2015 Winter Service Week Sites
Winter Service Week (WSW), organize each year by the Office of Campus Ministry at Canisius, provides current students with the opportunity to participate in one-week, domestic service immersion experiences. These experiences enable our students to live simply, to be in solidarity with the communities in which they serve, to stand with the marginalized and to deeper engage in their relationship with God. 
Syracuse Northside CYO | Cost: $225 per student
Students will partner with the Catholic Charities CYO in Syracuse, NY where they will work within a combination of five CYO programs: refugee resettlement, helping in classrooms, assisting with an after school program, and taking part in an evening respite program for disabled teens and refugees.
Erie Benedictines | Cost: $200 per student
On this service-immersion experience, students will live in the Benedictine Monastery and work, eat, and pray with the Benedictine sisters who live there. The sisters operate a variety of local services for the community and students will work side-by-side with them in their soup kitchen, senior citizen residence, and after school program.
Ndakinna Education Center | Cost: $250 per student
The Ndakinna Education Center is located just outside of Saratoga Spring, NY. While there, students will volunteer their time and gain a better appreciation for the region's rich cultural and natural histories. Learning experiences at the Ndakinna Education Center include Northeast American history and culture, nature awareness, land stewardship, basic wilderness survival and team building and youth programming facilitation.
Borderlands of Food Justice / Cost: $100 per student
Canisius students will gain a better understanding of contemporary issues facing farmworkers and ways to be allies. Students will meet year-round farmworkers in the area, act as conversation partners during an ESL class, meet with youth leaders, and discuss their observations with local experts. Students will visit farms to witness winter conditions.
St. Bernard’s Project: Hurricane Sandy (NYC) / Cost: $400 per student
Student participants will live in a church in Brooklyn and participate in a variety of hands-on service opportunities with St. Bernard's Project.
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