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The end of all knowledge should be service to others.
The end of all knowledge should be service to others.
~ Cesar Chavez
Everybody can be great because everybody can serve. You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love.
Everybody can be great because everybody can serve. You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love.
~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Service Hours
Service Hours
Remember, each student is required to complete a minimum of 40 service hours by senior year.
DCR uses MobileServe to record service opportunities. Click here for direction on logging hours though MobileServe:
Creating a Culture of Service
Creating a Culture of Service
Service is an integral part of being a Detroit Cristo Rey student. Service is important because it offers students the opportunity to engage with the broader community. Service is love in action. All students are required to complete 40 service hours by the time they graduate. Service opportunities will be shared via email and on MobileServe.
Wolves in Service to School and Community
Ideas for Service Hours
Ideas for Service Hours
Works of Mercy
Works of Mercy
Help elderly neighbors with yard work, painting, chores.
Reach out to your grade school and volunteer to help with tutoring or reading to students.
Make cards for elderly persons in convalescent homes - we can deliver.
Visit a convalescent home and sing or play games or just engage in conversation.
Check out neighborhood organizations and garden projects. Offer to help out.
Check out local food pantries and soup kitchens. See the Service Opportunity Slide Show for links to places where you can volunteer.
Organize a food drive to support the Food Pantry at Holy Redeemer.
Collect and pack personal hygiene projects in freezer bags for people living on the streets - we can deliver to local soup kitchens.
Ask you church if there are ways for you to volunteer.
Organize a drive in the winter to collect socks, gloves, and handwarmers for people on the streets.
Works of Justice
Works of Justice
Write advocacy letters to public officials on issues that matter to you (make copies).
Research a cause you are passionate about and start a petition for change.org and then get people to sign the petition.
Join the weekly We Stand with Our Neighbors Vigil at 4 PM in Clark Park each Friday.
Create events through DCR's Youth in Action for Immigration Circle of Support
Make and post signs around the school to educate students about environmental issues.
Volunteer in the cafeteria to encourage recycling lunch products.
Make short public service announcements to share with the school on social justice issues.
Use art, music, spoken word to advocate for justice issues that matter to you.
Organize and promote a prayer service or vigil for peace and nonviolence.
Organize a student-led discussion on topics that affect students such as mental health, racism, and relationships.
Things That Do NOT Count For Service Hours
Things That Do NOT Count For Service Hours
Any work that you receive money for (ex. neighbor pays you to mow their lawn)
Chores/acts of service that you do for the benefit of your house/family (ex. mowing your own lawn)/ serving at mass/volunteering as a shadow for prospective students.
DCR Service is Rooted in the Two Feet of Catholic Social Teaching
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