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Happy Finals Week! We hope that you’re finishing up your finals and gearing up for Spring Break as we are. We’ve got 36 students leaving this weekend for Alternative Spring Break trips in Yakima, WA, Newport, OR and San Francisco, CA. We hope you’ll join us in wishing them safe travels and good luck J
If you’re still looking for things to do over the break, we encourage you to check out our service opportunities below. If you already have fantastic plans, you might want to take some time to check out our website and learn about some exciting issues to learn about and get involved with. If you need some light reading for a drive or flight you can print some articles from the Information for Students section of our website!
You can also show your support for volunteerism by enjoying the “Pastini Pasta-Thon - Lower Your Hunger While Raising Money For a Good Cause” Support HandsOn Linn-Benton by eating at Pastini’s on Monday and Tuesday, March 26 & 27 between 11 a.m. and 10 p.m. Takeout food counts too! Make sure you mention to your waiter that you are dining for HandsOn, and Pastini's will donate 50% of the net proceeds to HandsOn.
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opportunities!
Volunteer at SAGE – 4pm-dusk on Tuesdays (Mar 20th – Oct).
The SAGE garden is a unique community garden located in the Bruce Starker Arts Park. Community volunteers are the heart of the garden and help to farm a one-acre plot of city land. The food we grow together is donated to local food banks and soup kitchens, providing fresh, healthy fruits and vegetables to families in our community who need them most. In 2011 the garden supplied almost 7,000 pounds of organically grown produce to agencies all over Corvallis.
SAGE garden, Bruce Starker Arts Park SW 45th Place & SW Country Club Dr
For questions about
volunteering at SAGE please contact Jena at jena@corvallisenvironmentalcenter.org or 541-753-9211
http://corvallisenvironmental.wordpress.com/edible-corvallis-initiative/sage/
Casa
Latino Unidos Benton County school homework program
Linus Pauling Middle School: 3/6/2012 & ends 6/7/2012 T/TH
3:30pm to 5pm
Philomath Elementary School : 4/7/2012 & ends 6/11/2012 M/W
3pm to 4:30pm
Casa Latino Unidos is looking for committed volunteers that want
to see kids succeed for one day of tutoring or ongoing service. There are no
language requirements and there will be no volunteering during spring break
To volunteer fill out the
application and contact Erlinda Gonzales-Berry or Yazmin Brambila phone:
541-223-5310 or via email: casa.latinos.unidos@gmail.com
Upland Prairie Volunteer Workday, Green Belt Land Trust- Saturday, March 24th 9am-12pm
Meet at the Green Belt Land
Trust office and then carpool to Lupine Meadows where you can help mulch
recently planted prairie wildflowers so they survive weeds and summer drought.
The Green Belt Land Trust (or GBLT for short) is a group focusing on conservation,
sustainable agriculture, and stewardship.
RSVP to jeff@greenbeltlandtrust.org.
Internship Opportunity with the Corvallis Environmental Center-
Application Deadline: Monday, March 26th.
The Corvallis
Environmental Center's Edible Corvallis program
is looking for interns for spring (Apr 2 - Jun 15)! Seven positions are
available. Interns will work with the SAGE educational garden and community
gardens staff, in the Farm to School program, in areas community outreach,
event planning, or fundraising. If interested, please fill out an Application
on their website HERE!
If you have questions about the
ECI internships, please check out the Guidelines &
Information page, or contact Jena at (541)
753-9211 or jena@corvallisenvironmentalcenter.org.
Job Opportunity! - Applications close on March 28
UHDS is currently seeking applicants to serve as Community Relations Facilitators (CRFs) for the 2012-2013 academic year. CRFs work with student staff and residents at University Housing and Dining Services (UHDS) in a variety of educational endeavors related to social justice and cultural development. . More information and application can be found at http://bit.ly/crf2012
Questions may be directed to Teresita Alvarez, Multicultural Resource Coordinator, at 541-737-8268 or Teresita.Alvarez@oregonstate.edu
Downtown
Corvallis Cleanup- March 31st - 8:30am
The DCA Design Committee, in
collaboration with Civic Beautification Urban Forestry Commission, and Madison
Avenue Task Force is planning one big Downtown cleanup on March 31 to make
Downtown Corvallis even more attractive. They need you volunteers help do some
weeding, picking up trash, maintaining tree wells and curbs, & upkeep of
Downtown blocks. Please meet at Howland Plaza (1st & Madison Ave) at 8:30
am for instructions, then they'll head out at 9 am to make Downtown Corvallis
look absolutely beautiful!
RSVP to Steve McGettigan by March
15th at (541) 754-1739 or steve.mcgettigan@ci.corvallis.or.us
Leadership in Social Change Award- Application deadline is April 1, 2012
If you are a sophomore, junior,
or senior in the College of Liberal Arts, College of Science, or College of
Education who is interested in issues of equity, justice, and social change,
this $5000 award will support a summer internship that will allow you to gain
valuable experience working in a social change organization.
For more information, contact
Dr. Susan Shaw at sshaw@oregonstate.edu.
IMPACT- Application deadline is
April 5, 2012
IMPACT is designed to improve
physical fitness and aquatic skills for children with disabilities. To
volunteer, fill out an application found at health.oregonstate.edu/IMPACT
For more information, email tepfera@onid.orst.edu
Job Opportunity!-
Application Deadline is April 6th
The Memorial Union Program
Council (MUPC) is happy to present the newly developed Director of MUPC student
position. MUPC is looking for fresh, new ideas. This is a great opportunity for
leadership development for students who are involved or want to be more
involved on campus. Please encourage the students you work with to consider to
apply.
Applications are available at: http://mu.oregonstate.edu/mupc/director Or pick up a copy of the application in the Student Events
& Activities Center – MU 103.
If you or any students you work
with have questions, please contact Linda Howard, linda.howard@oregonstate.edu, 541-737-1369 or inquire at MU 103.
Job Opportunity!-
Application Deadline is April 6th
Student Health Services is
hiring for one of its Peer Health Advocates (PHA) Student Coordinator positions
for Fall 2012-Spring 2013. Visit http://studenthealth.oregonstate.edu/pha
for more information about PHA. Their role is to provide volunteers of the OSU
student group, Peer Health Advocates (PHA), with opportunities to create unique
approaches in addressing campus health needs. The Student Coordinator is also
responsible for collaborating with community agencies, Student Health Services,
and other OSU-affiliated groups for various outreach projects designed to
promote optimal health of the OSU community.
For full consideration, a cover
letter, 3 professional references, and a resume or CV must be submitted. Please
mail, drop off, or email application materials to:
Stacey Edwards
Student Health Services
338 Plageman Bldg
Corvallis, OR 97331
Email: Stacey.Edwards@oregonstate.edu
Phone:
541-737-7555
Annual Parent-Teacher Association Silent and Live Auction
Fundraiser - Friday, April 6th
Jefferson Elementary School is looking for two volunteers to serve food and help in the kitchen from 5:45 p.m.-9 p.m and three volunteers to help with cleanup at the end of the night, from 9:30 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. (There will be some lifting of tables and loading items into cars, etc.). The auction will be held at the Unitarian Church near 29th and Circle.
For questions please contact
Amy Mayfield at 231-9985 or amymayfield@earthlink.net
April 1st- 2 to 5 p.m
LBCC Main Campus
While the chefs compete, stroll the Food Fair to sample products from dozens of local farms, restaurants and food businesses. Many of their products will also be available for purchase. LBCC Culinary Arts students will prepare and sample local foods, too!
To volunteer for a couple of hours at this event and get in for free, contact Mary Anne at nusrala@peak.org).
April 13th
MU Quad
Organizations from OSU and the
Corvallis community will be presenting fun and engaging activities that promote
regular participation in healthy activities. Come learn more about ways to
improve your health and the resources that will allow you to do so!
If you’re
interested in volunteering at any of these events, please email Briana Ledesma
at cce_communications@oregonstate.edu
This week enjoy a story of service (below) and get inspired. To
find more stories go to http://www.nationalservice.gov/for_individuals/current/stories.asp
AmeriCorps - Becky Whitfield
AmeriCorps*NCCC
It has been more than 540 days since the worst national disaster
in U.S. history hit Mississippi. I've met so many amazing people. So strong. So
hardworking, and still with a sense of humor. I love them.
My name is Becky Whitfield, and I am 23 years old. I graduated
from Waubonsie Valley High School in 2003. Today, I live in Pascagoula, Miss.,
at Operation TLC Volunteer Center with my eight AmeriCorps/NCCC crew mates.
Every day we help our Mississippi neighbors who are still trying to put their
lives back together after Hurricane Katrina.
The one person who has captivated my heart is Don "Dink"
Purdy.
Dink, 78, was born and raised in Pascagoula. I met him at the
house he's lived in since 1935. He has a deep love for playing the stand-up
bass and writing books on music theory. His 78-year-old home sits three blocks
inland from the Gulf of Mexico. Two weeks ago, I led 14 volunteers from
Princeton University on a special mission to clear out what still remained in
Dink's house.
His house lasted through the 1969 storm of Hurricane Camille. When
Hurricane Katrina came, Purdy stayed at his sister's house down the street.
When I asked why he stayed, he said, "I thought this storm was going to be
no big deal. I stayed because I thought it was going to be like any other
hurricane that has passed through."
His house took on three feet of water and sustained minor roof
damage. After the Hurricane, Dink was hospitalized for seven weeks with a staph
infection he developed because of the toxic sea water. He is now living in a
FEMA trailer outside his house.
"I've been putting my life back together," Dink said.
"During the day, I am writing a book on music theory and at night I spend
it at my sister's house because she is scared and lonely."
In order to get his house restored, it needed to be cleared out.
After we removed four 1950s-era pianos out of his house, Dink cried, not
because we moved his life out of his house, but because we had cleared out the
three rooms he asked for, plus four others. We all stood there imagining Dink
living back in his house. It's possible now.
Now that the house is cleared out, Dink desperately wants to move
back in; volunteers could help move a vibrant old man move back into his house.
Dink reminded me of my grandfather. I could not help to think what
it would be like if my grandfather were in his predicament.
It is not too late to help Dink or residents like him.
Go to http://www.operationtlc.org
to find out how you can volunteer or call (228) 712-2669. You can also visit http://www.mshomeagain.org and find out
what Mississippi Home Again does for the Jackson County residents. Many Katrina
victims still need help.
AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps is the organization
that has sent me to Pascagoula, where I have been able to meet so many
residents who have been affected by Hurricane Katrina. The 10-month residential
program meets our country's critical needs by providing disaster relief,
environmental and educational services. Teams are broken into 10 members and
lead by a team leader. In the past six months, my team and I have gutted houses
in St. Bernard Parish in Louisiana, built houses with Habitat for Humanity in
Waveland, Miss., and we picked up debris in Lake Charles, La. Visit http://www.americorps.gov to see more
about AmeriCorps.
Thanks!
Center for Civic Engagement
