[Volunteers] OVP Volunteer Listserve 11/14/05

[Office of Volunteer Programs]

Monday, November 14, 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 Children's Book Drive
3. Perfect Prom Project Donations
4. Potbelly Food Drive
5. Child Care Volunteers
6. Ministry to the Physically and Mentally Challenged
7. Boneyard Web Developers
8. Girl Scout Volunteers
9. Boy Scout Volunteers
 

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 STARTING TODAY and going until 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!  
 
Tomorrow, (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 CHILDREN'S BOOK DRIVE
The Illini Community Connection 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. 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 and at the Office of Volunteer Programs from Wednesday, November 16 to Friday, December 16.  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.
 
4. 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. 
 
5. 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.
 
6. 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.
 
7. BONEYARD WEB DEVELOPERS
The Prairie Rivers Network is looking for volunteers to help set up a web page for an event that they are helping organize on the Boneyard.  This is an ongoing project, starting as soon as possible and continuing until Earth Day.  Please contact Kim Erndt at kerndt at prairierivers.org if you are interested.
 
8. GIRL SCOUT VOLUNTEERS 
The Girl Scouts-Green Meadows Council is looking for volunteers with energetic and outgoing personalities to work with students in after school programs such as Champaign Unit #4 School District as well as in Girl Scout Troops/Groups throughout Champaign-Urbana.  If you have these qualities, please contact Rhonda Sykes at 328-5112 or Rhonda at gsgmc.org for more information. 
 
9. BOY SCOUT VOLUNTEERS
The Prairielands Council of Boy Scouts of America is looking for volunteers to assist Scout Leaders with students in the afterschool programs at King School, Prairie School, and the Champaign Schools.  If you can give one hour a week to make a difference in a child's life, please contact Keith Jones at kjones at bsamail.org.
 
Have a magnificent 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/