The faculty, staff, parents, and students at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School have always searched out ways that they can serve others. Making a difference in the world is at the heart of our mission.
While our middle school students found myriad ways to make a difference in their communities by volunteering at least 20 hours each as part of the middle school religion curriculum, the collective Lourdes community also strives to make a difference as a whole. The entire school worked together to support cancer patients with local nonprofit Pink & Pearls, sponsoring Earth Day initiatives to plant trees and clean up the seas, through TAG (out-of-uniform) fundraising days plus providing socks for the homeless, Thanksgiving groceries, and Christmas gifts to support families in need through our parish Human Concerns ministry!
On the feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes, each of our houses worked together to serve a local nonprofit. We were grateful to bring back this experience and look forward to making a difference for years to come!
- House Fortitudo- collected and delivered supplies to Fox Elementary
- House Ancora- made game night boxes for Our Amazing Fighters, who support children affected by cancer
- House Dignatio- compiled foster and adoption kits for animals served by the Henrico Humane Society
- House Probitas- assembled blankets for Jill’s Blankets to give to cancer patients and hung homemade bird feeders around our campus
- House Ministerium- put together birthday boxes for our parish food pantry to offer to clients
- House Gratia- created recovery kits for blood donors to the American Red Cross, coordinated by our Knights of Columbus
In a world that needs so much healing in so many different ways, we are proud that our community actively seeks to make a positive difference through spreading courage, hope, respect, integrity, service, and thankfulness throughout the Richmond area.
“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45).
