[Vip-daycare] VIP Daycare Orientation Night's Important Information

[VIP Daycare]

Oops guys, by attached coordinator applications i meant... check for them
tomorrow because they don't seem to wanna send right now so i'll send them
out tomorrow afternoon. thank you so much for your cooperation and patience
with this process!

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 9:37 PM, VIP Daycare <vip.daycare at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey All,
>
> Due to the extreme [?]*Snow Day[?] *(Caps locked and bolded b/c I think we
> all agree that it was kind of a big deal) orientation nights got a little
> confused so I've decided to just email the entire list serve a recap of what
> we went over on *Wednesday, Feb 2nd. *It is my understanding that the VIP
> website said both of the Daycare orientation nights were canceled, so for
> those of you who didn't come on Wednesday, no need to worry. There is no
> penalty. Just make sure you all *read this email carefully. *
>
> **To those of you who have requested to be taken off the list serve: You
> don't have to read this. I've been having an issue with the list serve so
> you haven't been taken off yet but don't worry, I will ASAP. In the mean
> time, thank you for your cooperation**
> ***Also, Let me extend (again) to those of you who wish to be taken off the
> list serve (and have not requested so yet) please feel free to reply to this
> email telling me so***
>
> *What we went over: *
>
>    - There is an* application process *for each agency that Daycare
>    volunteers with. Because we are working with children, we have to invest
>    some time before being able to go for safety and legal reasons. This may
>    sound scary but *do not let this scare you away from volunteering* because
>    it is a fairly easy (and quick) process. It is mostly paper work.
>    - Once we figure out which agency you are volunteering with, I can
>       email you the application or you can go online and do it yourself.
>       - The *Orientation process *varies also, per agency. After you apply
>    and get approved, each agency will invite our volunteers (in groups) to get
>    oriented to the process and the facilities that we will be working in. This
>    is also mandatory.
>    ***The idea is that once I know what the groups are, we can start
>    sending volunteers over *
>
> **
>
>    - *Coordinator Positions*: As mentioned at recruitment nights, we have
>    some coordinator positions open and we quickly went over that. I think that
>    for this year, I want to set up 2 coordinators per each agency we work with
>    just to assure that someone will be there at all times to answer questions
>    for volunteers and help facilitate ease of information. We have about 6 or
>    so open spots to fill.
>    - A coordinator is someone who is willing to do a little bit more work
>       in terms of investing time to Daycare.
>       - You'd be required to hold ties with the Agency you are
>       volunteering at and report back to me and your volunteers (that go with
>       you)
>       - Compute hours of service (for each volunteer in your coordinator
>       group) weekly and turn in monthly
>       - Attend meetings with other coordinators and the Director
>       (monthly/bi-monthly)
>       - Transportation is a plus, or the ability to facilitate
>       transportation of your volunteer groups via bus (or any other means you see
>       fit)
>       **Having a car is *not* necessary to be a coordinator, it just helps
>       a lot (esp for agencies that are a little bit further away)
>       - *If this sounds interesting to you then please fill out the
>       attached coordinator application form and turn it into the V.I.P. Daycare
>       Mailbox in the V.I.P. RSO OFFICE located on the 2nd floor of the
>       Union by Wednesday, Feb. 9th.
>       ***We will play it by ear once the applications are in, if i need to
>       confuct interviews, I will
>       - We also just went over what if's and situations that could happen,
>    which should be covered in the orientation and application process by the
>    agencies
>
>
> *What You Should Do Now:
> *
>
>    - Choose or think about which *agency *you want to work with (Here is a
>    list of them and a link to their website if they have one)
>       - *Center for Women in Transition* (CWT): http://www.cuhomeless.com/
>       - approx: 15 children, all betwen newborn and 12 years old,
>          volunteers expected to supervise and engage in play group times
>          - Tuesdays and Thursdays
>          - *Urbana Head Start:*
>       http://www.ilheadstart.org/programs/61803.html#CHILD
>          - approx: 19 kids, various ages, teacher/school environment,
>          volunteers help and aid kids
>          - *Crisis Nusery:* http://www.crisisnursery.net/
>          - Varying ages (of kids), 2 hours weekly commitment for at least
>          6 months time (minimum)
>          - *Don Moyer's Boys and Girls Club:* http://www.dmbgc-cu.org/
>          - Kids are usually a little bit older than the nurseries
>          - *Real Life Teen Moms*: Website is Unavailable
>          - Working with children of teen moms within the community,
>          located in Champaign.
>       - *Campus Cooperative Preschool:*
>       http://campuscooperativepreschool.com/
>          - School environement, much like Urbana Headstart
>          - Located right on Campus, on Green Street
>       - Think about the* time* you are free during the weekday (and or
>    weekends)
>    - Atleast 2 HR Chunk of time (or more)
>       - Consistent each week
>       - Once you commit, please stay with it
>
> *Thank you thank you thank you & Final Notes:
> *For reading all of that. I am so sorry, I know this seems like a lot of
> information but really, it's not. Either way, it's a dense email and I know
> how tough it is to get through these. This is why orientation is so
> important to big groups like this because it helps get all of this out of
> the way. However, we are doing the best we can despite the weather and other
> unforseen circumstances. In the mean time, please look over the agencies and
> browse their websites or think about what time you are willing to commit. I
> will be sending out some google docs or what nots in the next couple of days
> asking you what agency you want to go with and what times you can do, look
> out for those.
>
> Check the attachement(s) if you're interested in coordinator positions!
>
> Finally, if you have any questions email me, facebook me, call me, text me
> (all my contacts should be on the website or the brochures) Remember,* I
> am here to help you! *and I am more than wiling to meet with you, in
> person, if you need help understanding anything that was gone over in this
> email.
>
>
>
> Toodles!
> Eunice
>
> --
> Eunice Yu
> University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign
> Volunteer Illini Projects
> Day Care Director 2010
> vip.daycare at gmail.com
>



-- 
Niharika Chaudhary
University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign
Volunteer Illini Projects
Day Care Director 2010
vip.daycare at gmail.com
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