Life at Saint Mary's

Community Service

As an Episcopal school, through our Community Service program, Saint Mary’s School strives to instill in its students a commitment to use the gifts and privileges they have been given to help others. It is our hope that this service will enrich the lives not only of those our students serve but also their own lives. Our students serve in the Saint Mary’s School community, the Raleigh community and communities all over the world.

Saint Mary's has organizations with whom we as a school volunteer regularly, but our program also allows students the flexibility to volunteer on an individual basis with other organizations based on their own interests. These individual projects should be completed in consultation with the director of community service. Each student completes 20 hours of service for each year enrolled at SMS. All work must be unpaid and ideally benefits those in need. Further guidelines are available in the Student-Parent Handbook.

Organizations with which SMS students regularly volunteer include:

The Environment

Adopt-a-Highway
Keep North Carolina Beautiful
Living Water International
The Green Chair Project
Saint Mary’s School Community Garden

Health and Human Services

American Red Cross
Joel Lane Museum House
The Rosewood at Cypress
North Carolina Senior Games
Special Olympics of North Carolina
Wiley Elementary School

Hunger and Homelessness

Habitat for Humanity
Interfaith Food Shuttle
North Carolina Food Bank
Raleigh Rescue Mission
Teens to Teens
Wake Relief

Summer Camps Camp

Seafarer
Saint Mary’s School Summer Camps