CardsCARE Volunteer Opportunities - St. Joseph Children's Home
August 07, 2001 | General
By recognizing the grave need to care for children left orphaned by the cholera epidemic, St. Joseph Children's Home was founded in 1849. Today's dependent child is no longer a victim of epidemic or war, but of family crisis, financial difficulty or an abusive neglectful environment. In response to changing societal conditions, St. Joseph has evolved from an orphanage to that of a more diversified child caring facility. Over the past 152 years they have served thousands of children. Today St. Joe's serves over 250 children on a daily basis. Their programs include:
- Residential Treatment Home
- Child Development Center
- Foster and Adoptive Care
- Preservation Services
The University of Louisville Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving teams have proudly adopted St. Joseph Children's Home as their charity. The student-athletes enjoy visiting St. Joe's because it gives them a chance to get involved in various recreational activities such as basketball, Frisbee, kickball, etc. It also gives the children an opportunity to interact with the student-athletes by simply having someone with whom to talk or play board games.
For more information, please contact:
Lesley PratherCardsCARE Coordinator
(502) 852-8872
lddrur01@gwise.louisville.edu
DIRECTIONS to St. Joseph Children's Home:
From UofL:
- Take Eastern Parkway toward Bardstown Rd.
- Go through the Bardstown Rd. intersection and take a left at the first street - Willow St.
- Make a right at the second stop sign onto Cherokee Parkway
- Come to a light and make a right onto Grindstead Drive
- Take Grindstead until it comes to a dead end
- Make a left on Stilz
- Go one block and make a left onto Frankfort Ave.
- Make a right at the second street (there is no sign, but it is the next one past Crescent)
- Enter through the door directly behind the flagpole
