Calling All Fordham Volunteers!

Fordham University’s motto “Men and Women for Others” inspires countless students, faculty and staff members to volunteer their time for charitable causes.
Now we’ve got a chance to show the rest of New York City just how charitable they are.

According to Sandra Lobo Jost, director of Fordham’s Dorothy Day Center for Service and Justice, the University has joined the Mayor’s College Challenge Initiative, which is a competition between New York City universities and colleges to see who can rack up the most service hours.

“Anyone who is volunteering for a non-profit 501(c)(3) within New York City can log into the mayor's website, create and account and register their hours, which is then recorded on the website instantly,” she said.

“I believe Fordham could easily rise to the top of the list (we are number 9 right now), if we could only get the word out to the Fordham family and get them to log on their hours!”

The challenge runs through March 30. For more information, visit http://www.nycservice.org/college_challenge.php or contact Sandra Lobo Jost at 718-817-4510

—Patrick Verel

Blood Center Thanks Fordham

Dear Fordham University Students, Faculty and Staff:

I would like to thank the students and faculty at Fordham University for their blood drive with New York Blood Center (NYBC) on Friday, October 10. We registered 60 people and collected at total of 63 units of blood, including 55 pints of whole blood and 8 units of red blood cells. This is capable of saving the lives of more than 165 people! Thank you again for helping the people of New York, and for giving the gift of life.

Respectfully,

Rob Purvis
Executive Vice President
New York Blood Center