Day of Service

On September 15th, Philadelphia University held a Day of Service.

www.philau.edu/DayofService

Classes were cancelled & students were invited to join one of many different service projects organized through the university.

The textile design department hosted two different in-house projects throughout the day.

Students worked in the knitting lab. producing dozens of red scarves. These will be donated to the Red Scarf Project, an 'initiative to warm the hearts (and necks) of college-bound foster youth'. The scarves will be sent to these students as a part of Valentine's Day care packages. 

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Even the University President had a go on a knitting machine.

Students also worked in the screen printing lab. printing t-shirts for the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program - Finding Home Project. The Finding Home mural project is part of the Porch Light Initiative, a collaboration between the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program and the City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health that illuminates important struggles and offers hope for recovery. 

www.muralarts.org