Preble Street Postponed

Preble Street Resource Center Soup Kitchen is Postponed

 

Due to the high volume of volunteers for Preble Street Resource Center's Soup Kitchen  on Friday January, 28th, 2011 The Office of Community Service Learning has decided to postpone this commitment to serve until a later date. Luckily, Portland is hopping with volunteers wanting to serve their neighbors. Please keep your eye out for further volunteer opportunities.

 

Contact krieff@preblestreet.org, Kristin Rieff, volunteer coordinator at Preble Street Resource Center for more information about the great work of Preble Street Resource Center.

 

 

 

Amanda Claire Drapcho

 

Community Service Coordinator

Office Of Community Service Learning

University of Southern Maine

(207) 780 4209

adrapcho@usm.maine.edu

A Great Upcoming Event in celebration of MLK Jr and African American History Month

USM Office of Multicultural Student Affairs

 in celebration of

 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

and

African American History Month

Presents

"I Question America"

By

E. P. McKnight

A Broadway Style One Woman Play

McKnight chronicles Ms. Fannie Lou Hamer's Legacy from the cotton fields to the Halls of Congress...A mesmerizing historical journey on the role of women in the Civil Rights movement.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Hannaford Hall, Abromson Center

Portland Campus

Reception 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Play 6:00 -7:30 p.m.

Book Signing

Free and open to the public

For more information please call 780-4006

 

Amanda Claire Drapcho

 

Community Service Coordinator

Office Of Community Service Learning

University of Southern Maine

(207) 780 4209

adrapcho@usm.maine.edu

Report Your Service

Report Your Service

Last chance to report your hours of community service learning and receive the recognition you deserve. The Office of Community Service Learning is compiling a Fall 2010 report on Community Service Learning and I need YOUR HELP to make it as accurate as possible. Report your individual or student organization's hours here at http://usm.maine.edu/community/main (click on the green link, "Report your service") and be included in our report of students who engage in community service learning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amanda Claire Drapcho

 

Community Service Coordinator

Office Of Community Service Learning

University of Southern Maine

(207) 780 4209

adrapcho@usm.maine.edu

Day of Service Committees

Committees for Day of Service

If you would like to get involved in the planning and facilitation of the Day of Service, April 15th, 2011, please pick a committee to join and fill out the respective doodle poll with your availability. Hope all is well and stay warm! 

Logistics committee:

will be helping to determine all the logistics of the Day of Service.  This includes, but is not limited to:

 

transportation

registration

 t-shirts

 food

 space reservations

 release forms

 reserving easel pads

 van rental

 tabling booking

 Photo assignments

 

Jill Santamore: jsantamore@usm.maine.edu

 

Finance:

This first task for this committee is to create a budget for the day's event. (See Senate Proposal in Transition Binder for 2010 Budget)

Tasks and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

 

Keeping a record of who is sponsoring what  (i.e. student groups, Student Government, offices on campus, etc)

Being in charge of any and all written/filed purchase orders

Donations/Sponsorship for the day (T-shirts, Aramark, restaurants, etc)

 

Emma Perry: eperry@usm.maine.edu

Fill out this doodle poll to sign up for the logistics committee and finance committee as these two groups will be working closely together to create and execute a budget:

http://doodle.com/veab3h66hgs5h823

  

 

Public Relations/Marketing:

This committee's sole focus is getting people involved and supporting the Day of Service. This includes but is not limited to:

 

Faculty and Staff Involvement

Student Group Involvement

Alumni Involvement

Entire campus support/involvement

Personal Invitations

Thinking outside the box with how to promote this day to students and get their commitment (recruitment)

Public Relations Department at USM

Media Relations-newspapers, television, etc

 

Neil Riley: nriley@usm.maine.edu

Fill out this doodle poll to sign up for the Public Relations/Marketing committee: http://doodle.com/s3st7vh8kcd52q55

 

Project Development:

This committee is responsible for working with community partners to create projects for the Day of Service. Projects will be created through the Office of Community Service Learning.

 

Amanda Drapcho: adrapcho@usm.maine.edu

Fill out this doodle poll to sign up for the project development committee: http://doodle.com/bugzimrayx3rd84h

 

 

Amanda Claire Drapcho

 

Community Service Coordinator

Office Of Community Service Learning

University of Southern Maine

(207) 780 4209

adrapcho@usm.maine.edu

Action Alert from Red Cross Blood Services

This just in from our community partners at the American Red Cross Blood Services.  We have blood drives scheduled for February 17th on the Portland and Gorham campuses, but if it's difficult for you to take time during the work day, or if you are able to go to the Donor Center on Forest Avenue before then, that's great, too!  -ATM

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ACTION ALERT!
January 24, 2011

 

Severe winter weather throughout much of the United States has caused the cancellation of more than 14,000 blood and platelet donations since January 1.

There is a critical need for donors now. In fact, someone is counting on you at this very moment.

 

All blood types are needed, but type O negative donors can make the difference between an adequate blood supply and a shortage.

 

The Red Cross urges all eligible donors in unaffected areas to make an appointment to give blood or platelets in the coming days, and those in affected areas to donate as soon as travel is safe.  Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit us online at redcrossblood.org.

 

Donations will help replenish the blood supply to ensure that blood continues to be available for patients with serious medical needs.

  

 Let donors know:

• The need for blood is constant. Approximately every two seconds a patient in the United States needs a blood transfusion.
• Blood is perishable and has no substitute. Red blood cells have a shelf life of only 42 days and platelets just 5 days – they must be replenished constantly.
• Type O negative is always in high demand because it can be transfused to patients of any blood type, especially in emergency situations.

Be sure to contact your American Red Cross representative with any questions or requests for assistance.

Jennifer Goldman

Donor Recruitment Representative, American Red Cross

524 Forest Avenue, Portland, ME  04101

(207)775-2367 (t)

(207)699-6028 (c)

Goldmanjr@usa.redcross.org

 

Andrea Thompson McCall

 Director of Community Service Learning

 University Interfaith Chaplain

University of Southern Maine

P.O. Box 9300

Portland, ME 04104-9300

 

Phone 207-228-8284

FAX 207-228-8403

SNOW SHOVELERS NEEDED

Did you know that a city ordinance requires residents to clear the sidewalks in front of their homes within 24 hours after a snowfall, or face a possible fine?  To help those over 65, a community organization associated with Southern Maine Agency on Aging and the Portland Police Department organizes volunteers to help.  Shovels are provided; you bring the muscle!  To sign up, contact Joan Sheedy, 774-7616.

 

 

 

Andrea Thompson McCall

 Director of Community Service Learning

 University Interfaith Chaplain

University of Southern Maine

P.O. Box 9300

Portland, ME 04104-9300

 

Phone 207-228-8284

FAX 207-228-8403

Friday Service Projects-Spring 2011

FRIDAY SERVICE PROJECTS – SPRING 2011

All projects are sponsored and led by USM Office of Community Service Learning.  For more information or to sign up:  228-8091 or community@usm.maine.edu.

 

January 28th, 4:30-7:30 PM – Preble Street Resource Center

Help to prepare and serve a hot, nourishing evening meal to members of Portland's homeless and very low income community.  Preble Street Resource Center provides three meals a day, 365 days a week as part of their low-barrier provision of services including meals, day shelter, case management, and more.  www.preblestreet.org.

 

February 11th, 9:00 AM- 3:00 PM – Habitat for Humanity Work Day

Spend a day on the construction site and help provide safe, affordable housing in partnership with families who share in the "sweat equity."  No construction experience is necessary; all tools and instruction will be provided.  Dress for messy and possibly exterior work, and bring your own lunch, snacks, and plenty of water to drink.  www.habitatportlandme.org.

 

March 4th, 9:00 AM-2:00 PM – Partners for World Health

Help in the warehouse, sorting, organizing, and packing medical supplies to be shipped to communities in need.  Partners for World Health collects clean, unused and otherwise discarded medical supplies from local hospitals to be distributed to medical facilities in Third World countries,  while reducing waste in landfills here at home.  www.partnersforworldhealth.org

 

April 1st, 4:30-7:30 PM – Preble Street Resource Center

Help to prepare and serve a hot, nourishing evening meal to members of Portland's homeless and very low income community.  Preble Street Resource Center  provides three meals a day, 365 days a week as part of their low-barrier provision of services including meals, day shelter, case management, and more.  www.preblestreet.org.

 

April 15th, 8:00 AM-4:00 PM – Campus Wide Day of Service

Second annual all-university project will send teams of students across the city of Portland and the town of Gorham to serve in projects hosted by community partners of all kinds.  Work with housing, food, elder, children's, and other programs to make a difference while building a sense of community at USM!

 

April 29th, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM – Habitat for Humanity Work Day

Spend a day on the construction site and help provide safe, affordable housing in partnership with families who share in the "sweat equity."  No construction experience is necessary; all tools and instruction will be provided.  Dress for messy and possibly exterior work, and bring your own lunch, snacks, and plenty of water to drink.  www.habitatportlandme.org.

 

 

Amanda Claire Drapcho

 

Community Service Coordinator

Office Of Community Service Learning

University of Southern Maine

(207) 780 4209

adrapcho@usm.maine.edu

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

As we all know, Monday, January 17th is the national holiday established to honor the life and legacy of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  As I write this message, teams of students from USM, SMCC and UNE, and volunteers from the community including AmeriCorps members and members of the NAACP Portland Branch are preparing to launch a four-day collaborative MLK Role Models Project with LearningWorks Afterschool at East End and Reiche Elementary Schools.  Volunteers will lead children in three classrooms at each site in reading My Brother Martin by Christine King Farris, reflecting on Dr. King as a role model, then considering who their own role models are and how they, too, can serve as role models by embodying the qualities they have identified in others.  Students' responses will take a variety of artistic forms which will then be assembled into large-scale books for display.

 

Other community events to honor Dr. King this weekend are listed on the NAACP's web site:  http://www.portlandmlk.net .  NAACP President Rachel Talbot Ross has asked me to convey that scholarships are available so that cost should not be a barrier to any who wish to participate in the dinner event.  Along with Steve Wessler and Jonathan Reitman, I will be serving as a facilitator in the Community Conversation on Monday, January 18th at 1:00 PM at Preble Street Resource Center.  I hope to see many of you there, and for the March to City Hall that will follow.

 

Yours in the continuing journey toward Beloved Community,

ATM

 

 

 

Andrea Thompson McCall, Director

   - Community Service Learning

   - Interfaith Chaplaincy

University of Southern Maine

P.O. Box 9300

Portland, ME 04104-9300

 

Phone 207-228-8284

FAX 207-228-8403

MLK Role Models Project

Last Chance to Sign up and Volunteer for the MLK Role Models Project:

All are Welcome

 

Southern Maine Community College, the University of Southern Maine, and LearningWorks are working together to give students at Reiche and East End schools the chance to explore the importance of role models. Through a variety of crafts and activities, children will ask themselves what it means to be a role model , discussing the particular example of Martin Luther King Jr.

 

The MLK Role Models Project

January 10-13, 2010

3:00pm-5:00pm

Reiche and East End School in Portland

 

We are currently seeking college students, faculty, and staff who are interested in working with children and making a difference. Participating students will have the opportunity to lead creative activities, potentially of their own design, during one half-hour sessions. All supplies will be provided. Student groups are encouraged to participate!

 

For more information on how to get involved please contact:

Amanda Drapcho, Community Service Coordinator, adrapcho@usm.maine.edu

 

 

Amanda Claire Drapcho

 

Community Service Coordinator

Office Of Community Service Learning

University of Southern Maine

(207) 780 4209

adrapcho@usm.maine.edu