The concept of service learning was instilled in Ashley Cardona as a Penn State Abington student, and now she brings it to life every day as a first-grade teacher in North Philadelphia. "When you are a teacher you touch lives," she said. "My students are the reason why I am a teacher."
Penn State Abington and its students recognize that barriers to learning can reach far beyond the schoolyard and can include food, housing, and clothing insecurity. Abington strives to knock down these barriers for its own students and is working to pay that forward through initiatives like this.
McClure Elementary School students line up with bags of winter weather gear after shopping with the assistance of Penn State Abington Education majors.
