[Vip-specialprojects] Upcoming Events!

[Katie Flamand]

Hi everyone,

Here are the upcoming events, as always if there is anything you are
interested in helping out with- please email me back. Please include the
event you'd like to volunteer at in the subject line.

THIS Thursday September 27th from 6:45PM-7:45PM- Root Beer Float Night!

Come Join VIP Senior Citizens for their monthly Root Beer Float Night at the
Nursing Home- it's a ton of fun and a very small time commitment! Email me
if you're interested.

THIS Friday September 28th from 7:30AM to Noon- Walk for Westview Elementary
and Wellness Fair!

500 adorable elementary students are walking for 30 minute periods on Friday
to raise money for a great cause- volunteers are needed to walk with
students and help monitor the event. Running concurrently with the walk will
be a wellness fair where over 20 organizations will be providing interactive
displays and demonstrations for the students. Volunteers need to facilitate
the students getting through the booths and generally assisting where
needed.

The event is very flexible and any help for any amount of time is
appreciated. Please email me if you can assist and what times you are
available to help.

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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