MacServe Engage is a local, national or international multi-week experience that takes place in May. It challenges participants to live in, learn about and critically evaluate issues in a host community. As a result, participants gain a deeper understanding of themselves and their communities through service experience, cultural workshops and reflection. MacServe Engage differs from other MacServe experiences because it encourages participants to create a deep connection with a community; to learn about challenges that a community has faced and is facing, as well as the successes and opportunities within the community.

This year, students are travelling to:

• Boruca, Costa Rica to perform service work at a school in the community

• Manitoulin Island for a cultural exchange with a First Nations community

• Hamilton to work with Habitat for Humanity Hamilton and explore Hamilton’s history and heritage

More information on each community experience can be found here. http://studentsuccess.mcmaster.ca/students/service-learning/macserve-engage.html

Apply for MacServe Engage on OSCARplus by Feb. 3, 2014.

Information sessions are taking place:

·         Jan. 22 – 1:30-2:30 pm, Student Success Centre

·         Jan. 23 – 10:30-11:30 am, Student Success Centre

·         Jan. 28 – 1:30-2:30 pm, Student Success Centre