Give Back to Your Community
Volunteering allows you to connect to your community and make it a better place. Dedicating your time as a volunteer also helps you make new friends, expand your network, and boost your social skills.
At Penn State Scranton, we understand the importance of volunteerism so we offer a number of ways for our students to get involved and contribute to the community. We welcome opportunities to help make our communities stronger while building student connections and skills.
Volunteer Events
All Penn State students can check out the Volunteer Portal in Engage to view upcoming volunteer events. Some of the organizations where students assisted in the past include:
- Friends of the Poor
- Gino Merli Center
- Greater Carbondale YMCA
- Griffin Pond Animal Shelter
- Keystone Mission
- St. Francis of Assisi Soup Kitchen
- Steamtown Marathon
- United Neighborhood Center
- United Way
Service in Student Clubs
We have 21 recognized student clubs and organizations on campus that have committed to volunteering and serving in our community. Here are a few of the places where our student organizations have donated their time and effort:
- Campus Food Pantry
- Campus Pediatrics Fair
- Dunmore Daycare Center
- Four Diamonds Foundation
- Greater Scranton YMCA
- Samaritan Purse
- Shree Swaminarayan Mandir
- St. Stanislaus Cathedral
Alternative Spring Break
Penn State Students use their spring break week to help families whose homes were devastated by natural disasters. The campus partnered with Community Collaborations International in past years for help victims in Texas and North Carolina. The Spring 2020 Break trip to Puerto Rico has been postponed due to the Covin-19 pandemic.
2 Findings based on the 2017 Penn State Student Affairs Research and Assessment Office’s Student Experience Survey.
3 Findings based on the Employee Volunteer Survey (Jan./Feb. 2019)
