[Volunteers] OVP Volunteer Listserve 10/25/05

Tue Oct 25 16:56:40 CDT 2005

Tuesday, October 25, 2005
OFFICE OF VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS WEEKLY LISTSERV
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1. Swann Center Haunted House
2. United Way Youth Initiative campaign Kickoff
3. Child Care Volunteers
4. Boneyard Web Developers
5. High School Shadow Day
6. Ministry to the Physically and Mentall Challenged
7. Girl Scout Volunteers
8. Boy Scout Volunteers

1. SWANN CENTER HAUNTED HOUSE
Swann Special Care Center is putting together a haunted house for its residents.  Each year, the Swann Haunted House provides a fun and entertaining sensory experience for persons with disabilities throughout the Champaign-Urbana area.  Volunteers are needed to help set up on October 27 and 28 at Swann School from 10 AM - 5 PM.  Volunteers are also needed to help take residents through the haunted house on Monday, October 31 from 10 AM - 12 PM.  If you are interested, please call Leonora Byram at 356-5164 or e-mail her at leonora at swanncare.com.

2. UNITED WAY YOUTH INITIATIVE CAMPAIGN KICKOFF
The United Way is looking for volunteers for their Youth Initiative Kickoff Campaign kickoff on Saturday, November 5 from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM.  Volunteers will be monitoring and assisting middle/elementary school kids who will be raking leaves in the community.  Please contact Katherine Wall at katherine at uwayhelps.org if you are interested.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. HIGH SCHOOL SHADOW DAY
The Student Leadership panel for the University YWCA is seeking volunteers to help with its high school shadow day on 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.

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. 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. 

8. 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.

Thank you to everyone who donated to the Make a Difference Drive!  Have a stupendous 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/