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DO YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD? Start here. faith-Based service and Learning judson college - marion, alabama for more information, please contact susan jones at [email protected] or 334.683.5276.

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DO YOU WANT TOCHANGE THE WORLD?

Start here.

faith-Based service and Learningjudson college - marion, alabama

for more information, please contact susan jones

at [email protected] or 334.683.5276.

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Poverty is a reality for many residents of Perry County, the home of Judson College. Nearly one-third of the county’s population - and almost half of its children - live in poverty.

As an institution committed to following the example of Christ in word and deed, Judson College is compelled to address the needs of its neighbors. The College formalized its long commitment to service in 2005 with the establishment of the Office of Faith-Based Service and Learning.

More than eighty percent of Judson’s students participate in community service each year through the Faith-Based Service and Learning program, engaging with human need in a way that builds faith, improves learning, promotes lifelong service, and provides meaningful help to individuals, families, and communities.

Judson students have taken part in community health screenings, distributed food and clothing, mentored children and teenagers, created a local nature preserve, and helped build homes for their neighbors.

As a result of these and other efforts, Judson has been recognized as a national leader in service learning and civic engagement by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, the Corporation for National and Community Service, and the US Department of Education.

Faith-based service and learning helped me combine the passion

i felt in the classroom with the compassion i felt for the community.

-Ashley, Class of 2011