[Volunteers] OVP Digest for 1/23/2008 to 1/28/2008

[Office of Volunteer Programs]

Wednesday, January 23, 2008
OFFICE OF VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS WEEKLY LISTSERVE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

1.  OVP Workshop: Plan Your Own Service Project (1/27)
2.  Engineers Without Borders Info Night (1/24)
3.  After School Library Program at BT Washington (1/22-1/25)
4.  Babysitters Needed (2/7)
5.  Westview Elementary’s Annual Fun Fest (2/28)
6.  Boy Scouts After School Program
7.  Orpheum Children’s Science Museum Volunteer Opportunities
8.  The Illini 4000 for Cancer
9.  Help create social change at this year's IMPACT Conference (3/7-3/9)

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Everyone can be great because anyone can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't even have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve... You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love...
(Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)
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Welcome back!


1.  OVP WORKSHOP: PLAN YOUR OWN SERVICE PROJECT

Interested in getting your group involved in public service?

The Office of Volunteer Programs is offering its free, Annual RSO Service & Leadership Workshop to help you plan the perfect project for your organization!  Refine your skills in recruiting, marketing and fundraising.  Learn more about effective event planning and coordination.  We’ll help you complete your project from start to finish!

The workshop will be held in Illini Union room 209 on January 27, 2008 from 2-4 pm.
Please register by contacting the Office of Volunteer Programs at ovp at uiuc.edu. Also feel free to contact us in regards to any questions you may have.



2.  ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS INFO NIGHT

Engineers Without Borders is a registered student organization that is always looking for more help.  This group sends students abroad to work hand in hand with people to solve resource issues and help manage local natural resources.  With EWB you can apply your knowledge of accounting, marketing, and/or, community health to development projects in the international community. For more information on sustainable development projects here and abroad, visit www.ewb-uiuc.org , contact jeellis2 at uiuc.edu, or come to the information night:  Thursday 1/24, 7:00 pm, in room 151 Loomis.



3.  AFTER SCHOOL LIBRARY PROGRAM AT BT WASHINGTON

The program is a collaboration of BTW, U of I's Graduate School of Library and Information Science, La Casa, and Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club.  The program operates from 3:00 to 5:00 every Tuesday through Friday at B.T. Washington School, located in Champaign.  Volunteers are asked to tutor regularly at least one day a week.

The BTW After School Library Program provides volunteers with the opportunity to:
-help children from different backgrounds and cultures with their homework and reading.
-gain experience in a Kindergarten-8th grade tutoring and literacy setting.
-provide a much needed and appreciated service to the local community.
-develop close mentor relationships with children.

Volunteer orientations start the week of January 22nd.  Please attend one day (Tues the 22nd - Friday the 25th) from 3-5pm to get started.  Orientations will be held at B.T. Washington School- 606 East Grove, Champaign, IL.

For more information visit our site at http://ilabs.inquiry.uiuc.edu/ilab/btwalp

If you would like to volunteer, please contact Laura Lowe at LauraLowe826 at gmail.com or 815-274-7163.



4.  BABYSITTERS NEEDED

I have been asked to help locate some babysitters for a Latino outreach meeting Feb 7th from 6:30-8 PM (they would need to arrive by 6:15 PM) at Booker T Washington (sponsored by Latino partnership).  Five -fifteen children are expected.  I think 3-5 volunteers would be needed.  A video, books, paper & crayons and a small snack will be provided.  If you’d like to volunteer, contact Beverley Baker at beverley at uwayhelps.org or (217) 352-5151.



5.  WESTVIEW ELEMENTARY’S ANNUAL FUN FEST

This year's Fun fest will be on Friday February 28th from approximately 5:30 to 8:30pm at Westview school (Russell and John Street in Champaign).  They need students to help run carnival games in each of the 18 classrooms.  To help out, contact Gaby McClellan on her cell at 217-819-0673 or email her at gabrielamcclellan at yahoo.com.



6.  BOY SCOUTS AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM

The Champaign Boy Scouts of America branch is looking for a few college students to help with an After School Scouting Program.  These students don’t need to know anything about scouting, and will be provided training.  Suggested availability is 3:00-5:00 Monday through Friday but this can vary if need be.  You’d be working with kids 6-14 and doing activities such as crafts, games, team building, knots, and citizenship.  If you’re interested, please contact Lovetta Ash-Simpson at losimpso at bsamail.org.



7.  ORPHEUM CHILDREN’S SCIENCE MUSEUM VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

This will be an eventful spring at your Orpheum Children's Science Museum.
Here are some of the ways that you can participate.

Docent Training Begins Again!
Friday Mornings in February the 1st-29th, 10am to 12pm
We had a great time at last semester's training and if you missed it then here is another opportunity. Our educational docents learn how to lead science based field trips for school groups here at the museum. The docents last semester also had the opportunity to help design their own curriculum, participate in exhibit development, and contribute to upcoming programs. This semester's training should also be a blast.

After-School Teaching Assistant's Needed
Mondays-Thursdays starting February 5th
Volunteers are needed to assist with the after school programs here at the Orpheum.Please visit our website at www.orpheumkids.org for details about the classes.

Weekend Wizards Assistants Needed
The next one is January 26th!
 Every fourth Saturday of the month we host our Weekend Wizards events from 1pm -3pm.Volunteers are needed to assist facilitation at these events.

Orpheum Crew
Every Monday from 2pm-4pm
Come help the museum grow! Crew members are responsible for maintaining the museum in many different capacities. We utilize this time to do all the things we cannot do while the museum is open from something as exciting as installing a new exhibit to something as mundane as changing the light bulbs the Orpheum Crew is the backstage force that keeps the museum running.


To be involved with any of these, contact the museum coordinator Meadow Jones at 217-352-5895 or meadow.orpheum at gmail.com.  For more information, visit www.orpheumkids.org.



8.  THE ILLINI 4000 FOR CANCER

The Illini 4000 sends a team of 25 riders across the United States each summer to raise money for cancer research.  This summer they are riding from Seattle to Washington D.C; the ride will begin during the last week of May 2008 and end no later than August 2, 2008. This year they hope to raise $100,000 for the American Cancer Society and Camp Kesem. If you are interested in riding or helping out, please contact Jonathan Schlesinger at jschles2 at uiuc.edu and check out the following websites: www.Illini4000.org & www.filmsthatmove .com (see the trailer)!!!



9.  HELP CREATE SOCIAL CHANGE AT THIS YEAR'S IMPACT CONFERENCE

Join hundreds of college students, administrators, faculty, national nonprofit organizations, socially-responsible companies and many others at the IMPACT Conference at Northeastern University in Boston, MA, on March 7–9, 2008.

You won’t want to miss this inspiring three-day conference, which will include a series of thought-provoking forums, plenary sessions, and student-led workshops as well as an Opportunities Fair, Oxfam America Hunger Banquet, powerful Opening Ceremony -- and even a few new surprises!

This event builds on the legacy set forth by the C.O.O.L. Conference and the Idealist Campus Conference, spanning an incredible 23-year history. You can be part of the effort to help build a global movement for turning ideas into social change.

To learn more about the IMPACT Conference and to register, please visit www.campusconference.org.

Contact: Nessa Stoltzfus at 617.728.2464 or nstoltzfus at OxfamAmerica.org.



Have a scholarly week!


Illini Union Office of Volunteer Programs
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
288 Illini Union
Phone: 217-333-7424
E-mail: ovp at uiuc.edu
Web: http://www.union.uiuc.edu/ovp/