Standbridge College announces the quarterly Favorite Charity Contest where students, faculty and staff are encouraged to submit their favorite charity and why the Stanbridge community should contribute to its mission. This quarter, Stanbridge College would like to support the town of Joplin, Missouri as it recovers from the devastating tornado hits in May. Please post […]
For the second consecutive year, Stanbridge College has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service. The Honor Roll recognizes exemplary service to America’s communities and is the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and […]
In April and May, Stanbridge College students raised $2,636.52 for ShelterBox, an international disaster relief charity that delivers emergency shelter, warmth and dignity to people affected by disaster worldwide, to provide support for the victims of the Japanese tsunami and earthquake. Nursing students participated in Jeans Week, a fundraiser that allows students to wear jeans […]
On Saturday May 21, the Stanbridge community gathered at the Lighthouse Outreach Ministries, the local outreach ministry of Mariners Church in Irvine, California, to help serve our homeless with lunch. In addition to volunteering time and effort, Stanbridge College provided funds to host the event as well as one-day bus passes to the people in […]
Nursing Skills Week included Disaster Preparedness Exercises. One of the missions of Orange County is to enhance the emergency preparedness and response capabilities of the public through advanced registration, organization and training of volunteer health professionals. Our nursing students went through multiple demonstrations along side active volunteer health professionals. Stanbridge College nursing students were given […]
Stanbridge College students volunteered at Someone Cares Soup Kitchen, preparing and serving a warm meal to homeless people in Orange County. The meal, made fresh every day, is nutritious and tasty including vegetable soup, lettuce and fruit salads, hearty and filling side dishes, breads and muffins, desert, milk and water. Stanbridge College volunteers prepared and […]
Stanbridge College students, faculty and staff volunteered with Habitat for Humanity to build a home in South Orange County for an underprivileged family. They helped with light construction, painting and debris cleanup. The Stanbridge College volunteers worked along side other Orange County community volunteers and the future homeowners that were extremely appreciative. Continue to REACH […]
Stanbridge nursing students participated in Orange County’s Free Clinics in the spring and fall of 2010. At the event, volunteers were able to bring their classroom skills to the public by administering free flu shots. Students learned how to work with patients, prepare and administer flu shots and take care of patient administration forms.
In some Third World countries poverty-stricken amputees known as “crawlers” slowly transport themselves by crawling on the ground each day. Their quality of life is literally reduced to what they can do on partial limbs to get from place to place. Compassionate students and staff at Stanbridge College worked with Free Wheelchair Mission to donate […]
The lives of many children hang in the balance each day around the world, especially in Africa’s poverty-stricken and war-ravaged countries. Without sponsorships through programs like World Vision, such children would be left without clean water, nutritious food and education. Multiple children in Malawi, Africa are sponsored by Stanbridge College with the assistance of World […]