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CANYON CORRIDOR CONNECTION
Communi t y Resources
The Community and Grand Canyon University
Learning Lounge
Free tutoring services by scholarly
GCU students are available Monday
through Friday to the students of
Alhambra High School in an effort to
address AHS’ gaps in reading and
math proficiency.
Serve the City
Twice a year GCU floods the
community with hundreds of
volunteers who spruce up the
neighborhood through their outreach
efforts. The volunteers paint
buildings, plant gardens, complete
yard work and remove graffiti. The
students are exposed to needy
organizations in hopes that they will
continue reaching out on a regular
basis.
Canyon Kids
Every Saturday morning, GCU
students go to Little Canyon Park
to play games, do crafts and share
Bible stories with children ages 5 to
15 that live in the community.
Serrano Village
GCU students are regular visitors at
this apartment complex filled with
refugees, where they help adults
learn English as a second language
and tutor grade-school children.
Phoenix Rescue Mission
Every other Wednesday night, GCU
students visit the Changing Lives
Center to lead worship during their
chapel service and run a children’s
program.
New Clothes, New Beginnings
at GCU
Provides new clothes, shoes and
school supplies for valley youth in
preparation for fall semester.
12 Months of Service
GCU identifies a different project
every month for employees and
students to get involved in.
Fall Festival, Canyon Cares
Christmas and Easter
Holidays are big events at GCU,
where the neighborhood is invited
onto campus to receive children’s
Christmas gifts, Halloween and
Easter candy and food in a fun and
welcoming atmosphere.
Game Changers
Game Changers is an innovative teen
leadership conference and service
project with adult mentor dinners
and various teen leaders. It is always
a huge success in helping inspire
youth leadership in looking toward
success as an achievable dream.
For more information, email info@
gamechangersaz.org
Back-to-School Health
& Safety Fair
This event focuses on kids from
our surrounding community to
prepare them for school. Over
6,000 attend the event featuring
free backpacks, drawings for
laptops, health screenings (vision
and immunizations-provided by GCU
nursing students) and safety training.
Grand Canyon University students
embrace the community through
many more activities as well, such
as ‘Lopes for Literacy, disaster
relief efforts, back-to school drives,
teacher appreciation, the Run to
Fight Children’s Cancer, GCU Salutes
Our Troops, Backpack/Health Fair,
Clothing Drive and the Salvation
Army Turkey Drive.
G
rand Canyon University continues its mission to help its
neighbors thrive and prosper. The university believes that
education can and should be the fuel for economic growth
and community betterment. GCU’s community involvement includes
several large initiatives and projects to assist the community: