Season of Caring has been renamed Wildcats Serving to reflect their expansion of service opportunities. The program will be a collaboration of Student Life, ACU Alumni Association and ACU marketing just as Season of Caring was. "This new name allows the campaign to scale beyond a certain time of year or specific group of people," said Jason ... [Read More…]
Mission Thanksgiving not over
Bob Strader is talking to me as he walks. "It's not full," Strader says. "We have a lot of great donations, but even though we've announced it in Chapel and the truck is sitting there in plain sight, people are like 'oh I didn't know that ended today.'" Strader, director of Ministry and Service, is coordinating the Season of Caring on campus ... [Read More…]
Season of Caring offers chance to give back
ACU's Season of Caring is set to kick off next week as the holidays draw near. For the rest of the semester, students, faculty and staff will have several different opportunities to pour back into the Abilene community. Bob Strader, director of Ministry and Service, shared about the four different branches of Season of Caring. First, ACU will ... [Read More…]
JMC Network Newscast – November 16, 2012
This week we take a look at the annual Veteran's Day Chapel, the ACU season of caring, and a feature on one of the members of the cycling team. Video by: Brance Armstrong, JP Festa, Caitlin Bradford Produced by: Elizabeth Weiss ... [Read More…]
Season of Caring encourages donations
Turkeys for Taylor and a donation drive for the International Rescue Committee are just two of the organizations supported by ACU's Season of Caring. Turkey's for Taylor is a fundraiser the Service Action Leadership Team has been doing since 2001. SALT partners with Taylor Elementary to provide 65 Thanksgiving meals for the families of students ... [Read More…]
Caring season begins drive
The annual opportunity for ACU students, faculty and staff to give back to the community is here with the arrival of Season of Caring. The charity drive kicked off Monday with a  Chapel announcement from Bob Strader, director of ACU Leadership Camps and Mark Hewitt, founder of Love and Care Ministries. Strader and Hewitt said the first way ... [Read More…]
Season of Caring continues to provide
Students and staff worked together to feed the hungry this Thanksgiving and are now in partnering with several ministries to bring Christmas gifts to underprivileged children throughout Abilene. Last year's Season of Caring surpassed all initial goals even though it was the first ACU event of its kind, said Nancy Coburn, director of ... [Read More…]
JMC Network Newscast November 16, 2011
This week on the JMC Network Newscast we take a look the Ethnos culture show, the Carmichael-Walling lecture series, Season of Caring and Artist Talk with "M.A. Double." Hosted by Corrine Morris and David Singer ... [Read More…]
Season of Caring brings community together
For the second consecutive year, the ACU community has a real chance to make the season brighter for Big Country families who need help. In a Chapel address Wednesday, Dr. Phil Schubert, president of the university, implored students to participate in Season of Caring, a month-long opportunity to pray, volunteer and serve. Nancy Coburn, director ... [Read More…]
Video: Season of Caring gives students opportunities to serve community
ACU students and faculty have several different chances to help those in need during the holidays. Season of Caring is taking cash donations, organizing an angel tree in the campus center, and collecting clothes to give away. Season of Caring lasts from November 15-December 15. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUBgNi1TI10 Video/editing by Ben ... [Read More…]