Volunteer Counseling and Consulting
The the Office of Leadership and Service-Learning is available for individual or group appointments for students and student groups interested in finding out more about volunteering locally. To set up an appointment or learn more:
Leslie Veach
Assistant Director of Community Leadership and Service
(336) 256-0538
laveach@uncg.edu
Service Opportunities, Leadership Events, and Other Announcements
"I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow-creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again."
-Precise origin unknown. Variously attributed to Quakers Stephen Grellet, 1773-1855, and William Penn, 1644-1718, and to Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian leader.
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SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
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NC-ACTS! Program
Get a $1,000 Scholarship for your Unpaid Internship, Student Teaching, or Community Service! NC-ACT! is an AmeriCorps Scholarship program which rewards students who complete 300 hours or more of service in an academic year with a $1,000 scholarship. If you are doing an Internship in nonprofit, social services, public health, or education* you may be able to count your internship hours towards NC-ACTS! If you volunteer 10 hours per week throughout the academic year, you are an excellent candidate for the program. More info is available at http://olsl.uncg.edu/explore/service/jobs/americorps/ under AmeriCorps Opportunities. We are now accepting applications for the 2008-2009 academic year. Question? Contact Lauren Smalley AmeriCorps* VISTA in OLSL, 214 EUC, 256-1404 or by email lesmalle@uncg.edu.
*education placements must be at a Title I (at risk) school, with special needs pupils, birth-k, or ESOL. -
Make plans to attend the Volunteer & Service-Learning Fair on Wednesday, September 3rd, 12:00 noon - 3:00 p.m. at The Fountain. More than 40 community partners will be present to share the volunteer opportunities at their agencies. Plus, attendees will have a chance to win cool prizes including an I-Pod Shuffle and I-Pod Nano!
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Greensboro Beautiful needs your help to mail out our 2007-2008 Annual Report on Wednesday, August 27th, beginning at 9:00 a.m. If you have volunteered for a mailing before, you know that it is a fun and easy way to volunteer for Greensboro Beautiful. A group of volunteers meets in the City Beautiful Conference room to tab and label the 4,000 plus pieces that we mail out. It's a good time to catch up on what's going on with everyone. We are usually done before noon. The mailings are important promotional pieces for Greensboro Beautiful. Please let Gerry, City Beautiful Coordinator, know if you can help with the mailing on Wednesday. Contact Gerry by phone at (336) 574-3547. -
Center for Creative Aging - NC
Volunteers are needed to help improve CCA-NC's website in a creative design/technical capacity. Additional volunteers are needed to help with a celebration of the creativity of people with dementia through painting and storytelling classes for elders in the community. With training, volunteers can assist with these classes. Contact Lia Miller at (336) 253-0856 or email at lia@cca-nc.org for more information. -
Shepherd's Center of Greensboro
Student volunteers are needed to do website work for the Shepherd's Center. Anyone who has knowledge about using Dreamweaver, as well as who can help add photos, videos, and make the website more interactive is greatly needed. This is an immediate need as you can see by looking at our website, http://www.shepctrg.org. Call (336) 378-0766 or email lia_shepctrg@bellsouth.net for more information.
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Leadership Challenge Interest Meetings
- Wednesday, August 27th at 5:00 pm - Elliott University Center, or
- Thursday, September 4th at 3:00 pm - 213 Elliott University Center
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Could You Survive a Month in Poverty?
37 million Americans, 13 million of whom are children under the age of 18, live in poverty every day. Many more have incomes above the poverty line, but their incomes are still low enough to qualify for programs like Food Stamps and Medicaid. The recent economic downturn has seen unemployment rates rise and the use of emergency food pantries increase. It is difficult for those of us who have enough to truly understand the situations that families living in poverty experience every day - the decisions they have to make, and the fears and frustrations they feel. That is why NC Campus Compact is inviting you to walk a mile in the shoes of those facing poverty by participating in the Community Action Poverty Simulation (CAPS)!The CAPS provides participants with the opportunity to assume the role of a low-income family member living on a limited budget. The experience is divided into four 15-minute sessions, each of which represents one week in which you must provide for your family and maintain your home. As one participant commented, "This welfare simulation dramatically demonstrates how much time and energy many families have to give just to survive from day to day. It quickly dispels the myth "that people would do fine if they would only go out and get a job!"
The simulation will be held on September 9, 2008 at Elon University (McKinnon Hall). Registration begins at 9:00 a.m. and the simulation begins at 9:30. We will conclude at 11:45. The event is free unless you would like to participate in lunch. The cost for lunch is $15.
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SURGE Seeking Students for Advisory Board
SURGE (Students United for a Responsible Global Environment) is looking for energetic North Carolina students to form a new advisory board! The SURGE Advisory Board is a diverse group of student activists from high schools, community colleges, colleges, and universities across North Carolina who work on social, economic, and environmental justice issues on their campuses and in their communities.Purpose: The advisory board will serve three primary purposes:
1. The advisory board will make recommendations to the SURGE board and staff about the needs of North Carolina student organizers and help SURGE implement the programs that best meet those needs on their respective campuses.
2. The advisory board will keep the SURGE board, staff, and network informed about the work students are doing on their campuses and in their regions by contributing information to our board and staff meetings, website, newsletters, listservs, and other informational events and publications.
3. The advisory board will maintain SURGE's accountability to our constituency of young people and youth-led organizations by ensuring that our structure and programming is democratic, foregrounding the concerns of students in our work, and maintaining a direct connection to the grassroots work we intend to support.Please visit the SURGE website at http://www.surgenetwork.org
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Small Grants Available for Youth Civic Education Projects
The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation has provided the Civic Education Consortium with another year of funding to support the Small Grants Program; the Consortium is now seeking grant proposals from organizations working to prepare North Carolina's young people for active, responsible citizens. The Small Grants Program provides grants of $1,000-$10,000 to fund innovative, collaborative youth civic education programs that take place in communities, schools, or government organizations. The grant is for a period of one year or less, beginning January 1, 2009. Collaborative projects, such as partnerships between schools and community organizations, other nonprofits, and/or government agencies, are strongly encouraged. Applicants must be a 501 (c) (3) or a government agency. The application deadline is October 15, 2008. More information on the Small Grants program, including the grant application and a sample completed application can be found on the Consortium's website (www.civics.org), or by clicking here.
COMMUNITY AGENCY PROFILE
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Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro
Volunteers add quality to the lives of our patients and families affected by illness, death or grief. Everything volunteers do affects patient care.. it all matters. We currently have needs for volunteers in all areas, but especially strong needs for Direct Patient Care volunteers and Puppeteers.Direct Patient Care Volunteers... ALWAYS our greatest need.
-Provide support in the home, long-term care facilities, Beacon Place or the Palliative Care Unit at The Patient Care Support Volunteers.
-Assist with various administrative tasks in the HPCG offices.
-Provide a warm smiling face as our receptionist at Beacon Place.
-Answer phone and direct clients at Kids Path®.General Support Volunteers
-Help to maintain our beautiful therapeutic gardens.
-Offer licensed notary services in completing Living Will and Healthcare Power of Attorney documents.
-Bring peace and joy to patients through music.
-Provide cakes and pastries for special celebrations of our patients and families.
-Knit lap blankets and sew specially requested items such as "memory bears."
-Troupe a puppet show presented to 3rd graders in Guilford County.
-Assist with community speaking engagements and health fairs.
-Provide hand written acknowledgements to community donors.
-Provide handyman assistance with basic home maintenance.To learn more about becoming a volunteer with HPCG, call our Volunteer Services Department at 336.621.5562 ext. 2248, or visit our website at www.hospicegso.org.
Looking for more opportunities? Search our Service Database.