Parkside's GiveAway Day November 5th

Parkside Neighborhood Center is our near neighbor to the Portland campus, and community partner for internships and community service learning.  Their semi-annual GiveAway Day is Saturday, November 5th, and donations of clothing, household and baby items, toys, books, bedding and more are needed.  Please drop off clean, (lice and bedbug free, please!) usable items  --especially warm winter clothing!-- Friday, November 4th from 9-11 and 4-6 at Sacred Heart/St. Dominic's Parish, corner of Sherman & Mellen Streets.

 

Volunteers are also needed to help staff the event, Friday, 9-11 AM and 4-6 PM and Saturday 9:30-11:30 AM and 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM.  Please contact Joe Kosnow at 553-5945 or jkosnow@propeople.org to sign up.

 

 

 

 

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

International Student Volunteers

It has come to my attention that a representative of International Student Volunteers has been on campus to distribute information to students about their programs.  The is the second time that members of this organization have arrived on campus unannounced, declined to utilize existing protocols for distribution of information and outreach to students, and apparently breached accepted standards of courtesy by entering classrooms uninvited and distributing information and even speaking, without the permission of the instructor.  Please be advised that our office has not sponsored, nor do we endorse this organization. 

 

Regards,

ATM

 

 

 

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

An opportunity to support the electoral process in Portland

Here's a call for volunteers in support of the upcoming first-ever Mayoral election in Portland.  If interested, please contact Dorothy Sheeline directly.  -ATM

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Help Educate Voters about Ranked Choice Voting!

Portland is holding its first ever ranked choice voting election November 8th. Help educate voters about how to use ranked choice voting! We will be running mock elections all over Portland to give people a chance to become familiar with ranked choice voting before they get into the voting booth.

We'll be asking folks what their favorite Mainer Movie is using a survey that looks like the Portland ballot for mayor. The results will be posted on www.portlandvotes123.com where voters will be able to get additional information and resources about ranked choice voting.

Are you available at any of the following times?

Wednesday November 2nd, 7:00am-2:00pm - Portland Farmer's Market

Thursday November 3rd, 11:45pm-1;00pm - Monument Square

Friday November 4th, 5:30pm-7:00pm - Maine Brewer's Festival

Saturday November 5th, 7:00am-12:00pm - Portland Farmer's Market

 

Saturday November 5th, 5:30pm-7:00pm  - Maine Brewer's Festival

Sunday November 6th, 10:00am-3:00pm - Monument Square

Contact Dorothy Scheeline at 301-270-4616 or at dscheeline@fairvote.org

For more info on the new system you can go to www.portlandvotes123.com

 

 

 

 

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

Job Skills Class Volunteers

Hey Everyone! Parkside Neighborhood Center on Grant Street is looking for
some volunteers. Here is a letter from them explaining the program:

We here at the Parkside Neighborhood Center are extremely excited about our
new One-On-One Job Skills Class! The class began this year as a pilot
program with the help of some community partners. Due to its great success
and desire from our clients to continue with the class, we have now been
running it as part of our regularly scheduled weekly programming for
clients. Due to the class' newly begun status, it is still a fluid and
changing program.

But we at Parkside need your help! I am currently recruiting volunteers to
aid me and the other Parkside intern in working with our clients in this
class as well as aiding in the updating and continuing development of our
program.

Areas of help needed: working with clients to search for jobs online, create
and update resumes with clients, and complete intake forms with clients;
outreach work to educate and recruit new clients; developing of new aspects
of programming to make class more effective; recruitment of outside
resources such as other job skills professionals to present relevant
presentations to our class.

Job skills class time: Thursdays from 12:00-1:00 p.m.

We are interested in short-term, long-term and/or winter break volunteers,
so please come join us at our center! This is an amazing opportunity that
may very well pave the way for additional volunteer opportunities in social
services.

For more information contact Amber Clark at amber.clark@maine.edu or call
207-553-5945

Civic Matters 2011

October 14th is the deadline to present at Civic Matters 2011! The office of Community Service Learning is looking for students, faculty, community partners and USM staff to present during the poster session.  Civic Matters will be held Friday 11/18/11.  To submit your proposal and review the presentaiton guidelines visit http://www.usm.maine.edu/community/civic-matters Please contact Alicia Sampson at asampson@usm.maine.edu if you have questions.

 

 

Community Volunteering

Here's a reminder that in addition to our sponsored programs, which this year focus on supporting the college aspirations of disadvantaged K-12 students, we are pleased to receive diverse requests for student help in the community.  The needs range from raking and snow shoveling to visiting persons unable to get out.  Check it out at http://www.usm.maine.edu/community/community-volunteering

and contact the community sponsor directly if any of these has your name on it!

 

 

 

 

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