Students will Visit 19 Locations to Help Out Local Charities

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St. Petersburg Catholic High School is pleased to announce its third annual Day of Service on Friday, January 31, 2025, in celebration of Catholic Schools Week. Day of Service involves over 450 students in grades 9-12, faculty, staff, and parents volunteering at 19 locations in Pinellas County.

This day is part of St. Petersburg Catholic’s mission to form young men and women for future leadership and compassionate service. It is an opportunity for them to put into action the Corporal Works of Mercy and Catholic Social Teaching, particularly the dignity of the human person and solidarity.

Service Sites:

• Clothes to Kids
• Calvary Cemetery
• Pass a Grille Beach
• Upham Beach
• Mercy Project
• Pinellas Hope
• The Kind Mouse
• American House
• St. Vincent De Paul CARES
• Police Athletic League
• Ronald McDonald House East
• Ronald McDonald House West
• PARC
• Feeding Tampa Bay
• Cathedral of St. Jude
• ALPHA House
• DayStar Life Center
• Morning Star Catholic School
• Pastoral Center, Diocese of St. Petersburg

Additional Information:

This year, students are particularly excited to go to DayStar. The school held a canned food drive recently, collecting 22,000 canned goods for DayStar. They will have the opportunity to see the impact their collection efforts are making in the community.

Also noteworthy, the students have partnered with Calvary Cemetery for the past two years to serve there. Students are also given the opportunity to visit their loved ones’ grave sites as well as pray for their souls.

Every month, students are invited to participate in an after-school service opportunity known as Mercy Project. Students make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and go to Williams Park in Downtown St. Pete to deliver them. This is also one of the service sites for Day of Service.

About St. Petersburg Catholic High

St. Peterburg Catholic High School is a Christ-centered, college preparatory school rooted in a firm foundation of Catholic faith, family, tradition, and excellence. As a diverse teaching and learning community, we are committed to forming young men and women in spirit, mind, and body for future leadership and compassionate service.