We believe in the concept of servant leadership. According to Robert K. Greenleaf in The Servant as Leader  "The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with the natural feeling that one Kimberly Solheim working with Habitat for Humanitywants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead."

Our goal is to promote positive change, where needed, throughout our local community. That’s why the PLP is based on the Social Change Model. Established in 1994, the Social Change Model “approaches leadership as a purposeful, collaborative, values-based process that results in positive social change.”

You’ll be given the opportunity to choose the area of need you feel you would want to serve. You might mentor a child in the local school systems, help stock the Virginia Food Bank, spend time with residents of the local retirement communities, raise funds for charities, coach in youth sport leagues, or serve in the Big Brother Big Sister Programs. The opportunities are endless!

For the past three years, students in the PLP have traveled across the country to participate in Alternative Spring Break trips building homes with Habitat for Humanity. These same students were instrumental in forming the CNU Habitat Chapter.

For more information on service opportunities, visit Service Learning.