There are so many ways to give back at BC—from service immersion trips to regular placements in local schools and nonprofits. Many programs are accompanied by opportunities to reflect and learn from the experience.
Explore Service Opportunities
4Boston
<p>4Boston is BC's largest weekly service organization. Volunteers serve with community partners and engage in group reflection centered on community, social justice, and spirituality.</p>
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Appa Volunteers
<p>Appa Volunteers is a service-immersion program committed to working with under-resourced populations in the United States via shared service and direct encounter.</p>
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Arrupe International Encounters
<p>Arrupe International, named for the late Pedro Arrupe, S.J., is a faith, peace and justice program that creates a culture of encounter, inviting students to a faith that seeks global justice. </p>
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Eagle Volunteers
<p>Eagle Volunteers work with students in local schools assisting classroom work, providing tutoring support, being a pen pal, or putting together packages for children spending time in hospitals.</p>
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Habitat for Humanity
<p>BC’s campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity supports housing construction and rehabilitation efforts in the Greater Boston area.</p>
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Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice
<p>Coordinated by the Ignatian Solidarity Network, the Teach-In brings together Jesuit colleges, high schools, parishes, and others to learn, reflect, pray, network, and advocate together.</p>
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Jamaica Magis
<p>Jamaica Magis allows BC students to live and serve in solidarity with people in Jamaica who have faced social, political, and economic oppression. </p>
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Jamaica Mustard Seed
<p>Jamaica Mustard Seed is a service trip to Jamaica held over spring break during which a team of BC students volunteers at Mustard Seed Communities, a nonprofit ministry committed to caring for the country’s most vulnerable.</p>
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Magis Civil Rights
<p>The Magis Civil Rights Immersion Trip is a six-day tour through the South with stops at major sites related to the civil rights movement.</p>
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Prison Arts Outreach
<p>The Prison Arts Outreach program offers students interested in the arts and prison reform opportunities to lead art workshops at a women’s prison in Framingham, Mass.</p>
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Rebuilding Together Boston
<p>Each semester, students partner with a local nonprofit to help renovate a house belonging to people unable to pay for essential repairs.</p>
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Relay for Life
<p>Relay For Life is an overnight fundraising event where participants honor those who have been affected by cancer. </p>
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