Kernodle Center for Civic Life

Eighteen incoming first-year students explored a variety of service opportunities and got to know Alamance County as part of a summer experience through the Kernodle Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement.

An annual campaign coordinated by the Office of Sustainability diverted thousands of usable furnishings and food from landfills this spring and into the coffers of regional charities that help people in need.

The assistant vice president for student life co-authored a chapter on the underside of service-learning for the SAGE Sourcebook on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement

A campus canned food drive on May 29, 2015, collected 2,274 pounds of food to benefit Allied Churches of Alamance County.

Four graduating seniors will work with Alamance County health organizations through a new community initiative that encourages students to pursue a year of service following their collegiate studies.

Dozens of Elon University students, staff and faculty volunteered at a halfday program on April 24, 2015, that welcomed 375 athletes to campus for competition in the Jerry and Jeanne Robertson Track and Field Complex.

S.H.A.R.E. enables students involved with Elon Volunteers! to play with shelter animals every weekend at the Burlington Pet Adoption Center. A new segment of the program, Animal Protection Alliance, also allows students to learn more about animal issues and awareness. 

The Allied Churches of Alamance County has been collecting food donations through their "Stamp Out Hunger" campaign. They need help unloading these donations on May 11th.