Our Incredible Partners & Grantors
Grantors:
Crowe
REAL Services
Lilly Endowment/Youth Program Resilience Fund
Early Learning Indiana
City of South Bend
University of Notre Dame
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Community Partners:
The Family Connection
Ready to Grow St Joe
Near Westside Neighborhood Organization
Community-Based Learning with Notre Dame
This is an advanced-intermediate culture-based Spanish course designed for students who want to improve their communication skills in Spanish and broaden their understanding of the Hispanic world. Students will work with selected Latino families to preserve and document their histories, creating a lasting record that they can proudly pass down to future generations. By being involved in this important project, students will not only enhance their language skills, but also their cultural awareness of and sensitivity to this growing demographic group, as well as further develop their civic engagement. Through literature, film, current events, and guest speakers, students will develop knowledge about migration issues, family immigration histories, and problems facing our Latino communities in general, and particularly in South Bend. Students through ethical engagements will work on collaborative creation and preservation of memory (memory of an experience that shapes everyday life and the future). Using storytelling techniques, students will work with Latino families at El Campito to create a collaborative book detailing their life and path to our community. The dispositions that the students will further develop through this class are a better understanding of the Latino culture and appreciation for our customs, an awareness of the diversity of Latino culture, intercultural competence as well as a reflective sensibility.
Mrs. Niño's Garden partnering with Near Westside Neighborhood Organization
​As we honor our 50th year at El Campito, we have begun a partnership with the Near Westside Neighborhood Organization (NWSNO) to build a Community Garden on El Campito’s property on Thomas St. El Campito and the NWSNO share a vision for a vibrant, sustainable, outdoor presence for El Campito. The garden enhances the experience and well-being of its children, youth, staff, and their families; uses food and nature to educate, heal, inspire, connect, and empower; and celebrates El Campito’s culture, embodies its values, and shares its story with the wider public. Given the pandemic, and the emergency situation now facing many families, food pantries, and food banks, we want to start planting vegetables in our neighborhood immediately. Look out for what we grow in 2023 at the corner of Thomas and Laurel!
Taco Battle Past Sponsors
2022 Sponsors
Hampton
Pfeifer Morgan Stesiak
Generations Adventureplex
Northwest
United
John's Auto Spa
Crowe
Ivy Tech
Fidelity
Maxi-Blast
Intercambio Express
Masterbilt
Hoosier Molded Products
Wolfe Legal Services
Cressy and Everett
Michiana Veterinary
Vision Machine works
South Bend Cubs
2021 Sponsors
Hampton Industrial
United Federal Credit Union
Crowe
Pfeifer, Morgan, Stesiak
Northwest Bank
Fidelity Title Company
Davis and Wojtysiak
Masterbilt
John's Auto Spa
Hoosier Molded Products Inc.
Wolf Legal Services
Ivy Tech
Maxi Blast
Intercambio
Meridian
2020 Sponsors
Meridian Title
Intercambio Express
Ivy Tech
NorthWest Bank
Pfeifer, Morgan, Stesiak
Hamilton Industrial
Masterbilt
Crowe
MaxiBlast
Metropolitan Title
Hoosier Molded Products
Davis & Wojysiak