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Community Service
Alpha Phi Omega
Alpha Phi
Omega is a coeducational National Service Fraternity, established at Albion
College in 1991. Our threefold program consists of Leadership, Friendship, and
Service. Our goal is developing leadership among our officers and members,
promoting friendship with all those we come into contact with, and providing
service to humanity. Our membership is open to all students who have a desire to
provide service through programs on campus and in the Albion community.
Best Buddies
Best Buddies is an international nonprofit organization whose
mission is to match college students and members of the
community who have intellectual disabilities in one-on-one friendships. Members make a commitment to spend time with
their buddies on a weekly basis in addition to attending
monthly group outings. Best Buddies is rewarding in that its
members have the opportunity to truly make a difference in
the life of another person. Many of the community buddies
have few other friends. These friendships boost buddies self-esteem in
addition to making them feel special. College students gain a friend and a
better understanding of how life is for those people who have intellectual
disabilities.
Child Ready Educational Activities Transforming the Environment (CREATE)
CREATE provides fun, educational activities for children of the community that
enhances their knowledge of the world around them with regard to environmental
and cultural aspects. CREATE works to unite student members with children
from the Albion community through weekly after school programs at the Whitehouse
Nature Center.
Habitat For Humanity
Habitat For Humanity works in conjunction with the Greater
Albion Habitat for Humanity to provide low-cost housing to
families who display a need. This is done through the building
and renovation of homes in Albion and the surrounding area.
This organization provides a wonderful opportunity to serve
the community and work side by side with its residents.
Service Project Appalachia
Service
Project Appalachia provides students with an active and challenging spring break
that benefits needy communities. The group spends the fall and winter
fundraising to keep our costs down and when spring break rolls around we're off
to the Appalachian mountain region. Our main focus is to help low income
families by doing light construction work on their homes. We have a wonderful
time getting to know not only each other, but the people and communities we
visit.
STRIVE
Students Together Raising Integrity, Values, and Excellence
(STRIVE) consists of Albion College students and professors
who work together throughout the year to facilitate and
mentor small groups of Albion Middle School students. In this
way, a positive community connection is created, as
leadership opportunities for middle school students are
fostered, and the city of Albion is enhanced.
Student Volunteer Bureau
Student Volunteer Bureau (SVB) is composed of a student
director and nine coordinators who are responsible for
supporting and supplying services to existing volunteer
programs and assisting in developing new ones. These
programs extend into the community of Albion, as well as at
the college itself. SVB is also part of the national Campus
Outreach Opportunity League (COOL), Youth Service
America, and Michigan Campus Compact. Volunteering adds
a special dimension to campus life and is an important factor
in creating a liberal arts education.
Wayfarers International Group for Service
(WINGS)
Wayfarers International Group for Service (WINGS) actively
seeks projects which create the opportunity for our skills to
benefit others and for the experience to enrich our lives as
well. We are dedicated to the ideal of service and service
learning. Intended as an alternative break, the projects
undertaken by WINGS will occur outside the boundaries of
the United States. These projects may include, but are not
limited to, direct aid to people through the building and
refinishing of homes to more environmental concerns. WINGS
makes one excursion a year, generally during Albion College's
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