Episcopal Academy offers its students numerous opportunities to serve their community alongside friends, peers, and teachers throughout the entirety of the school year. These activities range from ones on Episcopal’s campus, like Science Saturdays or the Casserole Blitz, to other locations nearby, like the Hub of Hope in Center City.
Episcopal’s community service activities and programs are led by Rebecca Brinks, Episcopal’s Community Service Coordinator. She organizes many events and is the faculty advisor of the Community Service Corps, a body of students from 10th to 12th grade who strive to get 10-20 hours of community service and coordinate many service events. Here are some of the events students both on the Corps and not on the Corps can participate in to give back to the community.
Bingo at Sunrise Senior Living
Wednesday October 30 Wednesday November 20
Leave EA at 6:15 p.m. and return by 7:45 p.m. Sunrise Senior Living, Newtown Square
This is a new service opportunity.
Science Saturday with Harlem Lacrosse Middle Schoolers
Saturday, November 20
Help MS students with Science experiments here at EA. Science from 9:30 a.m. until noon followed by lunch and hospitality until 1:30 p.m.
Casserole Blitz
Saturday, November 16
10 a.m. until noon US cafeteria. Make 80 casseroles for UCHC meals
“It is really beneficial and efficient because you can get a lot done in a few hours.”- Jill McEntee ’23
Hub of Hope
Sunday, November 17
Sunday, December 8
2-7 pm Serve dinner at Center City homeless shelter.
“It is a very real community, a community like the ones we often hear about in the media, so it is eye opening service.” -Rebecca Brinks
UCHC Soup Kitchen
Every Thursday Evening
Leave EA from Middle School circle at 5 p.m. and return 7:30 p.m. (No UCHC 11/7 due to Spirit Week bonfire)
“Episcopal has been serving there for at least 25 years and the continuity of serving a community is really valuable for us as a school and the students going there.” -Rebecca Brinks
Spirit Week Snack Bag Making Extravaganza
Saturday, November 3
10 a.m. to noon. US Cafeteria Kick off Spirit Week by making 800 snack bags for area shelters
“It was a really cool opportunity because I enjoyed helping others while in the spirit of friendly competition with other grades”” – Ashley Tang ’22