Service Roundup: 2012.04.25
All students who completed 30 hours this year and submit a critical analysis by R&R Day will earn a Service Certificate. If you want to check up on your hour total, you can get a printout of your yearly service record from the Honors office.
You can find answers to many of your technical questions about service on the Service FAQs on the Honors website: http://und.edu/honors-program/servicelearningfacts.cfm.
The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action.
-Herbert Spencer
reflection sessions
RELAY FOR LIFE REFLECTION SESSION
Want your time spent raising money for cancer research to count for service hours?
Contact Jolie Schmidt at jolie.schmidt@my.und.edu to let her know you're volunteering at the Relay for Life so she can contact you about the reflection session.
FOOD PANTRY/FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN REFLECTION SESSION NEW
Please contact Marlee at marlee.helmeke@my.und.edu if you need a reflection session for food pantry or Feed My Starving Children service.
event projects
CAMP GOOD MOURNING INFO NIGHT: MAY 8
Camp Good Mourning is a grief camp for children ages 6 to 18 who have experienced the loss of a loved one. The camp is sponsored by Altru Hospice.
Location: Park River Bible Camp (1½ hours north of Grand Forks...transportation available)
Camp Dates: June 7th, 8th & 9th. (Thursday, Friday, until 1 pm Saturday)
Volunteer Opportunities: Camp Counselors, assist with arts & crafts, recreation, facilitate group sessions.
Camp Volunteer Information Night: May 8th, 5:30 - 6:30 pm, Altru Medical Park, Building 1/Psychiatry
Volunteer Training: May 29th & June 5th, 5:30 - 8:00 pm, Altru Medical Park, Building 1/Psychiatry Volunteers are required to attend both training sessions.
Contact Person: Sue Fisk,
Altru Home Services,
Volunteer Supervisor
701-780-1450 or sfisk@altru.org
ongoing projects
ST. JOSEPH'S FOOD PANTRY
St. Joseph's Food Pantry is located at 620 8th Ave S. in Grand Forks and is open Monday, Tuesday, and Thursdays 2:00 - 4:00 and Wednesday 5:00 - 7:00. The sign in sheet at the site is in the kitchen/break room at the pantry. They are always excited about new volunteers any day of the week but are particularly short Mondays this semester. If you haven't volunteered there before, arrive about 15 minutes early and experienced volunteers will show you the ropes, it is quite easy :) I will have an educational component at the end of the semester! If you have any other questions regarding this awesome service opportunity, you can contact me, Marlee Helmeke, at marlee.helmeke@my.und.edu!
CSI AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM (FORMERLY LAGRAVE)
The CSI After School Program is looking for new and returning students to volunteer at both of its Grand Forks locations, the LaGrave Complex and the site behind the Scheels Shopping Center.
Volunteers will assist and supervise elementary-age students on school days from 3-5:30 with snack time, reading, homework, crafts, and other fun activities. Volunteers will need to sign up through signupgenius.com, and be signed up by Friday at noon the week before volunteering.
*Please see the bottom of this message for directions regarding the sign up website.
Please contact Sarah Lawler at sarah.d.lawler@my.und.edu regarding a training session.
Please note: You can sign up for volunteer shifts online:
- Go to www.signupgenius.com
- Click Find a Sign Up
- Enter und.honorsprogram@email.und.edu
- Choose the list you're interested in
- Enter password: HONORS
IN-SCHOOL ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER (ELL) TUTORING
Red River High School, South Middle School and Century Elementary allow volunteers to assist ELL students with various types of homework! There are varying hours to serve at each location, so that means there are many opportunities to serve and build relationships with these students! Please contact Beatrice Hill for more information or questions regarding ELL tutoring.
You can sign up for volunteer shifts online:
· Go to www.signupgenius.com.
· Click Find a Sign Up.
· Enter und.honorsprogram@email.und.edu.
· Choose the list you're interested in.
· Enter password: HONORS.
Volunteers must sign up by noon the Friday before you serve.
PERPETUAL BAKE SALE
Hello Bakers! I am looking forward to the weekly goodies of the perpetual bake sale in the Honors office area once again this year! However, I will need some help baking! If you have an interest in baking for any week during the year please email me at patrick.kloeckner@my.und.edu and I will put you on the list. The need is for about 2-3 dozen of anything to be packaged and sold for fifty cents a serving. The hours you bake count as service hours and the money raised will be going to Doctors Without Borders (MSF)! But please, if you would like to bake, or have any questions, contact me, because new tasty treats are always welcome!
Bon appetite,
Patrick Kloeckner
NORTH DAKOTA MUSEUM OF ART
Looking to get involved, meet new people, or put in some service hours?
Look no further than the North Dakota Museum of Art!
Located right on campus, we have lots going on this fall and are definitely in need of exciting volunteers to join our team!
To sign up for any position, contact Becca Grandstrand at rgrandstrand@ndmoa.com or 701.777.4195. Also please contact Alex Oswald at alexandra.oswald@my.und.edu to let her know that you are volunteering at the museum so she can contact you about the reflective part of service project.
HUMANE SOCIETY
For those of you who haven't picked a project for Service Learning this semester, consider volunteering at the
Circle of Friends Humane Society! http://gfpets.com/
This project is super fun and flexible for those of you with busy schedules! In order to volunteer you need to sign up for an orientation at the Humane Society by contacting Mair Yaeger at 701-775-3732 or mair.yaeger@yahoo.com. After completing your orientation (which should last about an hour) please email taylor.siverson@my.und.edu so Taylor can contact you about reflections.
http://gfpets.com/elliotts-view/