Preble Street Resource Center this FRIDAY

Help serve a meal at Preble Street Resource Center this Friday, April 1st, from 4:30pm-7:30pm. Preble Street Resource Center provides accessible barrier-free services to empower people experiencing problems with homelessness, housing, hunger, and poverty, and to advocate for solutions to these problems.

 

For more information or to sign up for this project please contact Amanda Drapcho, Community Service Coordinator at 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

Sanford Prom Event-Donate your old prom dress(es)

Have a old Prom Dress? Donate it to the Sanford Prom Event

 

The Sanford prom Project is an event sponsored by Circle K they are in the process of collecting gently used formal dresses to be given to local girls who cannot afford the cost of a prom dress. Local High Girls will be invited to the Sanford High School on April 9th from 10am-2pm where they can choose from a selection of prom dresses. At the event there will be door prizes with gifts ranging from gift cards to salons, to make up kits. So far the Sanford prom Project has collected over 80 prom dresses, lets help them reach 100. If anyone is interested in working the event and/or donating dresses please contact Nicole Gagnon at nicole.gagnon1@maine.edu

 

 

Amanda Claire Drapcho

 

Community Service Coordinator

Office Of Community Service Learning

University of Southern Maine

(207) 780 4209

adrapcho@usm.maine.edu

Help with NanoDays at Southworth Planetarium!

Our own Southworth Planetarium (one of the Portland campus' best kept secrets!) needs volunteers to support their NanoDays event on March 28th, 4-6 pm.  Volunteer roles include: 

1. Hand out the free, previously solicited tickets for the events on the first floor near the stairs to the Planetarium.
2. Collect the tickets in the Planetarium and direct the attendees to the NanoDays activities. 
3. Help with the NanoDays activities with the K-8 students and their accompanying adult.

More about the 10 - 12 different activities can be found at http://www.nisenet.org/nanodays-physical-kit-contents They are not complicated and we anticipate that one person can supervise 2-3 activities at the same time.

 

If you can help, please contact Gail Fletcher, 780-4377 or by e-mail at gfletcher@usm.maine.edu.

 

 

 

 

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

Pre-Register Now for the Day of Service

Pre-Register NOW for the Day of Service and pick the project of your choice

 

 

The USM Day of Service is a campus-wide initiative to engage students, faculty, staff, and alumni in community service. Volunteers can sign up for one-time projects with local organizations and learn all about the wonderful work that happens on a daily base in the Greater Portland area. It is a great opportunity for first time volunteers to experience community service learning in a comfortable group setting.  This year some projects include Partners for World Health, Preble Street Resource Center, and Rippling Waters Organic Farms. To see the complete list of projects and to register for the day, go to:http://usm.maine.edu/studentlife/dos11/ 

 

For any questions please contact Jill Santamore at jsantamore@maine.edu 

 

 

 

 

Amanda Claire Drapcho

 

Community Service Coordinator

Office Of Community Service Learning

University of Southern Maine

(207) 780 4209

adrapcho@usm.maine.edu

volunteer opportunity at Southworth Planetarium!

 

 

Emma Catherine Perry

 

Mentoring Coordinator

Office of Community Service Learning

University of Southern Maine

207.780.4679 // eperry@usm.maine.edu

 

>>> "Emma Perry" <eperry@usm.maine.edu> 3/18/2011 9:57 AM >>>

Great opportunity to volunteer for NanoDays at Southworth Planetarium on March 28th (4:00 - 6:00 pm)

 

for this event, we are looking for 2-4 volunteers!

1. one person to hand out the free, previously solicited tickets for the events on the first floor near the stairs to the Planetarium. These will be pre-packaged in envelopes with the attendee's name. Events will be scheduled for different time slots (4:00, 4:30, 5:00, and 5:30 pm for NanoDays and 4:00 and 5:00 pm for the SEM demonstration) and and the tickets will already be marked to indicate the times.
   
2. one person to collect the tickets in the Planetarium and direct the attendees to the NanoDays activities or to the SEM demo and the stubs for the door prizes and see that they get delivered to the 2 show locations (Planetarium gallery and Planetarium itself) for the various drawing times -- that's six different drawings. This person could also be in charge of the temporary tattoos we have on hand. They just require following directions and a wet sponge or cloth.
   
3. two people who can help with the NanoDays activities with the K-8 students and their accompanying adult. The nature of these 10 - 12 different activities can be found at http://www.nisenet.org/nanodays-physical-kit-contents They are not complicated and we anticipate that one person can supervise 2-3 activities at the same time. The boxed activities are currently available for examination by contacting me at x4377 or by e-mail at gfletcher@usm.maine.edu
   
   1. We have limited the number of NanoDays attendees per 30 minute period to 15-20 K-8 students with an adult so there won't be an unwieldy crowd around the tables of activities.

if you have any questions, or would like to sign up, contact

Gail Fletcher, Ph. D., Coordinator
Maine ScienceCorps, USM SEPA
96 Falmouth Street, 178 Science Building
University of Southern Maine
Portland, ME 04104-9300
207-780-4377
FAX 207-228-8023

Gail Fletcher, Professor Emerita of Biology
Western New England College
Springfield, MA 01119

 

 

Spring Break Community Service

Spring Break Community Service

Going to be in the Portland Area over Spring Break? Looking to get engaged in the community? Serve? If so, please contact Amanda Drapcho, Community Service Coordinator, and learn about community service projects that are available to USM students over Spring Break.

 

 

Amanda Claire Drapcho

 

Community Service Coordinator

Office Of Community Service Learning

University of Southern Maine

(207) 780 4209

adrapcho@usm.maine.edu

Alternative Spring Break Online Auction

Alternative Spring Break Online Auction

Alternative Spring Break has decided to extend their online Auction until Wednesday, March 9th at 12:00pm! If you have any last minute bids or want to reclaim an item, please email Ali Godbout at alison.godbout@maine.edu with your item and bid! Check out the website to see all the items and bids! http://usm.maine.edu/community/main/asb.html.

 

 

Amanda Claire Drapcho

 

Community Service Coordinator

Office Of Community Service Learning

University of Southern Maine

(207) 780 4209

adrapcho@usm.maine.edu

Alternative Spring Break Online Auction

Alternative Spring Break Online Auction

 

Alternative Spring Break is doing the last of their fund-raising! Our big event, our Online Auction, is going on now! There a lot of great items such as brunch at the White Mountains Hotel, dinner gift cards, handmade earrings, tickets on a scenic train ride, and more!

Check out all the items and how to bid at http://usm.maine.edu/community/main/asb.html.

Alternative Spring Break is a program that offers a chem-free trip over March break. Students will participate in a week of service in Pensacola, Florida assisting with the cleaning of the summer oil spill. The group will learn about ecosystems, watersheds, and how they are effected by manmade and natural disasters. Students will also educate the local community of these dangers. The Alternative Spring Break students will also be replanting important green life to the shorelines. Please help support this group of young, ambitious students and bid on these great items!

 

 

Amanda Claire Drapcho

 

Community Service Coordinator

Office Of Community Service Learning

University of Southern Maine

(207) 780 4209

adrapcho@usm.maine.edu

Preble Street Resource Center

Preble Street soup kitchen needs volunteers to service dinner tonight from 4:30pm-7:30pm, help them fill this unexpected shortage and help the people of Portland.

 

If interested please contact Therese Fleming, Resource Development Assistant at tfleming@preblestreet.org

 

 

Amanda Claire Drapcho

 

Community Service Coordinator

Office Of Community Service Learning

University of Southern Maine

(207) 780 4209

adrapcho@usm.maine.edu