Community Engagement Opportunities
Over 80% of Centre students participate in community engagement. To learn more, email communityengagement@indiandonkey.com
Here are just a few of the many opportunities you might explore:
Alpha Phi Omega
Alpha Phi Omega is a co-ed service organization that sponsors such activities as Box Sleep-Out, Random Acts of Kindness, and Adopt-A-Highway is a co-ed service organization that sponsors such activities as Box Sleep-Out, Random Acts of Kindness, and Adopt-A-Highway.
Blood Drives
Centre hosts regular on-campus blood drives to help community members donate to the Kentucky Blood Center.
Delve into Danville
The Delve into Danville orientation program introduces First-Year students to all that downtown Danville has to offer. Students tour small businesses, non-profit organizations, and the local Farmer's Market. The program is designed to increase students' sense of belonging and connect them with the community they will call home for the next four years.
ESL After-School Program
ESL after-school program is a student initiated and operated after-school program for children of local migrant families who use English as a second language.
Food Recovery Network
Food Recovery Network is a student-led movement fighting food waste and food insecurity in the United States. Centre's chapter partners with Parkhurst Dining to turn surplus food into soup for Soup's On Us, a nonprofit food program serving people facing hunger in Danville.
Greek Organizations
Greek organizations at Centre can be found helping in campus events and volunteering in Danville and the surrounding communities. Learn more about Greek Life.
MLK Day of Service
The only federal holiday designated as a National Day of Service, volunteer at one of several local nonprofit community partners to honor the legacies of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King.
Poverty and Homelessness Week
A week-long series of events to raise awareness about poverty and homelessness at the state, national, and global level. Students may contact communityengagement@indiandonkey.com to learn how to get involved.
Service Council
The Service Council convenes representatives from service-based student organizations monthly to encourage communication, collaboration, and leadership on campus and in the broader community. For more information, contact servicecouncil@indiandonkey.com