "We have a big variety of opportunities available to students. If you can get a group of at least six people, you can schedule a volunteer day with us," a representative of Urban Roots said. In the spring and fall, volunteer shifts are open after school from 3:30 - 6:30, an...

Audubon is a nonprofit organization that works to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, with an emphasis on birds and their habitats. The organization has three main conservation focuses: urban, river, and prairie & grassland conservation. Students can volunteer in a variety of ways. They can contact legislators about an issue they feel is important regarding birds, incorporate scientific research i...