November is Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Month, and to participate, CofC’s Center for Civic Engagement is hosting four service opportunities next week!
Make Fleece Scarves: Join them for a minute, five minutes, or as long as you’d like to help make easy, no-sew fleece scarves for the unhoused in our community. This pop-up service event will be on Monday, November 13th, from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. in Cougar Mall.
Assemble Food Kits: Stop by to help put emergency food kits together for those dealing with food insecurity in our community on Wednesday, November 11th, from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. in Cougar Mall.
Habitat for Humanity Build Day: Help build hope and a home for a Charleston family. Tools, food and transportation provided for this nearby Charleston Habitat for Humanity build day. This event will be on Saturday, November 18th, from 11:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Register here by Thursday, November 16th.
Clean Windwood Farm: Get your hands dirty and dig in to help spruce up Windwood Farm, a residential site that provides hope and healing to boys affected by neglect, abuse or other trauma, on Saturday, November 18th, from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Food and transportation included. Register here by Wednesday, November 15th.
For more information about the first three opportunities, email Anne McGrath at mcgratha1@cofc.edu. For more information about the Windwood Farm opportunity, email Alani Boyd at boydar@g.cofc.edu.
Did you know 41 million members of Gen Z will be eligible to vote in 2024, making this generation of the most powerful forces in local, statewide and national races? Learn more about the power of Gen Z to impact change at the Center for Civic Engagement’s first Pop-Up Service of the semester! They’ll also help you make sure your voter registration is up-to-date, help you apply for an absentee ballot (if needed) and more.
