Although Haley House cookies are a delicious presence on our campus, their compassionate mission deserves even more recognition because of its connection to Boston College’s own Jesuit mission. Emphasizing that all people deserve certain basic rights. Haley House aims to reduce poverty in Boston through employment (even for those whose past records make it difficult to find jobs), warm meals, and free housing. To accomplish this vast mission, Haley House has expanded to 11 connected organizations, such as the Haley House Cafe, which supplies the baked goods BC students see in the dining halls daily.
The Heights sees donations to Haley House, through the purchase of these cookies, as the perfect example of how small decisions can have a large ripple effect of good throughout the community. BC students should consider aiding the Haley House mission beyond cookie purchases, however. Students should ask their peers with PULSE placements at one of Haley House’s organizations about the experiences they’ve had and consider this organization (with which BC has such strong ties) when deciding where to volunteer.
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