Service Projects

Service to our local community and others in need is a tenet that is practiced throughout the entire school year at St. Joseph Catholic School. A few of the service projects we participate in are:

TAG Day: On the third Thursday of each month, students may come out of uniform by bringing 50 cents and a canned good. The canned goods are donated to MUST Ministries, and other special collections take place such as items for animal shelters, needed items for senior citizens at Christmas, and school supplies for under-privileged areas.

Advent Giving Project: Students adopt families in need and learn about them. They provide clothing items and other Chritsmas gifts for these families and help to wrap and deliver the presents.

Catholic Schools' Week: During Catholic Schools' Week each year, the entire school community participates in several service projects. Each year we make sandwiches for MUST Ministries and rosaries for our sister parish in Honduras. Also, each year a different local charity or service organization is chosen and items needed by that organization are collected and donated by our families.

Lighthouse Family Retreat: For the past five years, our school has raised money for the Lighthouse Family Retreat. Lighthouse helps children with cancer and their families by providing a place where these families can rest, regroup and become connected as a family again by sending them to the beach for a week. Each year our students seem to surpass themselves with creative projects to raise money for this most worthy cause. This past school year we had our famous Cougar Mall, a Read-a-Thon, Candy Grams, and a Snowflake Raffle just to name a few! Our school community raises enough money to send several families to the beach each year.