Serving Our Neighbors

Integral to the St. Sebastian’s mission, our Service Program lives the order of the day of loving God, working hard, and taking good care of one another. Below are just a few of the many ways our students have served our neighbors recently.

Backpack Drive Supports San Miguel

For over 16 years, St. Sebastian's has enjoyed a wonderful and rewarding partnership with the San Miguel School in Providence, RI. San Miguel is a Lasallian middle school for boys whose mission is to "break the cycle of poverty through education."

This past summer, the Classes of 2025 and 2026 and their parents purchased school supplies and backpacks for the San Miguel students. Under the generous and inspired leadership of Jennifer Walsh P'22, '24, the two grades donated 64 backpacks filled with a variety of essential school supplies to ease the financial hardship faced by our brothers at San Miguel.

On September 8, Mrs. Walsh and Assistant Headmaster Mike Nerbonne, along with a group of seven Arrows, traveled to San Miguel to deliver the backpacks. Because of the overwhelming generosity of so many of our students and parents, a donation of over $1,800 was also made to the San Miguel Compassionate Care Fund which supports San Miguel students and families.

750 bags of groceries for those in need were prepared by NHS students over the course of three hours

64 backpacks filled with school supplies, from folders to markers and glue, were donated by the Classes of 2025 and 2026

National Honor Society Hosts Two Successful Drives

The St. Sebastian’s community continued its tradition of coming together to make a difference for our neighbors in need at Catholic Charities in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving and Christmas. The Thanksgiving Food Drive and the Christmas Warmth Drive were both a huge success, helping to restock shelves for those in need of food in the days following Thanksgiving and keeping our neighbors warm with donations of hundreds of gloves, hats, scarves and socks.

Throughout the fall, National Honor Society students volunteered their Saturday mornings at Catholic Charities’ Food Pantry in Dorchester, helping to bag groceries, which the organization then gives out during the week. On one Saturday alone, Arrows prepared a record 750 bags in three hours! Members of the senior class also helped out at the food pantry on November 14 as part of a service day, preparing and distributing over 300 bags of groceries along with the team at Catholic Charities.