[Volunteers-summer] July 13, 2004

[Kathy Guthrie]

>Good Morning!
>
>Table of Contents
>
>1. Blood Drive: CBSI and V.I.P.
>2. Environmental Education: Champaign County Forest Preserve
>3. Volunteers: Sweet Corn Festival
>4. Camp Leader: Girl Scouts of Green Meadows
>5. Corn Pickers: Restoration Urban Ministries
>6. Volunteers: Salt and Light
>
>1. CBSI Blood Drive: V.I.P. is hosting a blood drive in room
>314 of the Illini Union, July 13-16.  If you are interested
>in donating blood just show up between 11:00am and 3:00pm.
>If you are interested in volunteering, contact Toni at
>frolova at uiuc.edu.
>
>2. Champaign County Forest Preserve Environmental Education:
>Listen to frogs sing a frog chorus. Find an animal track and
>follow it down a path. Use a water quality testing kit to
>determine the health of a lake. Call owls in for a night-
>time visit. Volunteer help is needed at the Environmental
>Education Center in Homer, just 20 minutes east of Urbana.
>Volunteer tasks include greeting visitors, teaching programs,
>animal care, preparing for programs, researching for
>programs, assisting the Staff and much more. If interested
>contact Kristina Hubert @ 586-3360 or at khubert at net66.com.
>
>3. Sweet Corn Festival: We want YOU to help out at the
>Urbana Sweetcorn Festival this summer!  If any of the
>programs listed above are not of your liking, we still have
>TONS to accomplish—WITH YOUR HELP!!  We are looking for
>people before, during and after Sweetcorn—we will even love
>to have you for all three times!  All Sweetcorn Volunteer
>participants will be receiving an appreciation award
>following their aid and assistance.  If interested in
>participating, sign up at one of the local libraries, the
>local YMCA, local churches, or online at
>http://www.urbanabusiness.com/downtown/sweetcorn-
>festival.html.
>
>4. Girl Scout Camp Leader: Like the outdoors? Like working
>with children? Girl Scouts Green Meadows Council needs
>people who love the outdoors to help us put on programs for
>girls between the ages 5-17! Whether it be a nature hike, a
>beginning workshop for girls to learn about camping, or a
>trip to the planetarium, we need your help!  Most events
>will be on nights or weekends. Contact Billie Waddell at
>billie at gsgmc.org or at 328-5112 if interested.
>
>5.Restoration Urban Ministries: We have been given 6 acres
>of sweetcorn to use in our food pantry to sell to the public
>and we need pickers! Corn will be $1.50 per half dozen. Any
>individual or group willing to help can contact Kim Irwin at
>355-2662 in our office for specifics.
>
>6. Salt and Light Volunteers: Salt and Light is looking for
>volunteers to help collect, organize and distribute food and
>clothing to poverty stricken families and individuals.  Salt
>and Light serves the Champaign County community by aiding
>with the physical needs of the residents such as food,
>clothing, home repairs, and financial services.  If
>interested contact Nathan or Jenny at 355-5654 for more
>information or to volunteer.
>
>
>www.cuvolunteer.org
>for 250+ others.
>
>Tell them the Office of Volunteer Programs sent you,
>
>Laura Brayton
>Office of Volunteer Programs
>
>Phone#: 333-7424
>E-mail: ovp at uiuc.edu
>Office: 277 Illini Union (in the RSO complex)
>Website: www.union.uiuc.edu/ovp