Service Opportunities

Many service organizations have greatly minimized the opportunity for volunteer engagement due to Covid-19.  And while the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank has also enacted new volunteer protocols, there are still a number of types of ways you may volunteer with them.  And all service hours will be counted as magis hours.
 
Among the varieties of service possible are:
 
Work in the repack center.  This involves packing boxes of food for distribution
 
Home Delivery-taking food directly to those in need
 
Gleaning-working on local farms to harvest the produce left after the machines have done their work
 
Drive-up Distribution-this involves working at the sites of the large scale distributions of food that have made the news recently
 
The link below will take you to their site.  You will want to click on the “Get Involved” and “Covid-19” menu selections.
 
 
https://www.pittsburghfoodbank.org/
 

The development of our students into young men and women in the service of others is an integral part of the mission of Bishop Canevin High School.  In gratitude for all God’s blessings and gifts, and in the spirit of St. Ignatius of Loyola, students are encouraged to complete their required service hours Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam – For the Greater Glory of God. Every BCHS student is required to complete 25 hours of service each year.  Ten of these hours must be Magis hours, in which students provide hands-on service to individuals in need. 

The benefits of this type of service are not only to the persons being served, but to the students as well since they experience a sense of being truly needed while they encounter individuals who are poor, marginalized, or disadvantaged.  Through their Magis hour service, students are able to act as Christ’s hands and feet here on earth and to see the face of Christ in others. 

Opportunities to earn service hours will be announced at school, listed in the weekly email to parents, and posted on the school website.  In addition, many athletic teams and extra-curricular activity groups organize service opportunities for their members. Students’ home parishes and Catholic grade schools are a great source of service opportunities and we encourage students to volunteer there to maintain their ties to their faith community.  Student help is often needed for fish fries, festivals, bingo, and other parish or school events.  Many of our students complete their required 25 hours of service (and beyond) during the summer months.

Please contact Joe Romano, Dean of Students, at romanoj@bishopcanevin.org with any questions about Bishop Canevin High School’s service hour policies.