Social outreach and solidarity are concepts inextricably linked to Athens College and its philosophy. Starting with the Scholarship Program, our School has a strong tradition of offering to the community.

Significant Student Community undertakings, such as the reconstruction and restoration of dozens of damaged schools in the provinces, donations of school supplies and equipment to those in need, the exchange of technological expertise with other schools and institutions, and support of vulnerable social groups further attest of the School’s legacy of giving.

Through social outreach programs, our students learn to help their fellow humans, broaden their horizons, develop empathy, and become aware of their responsibility as citizens towards society.

All community outreach activities are coordinated by the School's Department of Social Welfare and Diversity.

From Kindergarten through High School, our students engage in volunteer work organized by Clubs, the annual Expedition and the like, while simultaneously completing the Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) and Action as Service elements of the International Baccalaureate.

Each year, our School collaborates with over 135 local and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs), such as Greenpeace, The HOME Project, Axion Hellas, Association of Friends of Children with cancer “ELPIDA,” Make A Wish, Together for Children, WWF, The Church of Greece, the Jewish Museum of Greece and many more. Our students take initiative to confront and help allay crises both nationally and globally.

Social outreach activities constitute one of the most valuable experiences of our students and play a decisive role in shaping their character.  Our alumni often talk about the efforts they made together with their classmates to help all those in need and ultimately consider this as one of the most important lessons of their lives.

Events

Humanitarian Aid from the Student Communities to the People of Farsala and Mouzaki

Nov 4, 2020

On Wednesday, November 4, more than 300 boxes of basic necessities that the Student Communities of the Elementary, Junior High, and High Schools of Athens College and Psychico College collected for the residents of Farsala and Mouzaki were delivered to the Regional Unit of Karditsa in the Administrative Region of Thessaly. Throughout October, students collected toiletries, cleaning supplies, food items with a long shelf life, as well as school and stationery supplies to meet the needs of residents affected by the devastating floods of this past September.

Present at the time of delivery was the Deputy Regional Governor of Karditsa, Mr. Kostas Nousios, the Mayor of Mouzaki, Mr. Fanis Stathis, the Director of the 1st General High School of Karditsa, and other representatives of local bodies.  Representing the College and the Student Communities were faculty members, Messrs. Nikos Kollias and Alexandros Spyroglou, as well as Mr. Chrysostomos Symeonidis, the School’s Director of Social Welfare and Diversity.

Visibly moved, Mr. Nousios and Mr. Stathis conveyed their wishes and thanks to both the College Administrations and the Directors of the School Units, as well as to the dear students for their benevolence towards the victims of the aforementioned areas.

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