Kernodle Center for Civic Life

The $4,000 Community Partnership Initiative Grant not only helped students at Eastlawn Elementary School in Burlington, North Carolina, expand their school's garden, but it also helped teach valuable lessons.

This partnership provides students with various opportunities to directly support those who have been impacted by domestic violence. Sometimes all it takes is one person to make a lasting impact on someone else's life.

A first-year English class and students from Alamance Community College shared their profiles with each other and attendees during the Nov. 12 event.

The competition brought together 16 colleges or universities to propose action to address food insecurity and promote deliberative problem-solving.

Advocates for coalition shared their stories about becoming homeless and how they overcame challenges associated with homelessness.

In this edition of #ElonTBT, we celebrate a history of service at the university, specifically its efforts to charter one of the nation's first campus chapters of Habitat for Humanity.

During Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, Elon Dining and Campus Kitchen are collaborating to help fight food insecurity in Alamance County. Donate five canned goods at Lakeside Dining Hall and receive a free meal. In addition, the Faces of Homelessness Panel will be Monday, Nov. 11.

Through Elon Volunteers!, Emma Greenberg '20 has been a leader on Elon's campus. She has turned her sixth-grade passion into action, through her involvement with both Elon Buddies and Special Olympics.

Elon students, in collaboration with Elon Volunteers! and the American Red Cross, hosted the Fall Blood Drive on Tuesday, Oct. 29, to collect donations for neighbors in need. 

Through Fall Alternative Break programs offered by the Kernodle Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement, students headed to both ends of the state of North Carolina to serve communities in need during Fall Break.