Community Engagement Hub

Advancing collaborative and socially engaged interprofessional partnership with the community, providing a centralized hub for students and faculty to coordinate opportunities for community service.

Community Partners
Volunteer Opportunities

Informed Education Drives the Continuum of Engagement

Service

Providing service to an individual or community.

Advocacy

Advocating for an individual or community.

Engagement

Working in partnership with an individual or community.

Student Group & Faculty Volunteerism

What is community engagement?

Community engagement describes collaboration between institutions of higher education and their larger communities (local, regional/state, national, global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity.

What is service learning?

The service-learning requirement for medical students involves the following components:

  1. Participate in service activities that respond to community-identified concerns;
  2. Preparation; and
  3. Reflection on the relationships between activity participation, medical school curriculum, and the roles of citizens and medical professionals.
What are specific WashU medical student requirements?

Required to volunteer at three separate sites during Phase I of their curriculum, and are involved in larger, coordinated efforts during specific clerkships.

Additional WashU Community Engagement Resources

Community Partners

See our community partners below alphabetically, by category, or use the search bar to look for key words. If you have questions please email us; organizations interested in joining us, please complete our Partner Interest Form.

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Food Outreach

  • Mailing Address: 3117 Olive Street
    St. Louis, MO 63103
  • Phone: (314) 652-3663

Gateway 180

  • Mailing Address: 1000 N 19th Street
    St. Louis, MO 63106
  • Phone: 314-802-5444

Girls in the Know

  • Mailing Address: 5501 Delmar Blvd
    Ste A340
    St. Louis, MO 63112
  • Phone: 314.884.1621

Girls on the Run

  • Mailing Address: 3155 Sutton Blvd
    Suite 101
    Maplewood, MO 63143
  • Phone: 314. 862.6266

Giving a Boost

Virtual Organization. See website for information.

Habitat for Humanity Saint Louis

  • Mailing Address: 3830 South Grand Blvd
    St. Louis, MO 63118
  • Phone: 314-371-0400

Haven of Grace

  • Mailing Address: 1225 Warren St
    St. Louis, MO 63106
  • Phone: 314-621-6507

Health Protection and Education Services of St. Louis

  • Mailing Address: 6900 Delmar Blvd
    St. Louis, MO 63130
  • Phone: (314) 448-7373

inExcelsis

International Institute of St. Louis

  • Mailing Address: 3401 Arsenal St
    St. Louis, MO 63118
  • Phone: 314-773-9090

Isaiah 58 Ministries

  • Mailing Address: 2149 South Grand Blvd
    St. Louis, MO 63104
  • Phone: 314-776-1410

Kids Vision for Life

  • Mailing Address: 126 Weldon Pkwy.
    Maryland Heights, MO 63043
  • Phone: (314) 274-2265

LifeWise STL

  • Mailing Address: 1321 S 11th St
    St. Louis, MO 63104
  • Phone: 314-421-0400

Lydia’s House

Address not available for participant safety.

Memory Care Solutions

  • Mailing Address: 4389 West Pine Blvd
    St. Louis, MO 63108
  • Phone: 314-645-6247

Miracle League at YMCA

  • Mailing Address: 12736 Southfork Rd
    St. Louis, MO 63128

Mission: St. Louis

  • Mailing Address: 3108 N Grand Blvd
    St. Louis, MO 63107