| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 57.65 |
| Liaison | Michelle Seppala Gibbs |
| Submission Date | March 6, 2020 |
Hope College
EN-13: Community Service
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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1.97 / 5.00 |
Michelle
Gibbs Director Office of Sustainability |
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Part 1. Percentage of students participating in community service
Yes
Total number of students:
3,057
Number of students engaged in community service:
2,000
Percentage of students engaged in community service:
65.42
Part 2. Community service hours per student
No
Total number of student community service hours contributed annually:
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Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:
0
Part 3. Employee community service program
Yes
A brief description of the institution’s program to support employee volunteering:
In the Hope College Employee Handbook it states:
20. COMMUNITY OUTREACH
https://hope.edu/offices/human-resources/employee/handbooks-policies/faculty.html#community-outreach
Hope College sponsors, maintains and staffs a number of educational programs for children of the community. These constitute a significant service to the Holland community and serve to enhance the College’s reputation in the community, as well as the community’s acceptance of and support for the College. The following are the most significant of these programs and also those of longest standing: PATH, CASA, Upward Bound, ExploreHope
Other important events include: Hope hosts an annual event of "Day of Service" in which it brings together students, faculty, and staff when they spend a day serving others all around the globe, sharing the spirit of compassion and giving that is present during our years on campus.
According to an Economic Impact Study completed in 2011, "In a year, Hope employees and students spend more than 127,000 hours in service to the local community, the equivalent of one person working around the clock for over 14 years."
http://www.hope.edu/news/2011/11/02/hope-college-economic-impact.pdf
Also various departments will pick a activity for their team to do an example is from February 2018 - "As part of a recent community service project, Physical Plant employees teamed up to assemble more than 570 supper packs for Kids’ Food Basket!" https://www.kidsfoodbasket.org/locations/holland/
20. COMMUNITY OUTREACH
https://hope.edu/offices/human-resources/employee/handbooks-policies/faculty.html#community-outreach
Hope College sponsors, maintains and staffs a number of educational programs for children of the community. These constitute a significant service to the Holland community and serve to enhance the College’s reputation in the community, as well as the community’s acceptance of and support for the College. The following are the most significant of these programs and also those of longest standing: PATH, CASA, Upward Bound, ExploreHope
Other important events include: Hope hosts an annual event of "Day of Service" in which it brings together students, faculty, and staff when they spend a day serving others all around the globe, sharing the spirit of compassion and giving that is present during our years on campus.
According to an Economic Impact Study completed in 2011, "In a year, Hope employees and students spend more than 127,000 hours in service to the local community, the equivalent of one person working around the clock for over 14 years."
http://www.hope.edu/news/2011/11/02/hope-college-economic-impact.pdf
Also various departments will pick a activity for their team to do an example is from February 2018 - "As part of a recent community service project, Physical Plant employees teamed up to assemble more than 570 supper packs for Kids’ Food Basket!" https://www.kidsfoodbasket.org/locations/holland/
Does the institution track the number of employee community service hours contributed through programs it sponsors?:
No
Total number of employee community service hours contributed annually through programs sponsored by the institution:
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Hope students, employees and alumni served others by volunteering in their communities as part of Day of Service. Hope faculty, staff and students served around West Michigan. Alumni were invited to serve others where they are, at a location of their choosing. In this way, the Hope community spent a day serving others all around the globe, sharing the spirit of compassion and giving that is present during our years on campus.
Photos from 2020 can be found at: https://hope.edu/news/2020/campus-life/hope-serves-2020.html
2019 Photos: https://hope.edu/news/2019/campus-life/time-to-serve-2019-photos.html
https://hope.edu/news/2019/campus-life/hundreds-of-hope-students-to-spend-day-volunteering.html
The “Time to Serve” program is designed to help new students learn about service while helping and getting to know their community and becoming better acquainted with one another. The project began in the fall of 2000 with 10 projects and about 100 participants, and had grown to 24 projects and 300 students a year later. In October 2001, “Time to Serve” 2000 received a 2001 Distinguished Service Award from Keep Michigan Beautiful Inc. during the group’s annual conference.
In 2018 and 2019 our Hope College student groups Kniting Club and Hope United for Justice hosted a Craft-A-Thon where they made hats, scarves, etc... for Holland Rescue Mission. https://hollandrescue.org/
Hope College also offers opportunities for giving and sharing with our community throughout the year with annual events such as: Angel Christmas Tree (gifts for local children), Soles 4 Souls, multiple food drives, water collection events for Flint, collection events for Puerto Rico, coat drives, backpack drives, and Donations of Hope our Annual Move-Out collection event.
Our staff and students are always so supportive.
Photos from 2020 can be found at: https://hope.edu/news/2020/campus-life/hope-serves-2020.html
2019 Photos: https://hope.edu/news/2019/campus-life/time-to-serve-2019-photos.html
https://hope.edu/news/2019/campus-life/hundreds-of-hope-students-to-spend-day-volunteering.html
The “Time to Serve” program is designed to help new students learn about service while helping and getting to know their community and becoming better acquainted with one another. The project began in the fall of 2000 with 10 projects and about 100 participants, and had grown to 24 projects and 300 students a year later. In October 2001, “Time to Serve” 2000 received a 2001 Distinguished Service Award from Keep Michigan Beautiful Inc. during the group’s annual conference.
In 2018 and 2019 our Hope College student groups Kniting Club and Hope United for Justice hosted a Craft-A-Thon where they made hats, scarves, etc... for Holland Rescue Mission. https://hollandrescue.org/
Hope College also offers opportunities for giving and sharing with our community throughout the year with annual events such as: Angel Christmas Tree (gifts for local children), Soles 4 Souls, multiple food drives, water collection events for Flint, collection events for Puerto Rico, coat drives, backpack drives, and Donations of Hope our Annual Move-Out collection event.
Our staff and students are always so supportive.
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