VIP Special Projects: February/March events update

[VIP Special Projects]

Below is an update of February/Early march events. please email me back If
you are interested in helping out with any of these events!
~Kate
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Bottenfield Elementary School Annual Carnival
When: Saturday, February 19, 4:30pm – 7:30pm
Where: Bottenfield Elementry, a Champaign public school (~1.5 miles from
campus on S. Prospect Ave)
Volunteers will set up, run games, and break them down again for storage.
2-4 UI students are put in teams to run the games in each classroom, so it’s
a fun way to meet other UI students or do a service project with a group of
friends! Pizza will be served at the school for volunteers.  Volunteers are
asked to wear UI gear!
Transportation: Bottenfield Parents can shuttle students from 3 shuttle
points:  E38 down by Hopkins, College Court, & ISR.  The shuttles will start
at 4:15pm.

Polar Plunge: pre-registration party
When: Thursday, February 24, 5:30pm-8pm
Where: Murphy’s, on green street
**training will be required, time/place TBD (most likely on the 22nd or
23rd)**
Volunteers for this event with help out with registering participants in the
plunge, and collecting their donations. (The Polar Plunge is an event
benefiting Special Olympics Illinois. Participants in the plunge raise at
least $75 each in donations from friends and family, in exchange for jumping
in an icy lake in the middle of winter; all proceeds benefit Special
Olympics Illinois athletes.)
Transportation: On your own/MTD bus service

Polar Plunge: Event Registration
When: Saturday, February 26, 10am-12pm
Where: the Lake in the Woods, in Mahomet
**training will be required, time/place TBD (most likely on the 22nd or
23rd)**
Volunteers for this event with help out with registering participants in the
plunge, and collecting their donations. (The Polar Plunge is an event
benefiting Special Olympics Illinois. Participants in the plunge raise at
least $75 each in donations from friends and family, in exchange for jumping
in an icy lake in the middle of winter; all proceeds benefit Special
Olympics Illinois athletes.)
Transportation: TBD*
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Boy Scout Merit Badge Seminar
When: Saturday, March 5th 7am-5pm (lunch provided)
Where: Holy Cross Grade School
The Merit Badge Seminar is sponsored by Holy Cross Boy Scout Troop 9 which
has been hosting this event for the past 20 years.  This is one of the
largest merit badge seminars in the state of Illinois and attracts scouts
from all over the state.  We will have about 500 scouts attending a variety
of classes designed so the boys can work on merit badges.  We have classes
on law enforcement; public speaking, astronomy; local government; first aid,
finger printing, fire safety, electricity, economics, fishing, computers,
plumbing, veterinary medicine, dentistry -- and much more.   We need
volunteers to assist in some of the classrooms; serve as hall monitors or
help with entering the completed courses into our computer system.
Transportation: TBD

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Kate Stephens  II  Special Projects Director 2011
Volunteer Illini Projects  II  University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign
vip.special.projects at gmail.com
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