Outreach

Outreach Opportunities

Each September, in conjunction with Mercy Day, our students walk around our campus to raise money through pledges for a particular organization that engages in the Works of Mercy. Previously, organizations that have received donations through the Mercy Walkathon have been to Project HOME, Mercy Neighborhood Ministries, Earthquake Relief for the Sisters of Mercy mission in Peru, Central Asia Institute, and more!

Our WMA community gathers each year for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to perform service. Students, parents, faculty and staff work with ConKerr Cancer to make pillowcases for children in Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and create beautiful cards that are distributed along the pillowcases. This annual event draws children and adults of all ages and brings the joy of community and community service to life!

School Events

MERCY MINDSET

To learn more about any of these programs, contact Greg Soltis.

H.O.P.E. Snack Bags

Waldron Mercy Academy partners with St. Francis Inn in Kensington to offer H.O.P.E. (Helping Other People Eat) Lunches once a month. Students receive brown paper lunch bags to bring home and are encouraged to decorate the bags and write short notes. 7th and 8th grade students then collect and box these bags for a volunteer parent to deliver. Staffed by vowed and lay Franciscans and volunteers, St. Francis Inn serves the poor and homeless by addressing their immediate needs while also striving to empower them as members of the local community.

Outreach Grade Partners

Bethesda Project, Philadelphia

Bethesda Project’s fundamental commitment is to create communities wherein men and women, on the margins of a complex society, find sanctuary and have their basic needs met in the company of a compassionate and caring family. WMA students collect toiletries for the residents, needed items for the daily running of the shelter. Students have also made special desserts for various holidays to send to the residents.