Student Group Sponsor for Blood Drive Needed!

Hello Everyone!

The American Red Cross is looking for a student group to sponsor their April 12th blood drive on the Portland campus. Being a sponsor is a great and easy way to get some community service hours, use as a community builder for your group, or to get your name out there! All you have to do is promote the event by posting/handing out flyers around campus, sending out an email or two, and then help staff the event on the 12th ( obviously you won't be taking any blood, but you'll be staffing the registration table and the snack area). If you are interested, please let me know ASAP!

all the best,
Stacy Normand
Programs Coordinator
Office of Community Service Learning
University of Southern Maine

Experience Diversity! Serve Low-Income and Immigrant Youth

Hello Everyone!

We are still recruiting for after-school volunteers in the Portland area, working with the following community organizations:
Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Maine
Portland Housing Authority
LearningWorks
Parkside Neighborhood Center
Make It Happen!

All of these organizations serve low-income and immigrant youth (k-12), and are a great place to experience diversity in a safe and fun setting! Volunteers spend their time tutoring, playing games and learning activities, or running fun workshops like art or music. If you want to work only with elementary students, or only with high school students, we can do that too. No matter what role you want to play, there is a role for you!

If you are interested, please let me know!

Stacy Normand
Programs Coordinator
Office of Community Service Learning
University of Southern Maine

Do you play the bagpipes?

The Boys and Girls Clubs at Sagamore Village are looking for a bag pipe player to teach lessons to an 8 year old boy who plays and mom can't afford the lessons anymore. He is a very cool kid and I'm sure you would love working with him and others who may want to learn. If you are interested, please contact Tiffanie Panagakos at tpanagakos@bgcmaine.org.

all the best,
Stacy Normand
Programs Coordinator
Office of Community Service Learning
University of Southern Maine

Can you teach origami?

If you have this talent, please consider offering it to students in our only living-learning community at USM.  -ATM

The Russell Scholars Program at USM (Gorham campus) is looking for someone who can conduct a one-hour hands-on workshop on origami for students who have expressed interest in this art form. The workshop would need to take place on a Thursday, 5:00-6:00 pm; the actual date, between now and the end of April, is somewhat open. The number of students  in the group is 30. We would provide the paper. 

 

Please contact:

 

Elizabeth Dodge

Associate Director

Russell Scholars Program

USM

edodge@usm.maine.edu

780-5752

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

After-School Volunteers Needed!

Welcome back to USM folks! Now that school is back in session, we are looking for more after-school volunteers to serve students (k-12) in the Portland community. There are lots of different ways to serve in an after-school program. You can be an academic tutor, run a workshop on a personal hobby ( like art or sports) or you can just play games with kids! If you don't want to work directly with kids, there are opportunities behind the scenes as well, such as cooking food or helping with office work. Some of our programs are structured like a class, and others are drop-in centers where kids can come for homework help or a place to stay while their parents are at work. All of the programs are located in Portland, and serve low-income and/or immigrant youth. Whatever your interest is, we have a role for you! Volunteering in an after-school program requires a commitment of at least an hour and a half a week for a semester. It's a great, flexible opportunity to give back to the community, and it looks great on a resume. If you are interested, please let me know!

all the best,
Stacy Normand
Programs Coordinator
Office of Community Service Learning
University of Southern Maine

Relay For Life of USM

Hello all,

I hope this email finds you well. I am an event chair for the Relay For Life of USM. This year, we will be celebrating our third year as a successful event and we want to reach out to the entire USM community to get involved. My goal is to have as many departments as possible represented - students, staff, and faculty.

For those of you who don't know what the Relay is, let me explain.Relay For Life is a life-changing event that gives everyone in communities across the globe a chance to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease. At Relay, teams of people camp out at the Costello Sports Complex and take turns walking or running around the track. Because cancer never sleeps, the Relay is 12 hours in length. Relayers do not have to walk all night, but each team is asked to have a representative on the track at all times during the event.

A lot of people like visuals so here is a link to the Relay story video: http://youtu.be/SLxQPD7Lj_U

Another Relay video, "What will you do?" : http://youtu.be/YMmulI8TwP0

Please register for the Relay For Life of USM or donate to the cause! http://relayforlife.org/usmme


Have a great day,

TJ Williams

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Thomas J. Williams
Vice-Chair
USM Student Senate
Maine Notary Public

MLK Day of Service! Last week to sign up!

Hey Folks!

This is the last week to sign up for volunteering for Martin Luther King Day of Service at Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Maine! Help us teach elementary school students about bullying and bullying intervention. The event will take place from 3:30-5:30pm at the B&GC clubhouse in Riverton Park on January 13th. Volunteers are needed to perform a skit and help out with an arts and crafts project.

For more information, or to sign up, just reply to this email!

all the best,
Stacy Normand
Programs Coordinator
Office of Community Service Learning
University of Southern Maine