Topic: Volunteering — The Kenyon Collegian

Section: Features

Kenyon EMS program connects students with community

Whatever your emergency, Kenyon students are here to help. Sept. 7 marked the first meeting of the Kenyon College Emergency Medical Services (EMS) volunteer… Read More

by Mallory O'Brien
September 18, 2025
Section: News

Wilson to no longer house MVFD volunteers going forward

The Mount Vernon Fire Department (MVFD) student volunteers will no longer have program housing at the Wilson Apartments located behind the fire station. Instead,… Read More

by Tadhg Sahutske
May 1, 2025
Section: Features

Students reflect on volunteering at Knox County Head Start

Walk ten minutes east from the center of Kenyon’s campus, and you’ll find that undergrads aren’t the only kids in town. The Gambier Child… Read More

by Theresa Carr
February 2, 2023
Section: News

Shawn Kelly Holiday Party delivers cheer to local families

On Dec. 2, Kenyon student volunteers transformed Gund Commons into a winter wonderland — complete with multicolored holiday tinsel, an inflatable Santa that stretched… Read More

by Liz DeProspo
December 8, 2022
Section: Features

Community Roots continues to attract student volunteers

When urban ecologist Kim Frye returned to her hometown of Mount Vernon in 2016, abandoned greenhouses on West Gambier Street sparked memories of… Read More

by Mia Snow
September 30, 2021
Section: News

Students wade through Kokosing in a massive river cleanup

On Saturday, Sept. 21, at 9:30 a.m., 110 Kenyon students and faculty members attended the annual Kokosing River Clean Up — the biggest… Read More

by Linnea Mumma
September 26, 2019
Section: News

Students package 33,480 meals for Lesotho

On Saturday, over 140 student volunteers in gloves and hairnets gathered in the Kenyon Athletic Center (KAC) to assemble thousands of high-nutrient meals. Read More

by Ronan Elliott
March 29, 2018