[Volunteers] Office of Volunteer Programs Weekly Update (9/17/02):

[sarakhan]

Hi All,

    Single Parent Scholarship Foundation is seeking volunteers to help sell
    coupons
    at the Bergner's Community Day Event on Saturday, November 23.  All 
proceeds
    from the coupons will go to awarding grants for books and supplies to 
eligible
    college students for the spring semester 2003!  If interested contact 
Maria
    Thompson at 328-3313 or 344-9265 (Eve) or email at spsf at soltec.net

    Chill in beautiful East St. Louis!  The East St. Louis Action Research
    Project (ESLARP) is hosting three Outreach Weekend opportunities this
    fall, September 27 & 28, October 18 & 19 and November 8 & 9. ESLARP is an
    interdisciplinary project within the College of Fine and Applied Arts.
    Faculty and students from several campus units collaborate with each other
    and East St. Louis neighborhood groups on highly tangible and visible
    projects that address the immediate and long-term needs of some of the
    city's most distressed communities.  Let me also just say that that St.
    Louis has an _amazing_ night life; a ton of great jazz clubs, and is a
    great place to go for a weekend outing.  For more info check out
    www.eslarp.uiuc.edu/volunteer or give a call to Justin or Vicki at
    265-0202.

    Attention, Attention!  Youth for Christ (YFC) is looking for volunteers 
for
    their programs Campus Life which involves mostly school activities. Also
    Teen Moms which need people for afternoon and evening times.  Last but of
    course not least their outreach program Youth Guidance which works with
    Juvenile Detention Center and Youth Probation.  Contact scoot at yfceci.org 
or go
    to the website www.yfceci.org.

    A Woman's Place will be having a 40 Hour Domestic Violence Training
    beginning September 7th and ending September 30th.  It will be on Monday,
    Tuesdays and Thursday evenings from 6:00-9:30.  A Woman's Place provides
    service to Women and their minor children who have experienced domestic
    violence.  Upon completion of this training, participants will get a
    certificate recognized by the Illinois Coalition Against Domestic
    Violence, be able to work on the hotline and provide direct service to
    clients.  Please contact Kim Morin, volunteer coordinator if you are
    intrested at 649-3657 or E-mail her at kmori38777 at yahoolcom.

    Oldies but goodies:

    Now try to remember way back to high school =93football games=94=85can you 
go
    back that far?  Well if you can Illinois High School Association (IHSA)
    football championships will be at our very own Memorial Stadium.  They 
will
    need students for ambassadors (put on teams to do various tasks), yard 
signs
    don't worry you don't have to make one, tent city (your bum will be well
    rested), banners, face-painting=85don=92t forget to bring the artist 
within
    you, and lastly hotels (?)delivering info to various hotels silly!  
Contact
    Sue Wedig 351-4133 or email suew at champaigncounty.org

    "Ring-Ring....ring-ring...can someone get that?"  Well you can at 
Champaign's
    County Health Care Consumer's Annual Phone-A-thon!  You will be helping 
them
    inform members on advocating for contraceptive coverage & equity in 
employee
    health benefits.  Also lets not forget FREE FOOD and TRANSPORTATION will 
be
    provided.  Contact Brooke at 352-6533 or email her at brooke at shout.net

    FIGHT CANCER WITH MUSIC -- no it's not some new-age cure... The Leukemia &
    Lymphoma Society is sponsoring a "Light The Night Walk" and are looking
    for a band to play Sep 21, 2002 (5:30-9:00 pm) -- they say they're looking
    for a "lite rock type band" -- I suppose that could be interpreted rather
    widely, myself :).  "NOT A MUSICIAN," you say -- noooooooooooo problemo,
    they're also looking for a few fools (as in jugglers, dancers, clowns,
    singers) to help spruce up the evening. Contact Scott Burnsmier or Judy
    Grumish 352-6399 or 451-1692 -- or check out:
    http://www.cuvolunteer.org/find/opp_profile.phtml?oid=671 for more info.

    "BOOOO"...did I scare you? Well from October 18th to the 19th the Urbana 
Park
    District will hold its annual Haunted Hallows Trail event at Anita Purves
    Nature Center. They need people for various jobs such as concessions 
ticket
    sales, security (start working out!), spirit guides, and crafts. Don’t 
forget
    Free pizza and soda! You can contact Dan Malinowskiat 367-1536 or email 
him at
    dmalinow at uiuc.edu

    Or put away those PUNY LITTLE GOLF BALLS and go for something that gives
    you a _real_ workout -- BOWLING!!! The Eastern Prairie Special Olympics
    needs help with their area bowling competition. Keep score for athletes;
    present awards; pass out lunches to athletes, coaches, volunteers -- they
    even need medical volunteers (who knew Bowling was such a physical
    endeavor!). 75 folks are needed on the following days -- Sep 7, 2002
    (8:00am - 5:00pm), Oct 13, 2002 (8:00am - 5:00pm). Contact Georgeann
    Kulton 355-1750 to learn more or check out our web listing at:
    http://www.cuvolunteer.org/find/opp_profile.phtml?oid=627

    Thirsting for other volunteer opportunities? Check out
    www.cuvolunteer.org for 200+ others.

    Tell them the Office of Volunteer Programs sent you,

    --Sarah Kahn
    Office of Volunteer Programs

    Phone#: 333-7424
    E-mail: ovp at uiuc.edu
    Office: 277 Illini Union (in the RSO complex)