[Volunteers] OVP Weekly Volunteer Opportunity E-mail (02/25/03)

[Sascha Meinrath]

Good morning all!

Table of Contents:
1. Student Friends of Allerton Park Program
2. Green Meadows Girl Scout Council -- Girl Scout Cookies
3. Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club -- Youth Development
4. Circle of Friends Adult Day Center -- Tai Chi Instructor
5. Habitat for Humanity -- Moving
6. Foellinger (Spike Lee Talk) -- Ushering, Tickets, etc
7. Alternative Spring Break -- Driver

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1. Looking for a fun and rewarding experience over spring break? Allerton
Park is now accepting applications for their "Student Friends of Allerton
Park" program.  Enjoy a free week at the beautiful Allerton House
Conference Center while you participate in trail maintenance, gardening
and restoration projects.  For more information, visit the Allerton web
site at http://www.conted.uiuc.edu/allerton/

2. GIRL SCOUT COOKIES!!! Green Meadows Girl Scout Council needs help
sorting and distributing girl scout cookie orders to troops this
Wednesday, Feb 26th from 8:30-3:30 and Thursday, Feb 27th from 8:30-3:30.
If you can give an hour or a few hours, your help is needed!!!  Sorting
takes place at Lincoln Hutchcraft Van Service on Lincoln Ave., MTD Silver
bus line will take you there.  Contact Jill at jrrannenbarger at aol.com if
you want to help cookies get to their new home!

3. This Tuesday, February 25th at 7PM in 213 Greg Hall, Sister Beth Murphy
from Peoria will be giving a free presentation on Iraq called "Opening the
door to Peace".  Sister Beth is a nun who visited Iraq this past year and
did her own inspections -- only her inspection was of the people who live
there instead of the weapons Iraq may or may not posses.  Her presentation
is scheduled to last an hour and a half, with questions afterwards.  We
hope to see you there as this is an excellent opportunity for the C-U
community to hear first-hand about the situation in Iraq.  This
presentation is being sponsored by St.  John's Mission Outreach Team, an
RSO concerned with social justice through education and immersion.

4. Adult Day Care is looking for a tai chi "teacher" who could teach
seniors some fun floor exercise routines.  This adult day care has seniors
and adults enjoy new opportunities and tai chi was requested by 2 of their
seniors.  If anyone can help out on a one time basis or know of someone
who does teach tai chi contact Circle of Friends Adult Day Center at
359-7937.

5. Habitat for Humanity is moving their office on Saturday, March 1, 2003
beginning at 8:00 a.m. and need 25-30 volunteers to help them move (great
opportunity for a large group looking to do something together).
Volunteers will meet at the current Habitat office, 313 North Mattis in
Champaign and will be instructed on how the move will be accomplished.
For further information and to also sign up call 355-6460.

6. Spike Lee is coming to speak on March 1st here on campus at Foellinger
-- they're looking for volunteers to help usher, take tickets, etc.  They
need people to help from about 6-9:30 pm.  Monika is the contact over at
Foellinger and she can be reached at 244-0480.

7. It's not too late to sign up for Alternative Spring Break!
Alternative Spring Break is now accepting applications for the individuals
who are 21 and older and willing to drive vans on a rural poverty trip to
Orland, ME and a homelessness issues trip to Immokale, FL.  They are also
accepting general applications for their Bridgeton, NJ working with urban
poverty.  The cost is now $150, which includes transportation, food, and
lodging for the week of spring break.  To obtain an application contact
Amber Grove at agrove at uiuc.edu

Thirsting for other volunteer opportunities? Check out www.cuvolunteer.org
for 250+ others.

Tell them the Office of Volunteer Programs sent you,

--Sascha & Sara
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