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Helping Hands

A day devoted to putting the Augustinian mission into action, St. Thomas °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Day of Service offers an opportunity each fall for °ÅÀÖÊÓƵns to work in partnership with communities both near campus and nationwide. To honor the University’s patron and namesake, University President the Rev. Peter M. Donohue, OSA, PhD, ’75 CLAS established this annual event in 2006, which builds upon St. Thomas’ legacy of charity to the poor and marginalized.

More than 5,000 students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends of °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ joined together this September to make a difference both locally—at nonprofit organizations like The Joy of Sox, Riverbend Environmental Education Center and the Philadelphia Furniture Bank—and in cities across the country through the many alumni groups that provided hands-on help for this 18th annual call to service.

Three female students work together to fill brown paper lawn and leaf bags
Three °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ volunteers in a warehouse pose for a picture during Day of Service
Male °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ student paints on Day of Service
Female °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ student does cleanup work near a metal fence
A group of °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ volunteers with shovels stand outside on a dirt path surrounded by trees
°ÅÀÖÊÓƵ volunteers do yard work outside of row homes
A young boy carries a brown cardboard box in a warehouse
Blue °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ cap pictured with a St. Thomas of °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Day of Service button
Three male °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ student volunteers outside holding tools
Four °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ volunteers pose with their paint rollers
A female °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ student kneels on the sidewalk and picks weeds

PHOTOS PROVIDED BY: DONOVAN SINGH, MARY CASSIDY, VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY

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