[Volunteers] OVP Listserv

Mon Apr 16 10:57:05 CDT 2007

Monday, April 16, 2007

OFFICE OF VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS WEEKLY LISTSERV

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

1.  National Volunteer Week - Free food and Nominate People for Awards!

2.  Persuasion and Social Change

3.  Free Car Wash

4.  Roger Ebert Overlooked Film Festival

5.  Dog Walking

6.  C U on the Trails

7.  Sweetcorn Festival

8.  ICTM State Finals Volunteers

9.  Volunteer with the Eastern Illinois Food Bank

10.  Volunteer with UC Books to Prisoners!

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1.  National Volunteer Week - Free food and Nominate People for Awards!

Come visit OVP on the quad for each day this week for free food and information on volunteering!

Also, nominate an individual or organization that has shown dedication to service for the 2007 Outstanding Service Awards, nominee winners will be awarded with a plaque commemorating their dedication to service.  Nomination forms can be found on OVP's website at www.union.uiuc.edu/ovp <http://www.union.uiuc.edu/ovp> .  The deadline for awards has been extended Friday, April 20, 2007.  For questions contact or email the Office of Volunteer Programs at ovp at uiuc.edu <mailto:ovp at uiuc.edu>  or 333-7424.

2.  Persuasion and Social Change

Join Professor Patrick Vargas for a one-hour workshop on the role of persuasion in efforts concerning social change.  He will be leading those who attend in a series of group and individual exercises through which you can learn about techniques commonly used by advertising and marketing specialists and learn to adapt these techniques for promoting the social change and social good.  Knowledge itself is often not enough to inspire change.  Real change requires action!  Come learn about persuasion, one key to moving people from knowledge to action.  This workshop will take place on Wednesday, April 18th from 7pm-8pm in room 406 Illini Union.  No registration is required.  Please email ovp at uiuc.edu <mailto:ovp at uiuc.edu>  for more information!

3.  Free Car Wash

Six volunteers are needed to help Circle of Friends wash and dry the cars of their caregivers at the back yard of agency.  This is a great onetime opportunity on 4/19/2007 from 3-5pm!  Contact Shelly Mou at shellymou at gmail.com <mailto:shellymou at gmail.com>  or (217) 359-7937!

4.  Roger Ebert Overlooked Film Festival

Ever wanted to work in the movies?  How about for them?  140 volunteers are needed to sell concessions, usher, sell merchandise, assist with crowd control, help with VIP/Press/Passholder registration area and much more!  April 25th-29th.  Contact Paul Bady at paul.bady at cparkdistrict.com or 217-398-2550 for more info!

5.  Dog Walking

Is your pet dog back in your home town?  Having puppy withdrawal, perhaps?  The Champaign County Human Society needs volunteers to walk the adoptable dogs anytime Monday-Saturday from 9am-6pm and Sundays 9am-4pm.  Contact Michelle McKnight at volunteer at cuhumane.org or at 217-344-7297 to have a dog-gone good time!

6.  C U on the Trails

Champaign Park District needs your help!  Volunteers will assist with set up, clean up and working with athletes who participate in this 5k race!  This is a wonderful onetime opportunity that takes place on 5/23/2007 that starts at 8:00AM!  Fifteen volunteers are needed!  Contact Paul Bady at paul.bady at cparkdistrict.com <mailto:paul.bady at cparkdistrict.com>  or (217) 398-2550 for more information!

7.  Sweetcorn Festival

Will you be here early next year?  Volunteer at the Sweetcorn Festival!  Volunteers are needed throughout the festival, including selling beer, selling pepsi, selling corn, selling merchandise, cooking corn, picking up garbage, answering phones in the office, and miscellaneous tasks as assigned. Shifts are typically three hours long.  Volunteers are needed on 8/24/2007 - 5-11pm and 8/25/2007 - 11am-11pm.  Contact Mary Dennis at mary at urbanabusiness.com <mailto:mary at urbanabusiness.com>  or (217) 344-3872 for more information!

8.  ICTM State Finals Volunteers

The Math Department is looking for volunteers for the ICTM State Finals high school math contest on Saturday, April 28, 2007.  Over 2000 students from over 200 schools participate in the contest, and we need many volunteers to make the day run smoothly.  They need people in every category, but especially proctors, data entry, graders, timers and assistants for the Oral competition, director's assistants, runners, and folks to help move boxes on the day of the contest.  If you are interested in helping, please check out the webpage at http://www.math.uiuc.edu/ictm/ <https://exchange.ad.uiuc.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.math.uiuc.edu/ictm/>  

9.    Volunteer with the Eastern Illinois Food Bank

The Eastern Illinois Food Bank is a nonprofit organization licensed to acquire, store, maintain and distribute quantities of food products and essentials to hungry people through a network of partnership agencies in a 14 county region of eastern Illinois, and serve as a redistribution link between food manufacturers/suppliers and the agencies that respond to hunger needs, malnutrition and food insecurity. Help Alleviate hunger and nourish stronger communities!  Volunteer today!  Beth Hewing at (217) 328-3663 or bahewing at eifoodbank.org <mailto:bahewing at eifoodbank.org>  !

10.  Volunteer with UC Books to Prisoners!

UC Books to Prisoners is housed in the Independent Media Center in Urbana. An all-volunteer organization, they mail books to Illinois prisons, and also supply and staff libraries at the Champaign County jails.  UC Books to Prisoners accepts request letters from Illinois inmates, finds books that meet their needs and provides them at no cost to the inmates. We do this in part as a creative way to address the poor selection of books available in many prisons, to let prisoners know they not forgotten, to remind us that prisoners are part of our community, to encourage literacy, to share our enthusiasm for literature, and to educate ourselves and the public about life in prison.  Contact Susan Porter Bruce at (217) 384-2002 or susanpbruce at yahoo.com

Have a great week!

Allison Castillo

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/

Illini Union Office of Volunteer Programs
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
277 Illini Union (in the Student Organization Complex)
Phone: 217-333-7424
E-mail: ovp at uiuc.edu
Web: http://www.union.uiuc.edu/ovp/ <http://www.union.uiuc.edu/ovp/> 