Guardian Angels
Supporting Student Outreach
By James Bendele, Guardian Angels Moderator
The Guardian Angels are a group of students who volunteer their time doing different service projects throughout the year, usually once a month. The number of members has skyrocketed to almost 100 this year. Each project we do is done on Saturday mornings.
To view slideshow, click on the image in the upper right-hand corner. Photo in the bus courtesy of Tracie Andrews, Advancement Associate for Communications. All other photos courtesy of Jonathon Martinez '12.
Usually, there are 10 to 12 students attending each project. The highest number of attendants is 25!
The following is a list of projects we have done.
- Catholic Charities (Yard work)
- Catholic Worker House (Building maintenance and help in soup kitchen)
- Mission San Juan (Beatification project)
- San Antonio Food Bank (Prepare food baskets)
- St. Peter-St. Joseph’s Children’s Home (Yard work for the elderly)
- St. Vincent De Paul Soup Kitchen (Feed breakfast to the homeless)
- Youth Alternative’s Thrift Shop (Organize donations)
- Madonna Neighborhood Center (Playground repairs)
- Stone Oak Senior Care Center (Grounds cleanup and visit with elderly)
- Government Canyon State Park (Beatification project)
Habitat Houses
Each year, we select a group of Guardian Angels to go to a local Habitat for Humanity project and help paint or build the house.
Blood Drives
We schedule at least three blood drives throughout the year with about 25-35 volunteers. This is good considering students in athletics can’t give blood during their respective seasons.
Drives
We have two main drives throughout the year:
- Thanksgiving: During the Thanksgiving drive, we take food to adopted parishes such as Holy Rosary, St. Mary Magdalene and St. Ann.
Click here to read article by Kevin Fornari '13. - Lent: We raise money to support Marianist missions. Over the past two years, we have raised over one thousand dollars for the Marianist missions in India and Mexico.
Life Chain
Each October, we help with this project. Students volunteer their time and go to a specified location to preach that life is something to be valued and not be taken for granted.
Recycling
We are also in charge of recycling on and around campus.
For more information, please contact James Bendele, Guardian Angles Moderator, (210) 225-6794, Ext. 318, or click here to email him.
