{"id":291601,"date":"2026-09-22T15:38:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/291601\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T15:38:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:38:19","slug":"volunteer-and-service-fair-attracts-hundreds-of-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/291601\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer and Service Fair Attracts Hundreds of Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Rev. Bernard R. McIlhenny Ballroom bustled with activity as approximately 700 students attended the University of Scranton\u2019s annual Volunteer and Service Fair held Sept. 15 in the DeNaples Student Center.<\/p>\n<p>The fair, organized by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scranton.edu\/ministries\/center-service-social-justice\/index.shtml\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The Center for Service and Social Justice<\/a>, connects Scranton students with local nonprofit organizations seeking volunteers to support an array of meaningful causes. This year\u2019s event featured more than 60 community partners in service areas including healthcare and hospice, youth and education, social justice initiatives, food and housing insecurity and more.<\/p>\n<p>Students carried bags and information pamphlets tied to a variety of organizations and projects. The fair\u2019s popularity reflects <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scranton.edu\/about\/jesuit-tradition\/ignatian-spirituality.shtml\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Scranton\u2019s Jesuit foundations<\/a> and commitment to graduating \u201cmen and women for others.\u201d Scranton students volunteer tens of thousands of hours per year toward community service.<\/p>\n<p>For some organizations, the Royals community is crucial to maintaining and expanding helpful programs.<\/p>\n<p>Lauren Chapin, community outreach administrative officer for the Lackawanna County Area Agency on Aging, searched for potential tech tutors for a program run by Age Friendly Lackawanna. The initiative provides assistance to individuals 60 and older with smartphones, laptops and a range of other devices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re always looking for the helpers, and I think the U is a great place to start,\u201d Chapin said. \u201cThey really build a good foundation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Rev. Bernard R. McIlhenny Ballroom bustled with activity as approximately 700 students attended the University of Scranton\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[33158,10908,178,180,179,274],"class_list":["post-291601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-center-for-service-and-social-justice","tag-fair","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-the-university-of-scranton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}