[Vip-specialprojects] UPCOMING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES!

[Katie Flamand]

Hello Wonderful Volunteers-

Hope your semester has started great! We have a TON of opportunities to get
involved in the community, so please read through these and let me know
which one(s) you'd like to help out with!

ONE-TIME EVENTS

THIS SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 8TH from 1-3PM- Environmental Clean-up Day!

We will be going out to Weaver Grove to help clean up the park, take out
invasive species, plant seeds, and any other task they need help with. This
is a great opportunity to get outside, volunteer, and meet new people.
Transportation is provided so please email me back ASAP if you are
interested.
Sunday September 16th from 1-5PM- Punt Pass Kick Competition

Come to Douglass Park to help run activities and assist with registration
during this fun local football competition! Email me back if interested.

Friday September 21st from 5-8PM- Robeson Elementary School Carnival

Robeson Elementary School is urgently needing volunteers to help out with
its annual fundraising carnival. The event is on Friday, September 21st from
5-8pm, and they need help with organizing games, serving dinner, and
tickets. Right now, they have 90 half-hour shifts they need to fill but only
10 parent volunteers. Please respond ASAP, it will be a lot of fun!

September 22 from 9 am -12 pm- CU on the Trails
We need help with registration, set up, clean up, trail guides, post race
activities.

October 13 from 11 am - 4pm- Harvest Fest at Centennial Park in Champaign.
We need volunteers to help run games, supervise hay rack rides, supervise
arts and crafts, clean up, set up.

October 24th- MDA LOCK UP

The Muscular Dystrophy Association is hosting its annual event, Illinois
Lock Up, on Wednesday the 24th and is looking for volunteers for
registration, check out, and other tasks. Please get back to me if you'd
like to help this worthy cause!

Saturday October 27th from 12-3- Nightmare on Grove St

Volunteers are needed to help with games, hay rides, set up, and clean up at
this Douglass Park event.

Saturday October 27th- Youth Education in the Arts (YEA)

This fall, literally thousands of talented high school musicians will
participate in music festivals and championship competitions across teh
United States as proud members of the US Scholastic Band Association and on
October 27th, they're coming to Champaign! In order to create a great event,
YEA! and the USSBA are looking for energetic and positive volunteers to
serve as part of the Fall Event Staff Team (FEST)

Responsibilities include assisting with merchandise, ticket and program
sales, as well as air and candy-grams. We are looking for dedicated
volunteers with great attitudes who enjoy working with people in a fast
paced, yet fun environment. Email me back if you're interested

October 29 from 6pm - 9pm-  Halloween Fun Fest.
 We need volunteers to help with set up, running games and clean up.

ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES

U-Cycle!

Urbana's U-CYCLE program is seeking volunteers for a multifamily U-CYCLE
project again this year!  Like last year we will need volunteers to stuff
recycling tote bags, and we will need volunteers/groups to door hang the
tote bags at every apartment unit and fraternity/sorority in Urbana.  Called
U-BAGs, the tote bags are provided so that multifamily residents can store
recycling more conveniently within their apartment unit.

Beginning Monday, September 10 we are seeking volunteers to stuff U-BAGs
with flyers between the hours of 8 AM - 5 PM, Monday-Friday, at Urbana
Public Works (706 S. Glover Ave., Urbana).  We will need volunteers between
September 10 - 21 to assist us with stuffing U-BAGs.  Any amount of time you
are able to dedicate would be appreciated!

Beginning Monday, September 24 we are seeking volunteers to assist us with
door hanging U-BAGs at apartment complexes in Urbana.  A vehicle is
necessary, and maps of the apartment complexes will be provided.  We are
looking for volunteers to door hang apartment complexes during daytime hours
any day of the week.  I can arrange a weekend project with you or your
organization.  I can also arrange door hanging projects in your neighborhood
if that is most convenient for you!

October 9th-14th- Urbana Park District's 100th Anniversary

The Urbana Park District celebrates its 100th Anniversary in October 2007!
In honor of this momentous occasion, the Park district plans on hosting a
Chautauqua from October 9-14th in Crystal Lake Park. These events were very
popular in the late 1800s to the 1920s and Urbana held one annually.
Volunteers are needed for various activities including children and family
events, faith or religious activities, political topics, arts and
performance, natural history, and more. Please email be back if anything
sounds interesting to you and you'd like to get involved.


Let me know which events you'd like to help out with. Hope to see you all
soon!


Peace,

Katie
-- 
Katie Flamand
Great Lakes Outreach Coordinator
STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition
Special Projects Director
Volunteer Illini Projects

"Be the change you wish to see in the world"- Mahatma Gandhi
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