[Volunteers] Volunteer listserv: September 21, 2004

Tue Sep 21 11:40:19 CDT 2004

Tuesday, September 21, 2004

Office of Volunteer Programs Weekly Listserv

Table of Contents
1. Friday Night Drop-Ins
2. Champaign Public Library
3. Painting Time
4. Long-term Volunteer Fair
5. Movie Time 
6. Disaster Prevention and Safety Instructor
7. 7th Annual Salt Fork River Clean-Up
8. Light the Night
9. Tutoring ESL Students

1. Friday Night Drop-Ins

Do you want to be a part of a new program with the Champaign 
Park District?  We are looking for volunteers to help 
with “Friday Night Drop-Ins,” a program that targets middle 
school students. The program takes place from 3-7pm on Friday 
nights. During the program, students have access to video 
games, basketball, volleyball, and much more. Special events, 
such as a trip to a haunted house, a movie at the Virginia 
Theater, and a Chicago Bulls game are also being planned. If 
you are interested in volunteering your time to this great 
program, please email Meghan Brooks at 
meghan.brooks at cparkdistrict.com.

2. Champaign Public Library

Have you ever messed up the books at the library? Well now’s 
your chance to help the library look better than ever before. 
The Champaign Public Library is looking for volunteers to 
reshelf books and check to make sure that materials (books, 
videos, etc.) are neat and orderly on the shelf at anytime 
the library is open. If you are a very people oriented 
individual and want to brighten up someone’s day, you might 
want to try volunteering to deliver materials to homebound 
patrons between 9AM-5PM on weekdays. They’ll appreciate it 
more than you know. Contact Mary E. Bissey at (217) 356-1970 
for more information.

3. Painting Time

Youth For Christ needs 10-12 volunteers to help paint their 
office. Painting will take place this Thursday and Friday 
(Sept 23-24) from 8AM-5PM. Youth for Christ is located at 804 
W. Anthony, right next to China Town Buffet. Call Scott for 
more info or to sign up at (217) 898-1032

4. Long-term Volunteer Fair

Service and Justice Outreach will be holding a long-term 
volunteer fair on Sunday September 26 from 4 pm to 7 pm in 
the cafeteria of Newman Hall, on the corner of 6th St. and 
Armory. There will be recruiters from many yearlong volunteer 
programs (as well as some summer programs) there to answer 
questions and provide information to students who are 
thinking about taking a year off after graduation to 
volunteer. If this is something you’ve thought about, come on 
out and bring a friend! For more information you can contact 
Libby Kalmbach at kalmbach at uiuc.edu.

5. Movie Time 

The Virginia Theatre needs help to work their $2 Tuesdays and 
$3 Thursday for the next two weeks. All you need to volunteer 
is to wear a white shirt and black or dark colored pants. The 
theatre will be showing Spiderman 2 Tuesday, September 21st 
and Thursday, September 23rd. The show starts at 7PM for both 
shows and volunteers should arrive at 5:45pm for both shows. 
The Sound of Music will be showing September 30th thru 
October 3rd Thurs., Fri., and Sat. at 7:30PM & Sun 2:30PM. 
The arrival time for volunteers for Thurs., Fri., and Sat. is 
6:15PM & Sun. is 2:30PM. For more information email Anthony 
G. Howell at anthony.howell at cparkdistrict.com or call (217) 
356-9053.

6. Disaster Prevention and Safety Instructor

This is an outreach program designed to teach people in this 
community strategies and tips to prepare for disasters and 
emergencies. The goal is to minimize, and in many cases 
eliminate the impact disasters can have on individuals and 
the community as a whole. Standardized Red Cross materials 
and training are available. There are dozens of areas of 
topics and audience-specific presentations available. 
Together, we can save a life! For more information email the 
Director at redcross at soltec.net or call 344-2800.

Another opportunity to help others available through the Red 
Cross is to become a Health and Safety Instructor. 
Instructors train people in this community to save lives in 
an emergency. Volunteers can teach a wide array of life-
saving health and safety topics, ranging from CPR & First 
Aid, to lifeguarding and baby-sitting skills. Interested 
individuals must undergo 17 hours of training and a 2-hour 
pre-test. The times are flexible and are between four and 
nine hours each. Usually courses are held at the Red Cross 
Office in Urbana, but can be arranged on-location. Together, 
we can save a life. For more information email Susan Connelly 
at redcross at soltec.net or call (217)344-2800.

7. 7th Annual Salt Fork River Clean-Up

Volunteers of all ages are needed on October 2, 2004, 8:30AM-
12:30PM, to clean up the Salt Fork River, one of Champaign 
County’s best recreational resources. This year’s clean up 
will begin at the Salt Fork River Forest Preserve, formerly 
known as the Homer Lake Forest Preserve. You can BYOC (Bring 
Your Own Canoe), or just bring yourself and some gloves to 
help collect cans, bottles, fishing gear and buckets of other 
debris from the Salt Fork’s banks and from along Homer Lake 
and Collins Pond. Free t-shirts will be given out (as long as 
supplies last). Afterwards, stay and enjoy refreshments and a 
drawing for prizes, all donated by local businesses. Please 
wear old clothes and shoes that can get muddy!! For more 
information you can contact Maggie Bruns at email 
info at prairierivers.org or call (217)344-2371.

8. Light the Night Team

Build a Team to raise funds to support people with cancer, 
and to help the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society use the funds 
raised for critical cancer research, and patients’ services. 
This is an opportunity for you to help fight cancer. Form a 
Light The Night Team of friends, family members, neighbors, 
church members, and or co-workers. You can be a team by 
yourself, but it is more fun with others! Team Captains MUST 
FIRST register their Team by calling Kristina Oncken toll-
free at 1-888-451-1692. Once this has been done, and then the 
other Team members may go online and register at 
www.lightthenight.org/il. The night of the Walk is Saturday, 
October 2, 2004 at West Side Park in Champaign, Illinois. 
Registration begins at 5:30pm. The walk will start promptly 
at 7:00pm. There will be food and entertainment provided, so 
you will need to get there at 5:30pm. The walk event will end 
around 9:30 pm. If you have any additional questions you may 
call Kristine Oncken, the Central Illinois Campaign Manager 
for the Light the Night Walks at 1-888-451-1692, or Judy 
Grumish (committee chair in Champaign) at 217-352-6399.

9. Tutoring ESL Students

English as a 2nd language students need tutoring assistance 
in Math, Reading, Science, etc. No foreign language 
experience necessary. Also, bilingual volunteers needed to 
tutor Spanish speaking students. For more information contact 
Laura Zick-Bottorff by email at zickla at champaignschools.org 
or call (217)351-3911. 

Visit our website to find more volunteer opportunities: 
www.cuvolunteer.org. This site offers the most comprehensive 
list of volunteer opportunities in Champaign county.

Staci Provezis
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