What up Volunteers!<br><br>Guess what? it's <b style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">National Volunteer Week! </b>Come out and Volunteer with VIP sometime this week to celebrate! special projects has one event this week, and we still have spots! please email me ASAP in interested!<br>
<br>Also, this awesome week ends with the <b style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Sunshine Jubilee</b> on <b style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Saturday (4/16)</b><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">!</span> It's from <b style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">12-3</b> in <b style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">illini grove</b>. Please come out and enjoy free food and fun as a way to thank you for being a volunteer this past year.<br>
<br>finally, we still have some spots left in our future events. please let me know ASAP if you would like to help out!<br>~Kate<br clear="all"><br><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(39, 78, 19); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" id="internal-source-marker_0.8542010270244031">Illinois Food Bank Fundraiser</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(39, 78, 19); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">When: Thursday 4/14 11pm-1am</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(39, 78, 19); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Where: Green Street</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(39, 78, 19); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(39, 78, 19); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This event is being organized along with the VIP Hunger and Homelessness Project</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(39, 78, 19); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(39, 78, 19); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Background:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(39, 78, 19); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">
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. </span><br><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(39, 78, 19); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">To Volunteer:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(39, 78, 19); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">
We will be collecting money on green street (aka canning) Thursday and
Friday of national Volunteering week. If you’ve never been canning, I
can assure you it is bound to be an entertaining experience. Please let
me know if you are interested in helping out!</span><br><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(39, 78, 19); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Transportation: none provided<br>
~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~<br>and now for some other future events. Spots are still available!!<br><br></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(116, 27, 71); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" id="internal-source-marker_0.8542010270244031">Locks of Love fundraiser</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(116, 27, 71); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(116, 27, 71); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">When: Wednesday 4/20, 11am-3pm</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(116, 27, 71); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Where: Illinin Union, room 314 B</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(116, 27, 71); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This event is being organized along with the VIP Blood project.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(116, 27, 71); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(116, 27, 71); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Background: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(116, 27, 71); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">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</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(116, 27, 71); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> $10.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(116, 27, 71); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> all proceeds will go to Locks of Love. </span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(116, 27, 71); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">To Volunteer:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(116, 27, 71); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">
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. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(116, 27, 71); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">* we are looking for people to take half hour shifts between 12 and 3*</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(116, 27, 71); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(116, 27, 71); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Transportation: none provided<br>
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(116, 27, 71); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(116, 27, 71); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">
<b style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">Food Drive in the Dorms</b><br style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"><i style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">When:from 9-11pm on dates TBD<br>Where: Dorms, TBD</i><br style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">
<b style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">Background: </b><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">This is an event to collect donations for Cans Across the Quad (Described below)</span><br style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"><b style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">To Volunteer:</b><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> Volunteers will be standing at a booth outside late night for various dorms, asking students to spend some other their extra credits on donations for the eastern Illinois Foodbank. Look for more details on this event coming soon, and let me know if this interests you!</span><br style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">
<i style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">Transportation: none provided</i><br></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(116, 27, 71); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(19, 79, 92); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" id="internal-source-marker_0.8542010270244031">Cans Across the Quad</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(19, 79, 92); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(19, 79, 92); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">When: Wednesday 4/27, all day</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(19, 79, 92); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Where: Main Quad</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(19, 79, 92); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(19, 79, 92); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Background: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(19, 79, 92); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">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. </span><br><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(19, 79, 92); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(19, 79, 92); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We will be collecting cans in the VIP office (room 285 in the union, by the RSO office) from now until 4/27. Please </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(19, 79, 92); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">stop by with donations</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(19, 79, 92); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, anytime!</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(19, 79, 92); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(19, 79, 92); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">To Volunteer: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(19, 79, 92); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">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.</span><br><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(19, 79, 92); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Transportation: none provided</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Flower Planting Day</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">When: Friday 4/29, 3pm-5pm</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Where: Champaign-Urbana Regional Rehab Center</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This event is being organized along with the VIP Environmental project</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Background: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We
will be helping to plant flower beds outside the Champaign-Urbana
Regional Rehab Center--a nursing home/rehabilitation center.</span><br><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">To Volunteer: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">All supplies will be provided. Come relax and enjoy making the center a more beautiful place at this fun event!</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Transportation: provided</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(39, 78, 19); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></span>-- <br>Kate Stephens II Special Projects Director 2011<br>
Volunteer Illini Projects II University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign<br><a href="mailto:vip.special.projects@gmail.com" target="_blank">vip.special.projects@gmail.com</a><br><font size="1"><i><br><font size="1">If you like to be removed from this list serve, email me back at anytime. <b>Please</b> Include any potential email addresses that you could be listed as in the body of the email.</font></i></font><br>
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