Programs Offered for Community Members

Here in CELTS we engage students in service, but we also provide opportunities for leadership and learning. Our center serves as both operational base and service site for a host of programs. What makes our programs unique is the fact that students serve as Program Managers and staff for each of the service-based programs we host. Their responsibilities include recruiting and training volunteers, planning and executing weekly program activities, facilitating team meetings, and mentoring team members to develop the same skills. We use a leadership development model that emphasizes peer mentoring, students sharing knowledge with each other, and student leaders facilitating service and learning experiences for those they lead. Our programs exemplify the success we have with nurturing student leaders and living the practice of learning through service.

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  • Adopt-a-Grandparent Program

  • Engages in planned activities and one-on-one interaction with senior citizens during weekly visits to area nursing homes.
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  • Berea Buddies Program

  • Offers mentorship to local elementary age children for 2-4 hours of individualized activity with a Berea College student on a weekly basis.
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  • Habitat for Humanity Program

  • This campus chapter of the national organization plans and organizes local builds in cooperation with the Madison County chapter.
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  • HEAL Program

  • An environmental advocacy and action program that addresses campus, local and regional sustainability issues.
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  • Hispanic Outreach Project

  • A service-learning project of CELTS and the Spanish Language Program.  Offers tutoring, ESL programs, and a variety of other opportunities to the Spanish-speaking population in Madison County.
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  • One-on-One Tutoring Program

  • Provides a safe and encouraging atmosphere for students from Kindergarten to twelfth grade that need extra help in achieving academic success.
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  • People Who Care Program

  • Coordinates weekly one-time projects at various hospitals, homeless shelters, residential facilities for children, and other institutions where students serve in various capacities.
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  • Summer Tutoring Programs

  • Gives local children needed tutoring and support during the summer to ease transitions, reinforce learning , and build academic readiness for the coming school year.
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  • Teen Mentoring Program

  • Coordinate a weekly group mentoring experience for area teens.

Click on each of the program pages above for a more detailed description of the work done by students in each program, the services offered, contact information, and to find links to forms needed for participation in each of the programs (if available).

For an easily accessible list of all forms for all programs, please click here.