[Volunteers] OVP Volunteer Listserv 9/13/05

Tue Sep 13 15:17:56 CDT 2005

Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Office of Volunteer Programs Weekly Listserv

Table of Contents

1. Service & Justice Outreach Volunteer Fair

2. Donate School Supplies

3. Volunteer at Camp Healing Heart

4. Hospital Opportunities

5. Planned Parenthood Internships/Volunteer Opportunities

6. Sixteenth Annual Great Champaign-Urbana Duck Race

7. Hurricane Katrina Benefit Concert

8. Pull for Access

9. Women's Shelter Workday

10. CUVolunteer

1. Service & Justice Outreach Volunteer Fair

Service & Justice Outreach is hosting a Long Term/Post-Graduate Volunteer Fair on Monday, September 26, from 11 AM - 1 PM in Illini Union Room C.  This is a chance to talk with volunteer coordinators about a variety of summer or post-graduate placement opportunities across the country.  Stipends, insurance, and loan deferments are often possible.  Come, visit, and talk with the recruiters!  No cost or commitment required!  For more information, please contact Sister Anna at sranna at sjcnc.edu.

2. Donate School Supplies

Phi Eta Sigma and the Office of Volunteer Programs are co-sponsoring a school supplies drive until September 16.  We are asking for donations of pens, pencils, notebooks, folders, glue, crayons, markers, and rulers.  The items that are collected will be donated to schoolchildren who were affected by Hurricane Katrina.  You can drop off supplies at the Office of Volunteer Programs, located on the second floor of the Illini Union in the RSO complex.

3. Volunteer at Camp Healing Heart

Camp Healing Heart is a special weekend camp sponsored by Carle Hospice for grieving children ages 7 through 17.  The death of a loved one can be very painful and difficult, especially for children because they have limited life experience through which to understand death and how to cope with their feelings of loss.  Children need special support as they grieve.  In response to those needs, Carle Hospice is presenting an annual camp to provide children and adolescents with a safe and caring environment to express their grief, emotion, fear, and concerns and to teach them coping skills that will continue to help them through adulthood.  The weekend camp will be filled with fun, age-appropriate activities such as arts/crafts, sports, and nature walks interspersed with expressive discussion and activities to help children through their grief process by building trust, self-esteem, and skills to cope with their recent loss.

Camp Healing Heart will be held on October 14 - 16, 2005 at the University's 4-H Memorial Camp near Monticello, Illinois.  There are numerous volunteer opportunities available.  Please contact Keziah McNamara if your are interested in helping by phone at 383-3151 or by e-mail at Keziah.McNamara at carle.com.

4. Hospital Opportunities

Volunteers are being sought at Provena Covenant Medical Center and Carle Hospital to work in various departments. Contact Mindy Slack with Provena at 337-2378 or Barb Laubenthal with Carle at 383-3362.

5. Planned Parenthood Internships/Volunteer Opportunities

Planned Parenthood of East Central Illinois believes in the right of all people to make informed reproductive choices.  Therefore, the mission of PPECI is to advocate for and provide reproductive and complementary health care services and education in an environment which ensures and protects the privacy and rights of each individual.  For more information on this organization see their web site: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/pp2/ppeci/. 

PPECI is seeking Volunteers/Interns for the following positions: Accounts Receivable, Development, Communications and Graphic Design, Community Affairs, Public Affairs/Media Assistant, Teen Awareness Group Leaders, and Front Desk Assistant/Receptionist.  More information on these positions can be found on www.cuvolunteer.org by searching by agency for Planned Parenthood.  If you are interested in one (or more) of these positions e-mail the Volunteer Coordinator at sbevil at ppeci.org. 

6. Sixteenth Annual Great Champaign-Urbana Duck Race

The sixteenth annual great Champaign-Urbana duck race is coming!  In order to make this the best race day ever, we need your help.  The race, benefiting the Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club, will take place on October 8 at Crystal Lake Park in Urbana.  There are many volunteer opportunities available including adoption, souvenir, ticket, and concession sales.  Call Meredith Mills at 352-8655 or 390-4864 for more information.

7. Hurricane Katrina Benefit Concert

The Special Projects Committee for Service & Justice Outreach has organized a benefit concert for hurricane relief on Sunday, September 18 in Illini Union Room C from 8 PM - 11:30PM.  Admission is just $3.  There are 3 acts: Doxy, a local band; Marty Page, a local artist; and Bastian, a band from Shelbyville, IL.  

Volunteers are needed to help pass out flyers during passing periods and to place flyers around campus.  Please contact Nicky Harter at nharter at uiuc.edu if you're interested in helping.

8. Pull for Access

Please collect pop tabs to support PACE, Inc., a local nonprofit organization whose mission is to offer services to assist persons with disabilities in achieving and maintaining independence.  Drop off pop tabs all year round at the Office of Volunteer Programs in the Illini Union, room 277.  For more information, including how to get your organization involved, contact OVP by phone at 333-7424 or by e-mail at ovp at uiuc.edu.

9. Women's Shelter Workday

St. Jude's Catholic Worker House is having a workday on Saturday, October 1 starting at 2 PM.  They are looking for 10 volunteers to help clean up the women's shelter.  If you are interested, please contact Miranda at 355-9774 after 4 PM.

10. CUVolunteer

Visit www.cuvolunteer.org, the most comprehensive list of volunteer opportunities in Champaign county.

Have a great week!

Stu Schaff

Williams Intern
Office of Volunteer Programs
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
280 Illini Union (in the RSO complex)
Phone: 217-333-7424
E-mail: ovp at uiuc.edu
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