[Volunteers] OVP Volunteer Listserve 11/8/05

[Office of Volunteer Programs]

Tuesday, November 8, 2005
OFFICE OF VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS WEEKLY LISTSERVE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1. Holiday Toy Drive and Movie
2. Illini Union Community Connection Drives
3. Mentor Appreciation Event
4. Perfect Prom Project Donations
5. Community Blood Services of Illinois Blood Drive 
6. Child Care Volunteers
7. Potbelly Food Drive
8. High School Shadow Day
9. Ministry to the Physically and Mentally Challenged
 

1. HOLIDAY TOY DRIVE AND MOVIE
The holidays are coming!  Want to help brighten a child's holiday season this year?   The Office of Volunteer Programs is hosting our annual Holiday Toy Drive from November 14 to December 7.  Last year, we collected over 400 toys to donate to local agencies and we need the help of you and your organization to collect even more this year!  If you are interested in donating, please contact the Office of Volunteer Programs at ovp at uiuc.edu for more information.  We will need the number of children your organization would like to sponsor and we will then send you more details, including a specific age bracket for which gifts are needed.  The student organization or group that donates the most toys will receive a free pizza party from OVP!  Thanks in advance for your support!  
 
Also, on Tuesday, November 15, the Office of Volunteer Programs will be showing the film "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" to benefit our toy drive.  The movie will begin at 8 PM in the Union's Courtyard Cafe and the cost of admission is a toy or $3.  Please come for a fun time benefiting a great cause!
 
2. ILLINI COMMUNITY CONNECTION DRIVES
Illini Union Community Connection is launching two drives: the 1st Annual Newspaper Drive and the Children's Book Drive.
 
The Newspaper Drive, which will benefit the Champaign County Humane Society, will take place from Monday, October 31 to Friday, November 11.  You can drop off collected newspapers in Illini Union Room 284 on November 11 by 5 PM. 
 
The Children's Book Drive, which will benefit the Champaign Early Childhood Center, the Crisis Nursery, and the Marilyn Queller Childcare Center, started on Monday, November 7.  The Illini Union Bookstore is providing a 30% discount on in-stock children's books.  Drop boxes will be located at the Bookstore and in the Illini Union, Rooms 284 and 277.
 
3. MENTOR APPRECIATION EVENT
The Illini Mentor Program and Illini Community Connection are co-sponsoring the first-ever Mentor Appreciation Event on Saturday, November 12 from 2 PM to 4 PM in the Illini Union Rec Room.  There will be free bowling, shoe rentals, billiards, pizza, and pop for anyone who is involved in mentoring or who is interested in becoming a mentor.  Anybody who wants to attend must RSVP to iucommunityconnect at uiuc.edu by this Wednesday, November 9.
 
4. PERFECT PROM PROJECT DONATIONS
The Perfect Prom Project is ready to accept your donations of formal dresses, shoes, purses, and accessories.  These donations will be provided for free to Champaign-Urbana high school girls who may not be able to otherwise afford them.  There will be a donation box at Lincoln Avenue Residence Hall from Thursday, November 10 to Tuesday, November 15.  Other dates and locations will be added as the school year progresses.  Visit http://www.uiuc.edu/ro/prom/ or the Perfect Prom Project group on facebook for more information on how you can help with this cause.
 
5. COMMUNITY BLOOD SERVICES OF ILLINOIS BLOOD DRIVE
If you would like to give the gift of blood, Community Blood Services of Illinois is conducting a blood drive from 10 AM - 4 PM in 314 Illini Union on Tuesday, November 8 and Thursday, November 10.
 
6. CHILD CARE VOLUNTEERS
The Center for Women in Transition is looking for child care volunteers for their playgroups.  The playgroups are on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 AM to 11 AM and 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM.  Please contact Diana Dudzienski at 352-7151 or dudzie83 at hotmail.com if you are interested.
 
7. POTBELLY FOOD DRIVE
Potbelly Sandwich Works, located at 501 E. Green Street in Champaign, will be giving a free sandwich to any customer who brings at least three non-perishable food items into the store on Tuesday, November 15.  Potbelly and its partner, America's Second Harvest, will be donating all food items to the Eastern Illinois Food Bank. 
 
8. HIGH SCHOOL SHADOW DAY
The Student Leadership panel for the University YWCA is seeking volunteers to help with its high school shadow day this Friday, November 11, starting around 9:50 AM.  They need University students willing to show some area high schoolers around for the day.  This is a day for high school students to see what college life is really like.  Volunteers will take the high schoolers to classes, give them a tour of the quad, anything to help them get acquainted with college life.  Lunch from Jimmy John's will be provided between 12:30 PM and 1:30 PM at the YWCA office.  If you are interested in volunteering please e-mail Hallie Kowal at hkowal at uiuc.edu or call her at 344-0721.
 
9. MINISTRY TO THE PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY CHALLENGED
The New Horizon United Methodist Church is looking to expand its vital new ministry.  The Ministry to the Physically and Mentally Challenged needs volunteers  on Thursdays from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM.  Volunteers will assist a trained processional with crafts, games, Bible stories, videos, music and snacks.  If you're interested, please contact Barbara Tuck at 359-1904 or by e-mail at Tuck60 at insightBB.com as soon as possible.
 
Have a splendid week! 
 
Stu Schaff
Williams Intern
 
Office of Volunteer Programs
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
277 Illini Union (in the Student Organizations Complex)
Phone: 217-333-7424
E-mail: ovp at uiuc.edu
Web: http://www.union.uiuc.edu/ovp/