Service-Learning Opportunities in...

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY SCIENCE

On-Campus Opportunities:

• Spend time weekly with residents of Bethany Village, Seidle Hospital and Messiah Village.
• Explore the therapeutic effects of horseback riding with CATRA
• Volunteer with special needs adults at the Paxton Ministry Home or Best Buddies.
• Spend time in the life of a child/youth through ministry opportunities, hanging out and being a mentor through Abba’s Place, New Hope Ministries Kids Club, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, or Young Life.
• Connect with students concerned bout their body image and eating disorders through Healthy Reflections and the Capital Area Pregnancy Center.
• Promote sexual abstinence until marriage in area schools and youth groups through I’m Worth Waiting For.

Post-Graduate Opportunities:

• Guest house manager for a missionary kid school or those traveling in that country (minimal language skills a plus)
• Serve as student residence parents: substitute for children’s own parents who work in translation elsewhere. They maintain a home which may accommodate just a few children or as many as 15.
• Be a group house manager. A group house is a home away from home for Wycliffe members and visitors in another land.
• Conduct marriage seminars
• Work with Mission Year