Through Service, Philanthropy, and Altruism

De La Salle has always sought to challenge its students to serve others and deepen their sense of responsibility for humanity’s future. Service is an underwritten aspect of a Lasallian education that goes back to our founding father, Saint John Baptist de la Salle. As such, it is a driving principle for De La Salle’s Service Leadership program. However, it also permeates more broadly across all grades and all departments through service learning.

At their core, De La Salle’s service learning projects are designed to help students develop a sense of social and personal responsibility. To increase their understanding of the conditions that warrant service, and to challenge them to recognize their potential as agents of social change. It is a learning process that happens through the example of others and the understanding that giving comes in many different ways, shapes, and forms.

The hope is that, by the time of graduation, students will be inspired to embrace a lifelong commitment to service. That they are willing to put their time, money, and God-given talents toward helping others.

De La Salle students have, on average, dedicated over 50,000 hours to service and raised close to $30,000 each year for local, national, and international causes. This year, they are on track to do the same thing.

In addition to annual fundraisers, like Laps for Life, the De La Salle Toy Drive, Cereal Drive, and the Jim Olwell Memorial Duck Race, entire classes and athletic teams have given their time and energy to raise awareness and meet the needs of the less fortunate. The next two pages feature just a few of the ways they are doing this for the 2022-23 school year.