VIP Special Projects: April Events

[VIP Special Projects]

Welcome back volunteers,

I hope you had a splendid spring break, and are ready for some more
volunteering! We have several events in the works, all listed below. the
first two, *Go Green on Green St* and *Chore Day* are this weekend--both are
bound to be a good time. please email me ASAP if interested!

I hope to see you at a future event or two :)
~Kate

Go Green on Green St
When: Friday 4/1
Where:on Green Street (from Wright Street to Fourth Street)
Background: this event will have over 30 booths set up along green street
with different information/ entrainment/ raffle prizes about “going green.”
Participants will get a punch card, which can be used for special deals from
area businesses once they visit/ get a punch from every booth.
To Volunteer: Volunteers will help with the set up/take down, running
booths, or be a part of the ‘street team.’ volunteers receive free raffle
ticket food, and other goodies; volunteer t-shirts are $5. When you pick up
your shirt, you sign up for a shift.

sign up, t-shirt pick-up, and other volunteer information was on Wednesday
3/16 from 6-8pm, in the BIF Atrium.  If you could not make it but are still
interested in volunteering, email VIP coordinator Tracy Lau at
lau22 at illinois.edu. you can also visit http://www.gogreenongreen.com for
more info.
Transportation: none provided

Chore Day
When: Saturday 4/2, 1-3pm
Where: Roma’s house
Background: Chore Days is a program organized through Provena Faith and
Action, where volunteers help Elderly members of the community with chores
they can no longer handle themselves.
To Volunteer: We will be helping out a woman named Roma with her yard work.
This is a unique opportunity to really see the difference you can make!
Please email me ASAP if interested.
Transportation: provided

***email about those two events ASAP!***
and now, some later events:

Illinois Food Bank Fundraiser
When: sometime during national volunteer week, 4/11-4/15
Where: TBD
This event was organized with the VIP Hunger and Homelessness Project
Background: The Eastern Illinois food bank is looking to raise $13,000 for a
special event called Meals of Hope, which will will bring 55,000 meals to
need families in the C-U area.
To Volunteer: We are currently working out a fundraiser. If you have
fund-raising ideas please email me! be on the lookout for more details!
Transportation: none provided

Locks of Love fundraiser
When: Wednesday 4/20
Where: Illini Union, room 314 B
This event is being organized along with the VIP Blood project.
Background: Locks of Love is an organization that take hair donations to
make wigs for children who have lost their hair from cancer treatments.
There will be students from a beauty school coming to help out. Students can
choose to donate 10 inches to be made into a wig, or they can get a regular
hair cut for $5. all proceeds will go to Locks of Love.
To Volunteer: Volunteers for this event will be helping to staff the event
by collecting money, publicizing in the hall, and bagging hair donations to
be mailed in. Even if you only have an hour, we would love your help! If
interested, please email me when you are available that day and we can set
up a shift.
Transportation: none provided

Cans Across the Quad
When: Wednesday 4/27, all day
Where: Main Quad
Background: This event is U of I’s biggest canned food drive! campus groups
compete to see who can donate the most number of Cans, all of which will be
donated to Eastern Illinois Foodbank.

We will be collecting cans in the VIP office (room 285 in the union, by the
RSO office) from now until 4/27. Please stop by with donations, anytime!

To Volunteer: Specifically on the day of the event, volunteers will be
needed to help bring the cans down from the office onto the quad. this would
be a short event, less than an hour. If interested let me know when you are
free that day and I will coordinate the best time.
Transportation: none provided

Flower Planting Day
When: Friday 4/29, 3pm-4:30pm
Where: Champaign-Urbana Regional Rehab Center
This event is being organized along with the VIP Environmental project
Background: We will be helping to plant flower beds outside the
Champaign-Urbana Regional Rehab Center--a nursing home/rehabilitation
center--working alongside the residents.
To Volunteer: All supplies will be provided. Come relax and enjoy making the
center a more beautiful place at this fun event!
Transportation: TBD

-- 
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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