The Office of Community Engagement is excited to offer six AmeriCorps & AmeriCorps VISTA positions for 2010-2011. Descriptions of these positions can found at http://www.mainecompact.org/2010-2011_Positions.php For more information contact community@usm.maine.edu or atmccall@usm.maine.edu.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Service Learning Celebration Today at Noon
Were you enrolled in a course with service learning or civic engagement component? If yes, please consider coming to the OCE's SERVICE LEARNING CELEBRATION Monday, May 10th, 12:00 - 1:30 PM in 211 Wishcamper, Portland.
This event is an informal opportunity for service learning students and faculty...
to celebrate and be congratulated;
to share from your experiences;
to reflect on your learning; and
to offer advice for the future.
We'll provide pizza and ice cream, so please RSVP (asampson@usm.maine.edu) to be sure we have enough!
Cheers
Alicia Sampson
Alicia Ines Sampson
Service Learning Coordinator
Office of Community Engagement
University of Southern Maine
(207) 228-8092
Thursday, May 6, 2010
This Week In Service
Greetings Servicers!
We recently have been working hard to update our homepage for you, included is our latest news feed which you can subscribe to through a link at the bottom, a current opportunities page and our first Volunteer Spotlight featuring our student AmeriCorps Service Leader Jamison Wiggins! Take a look and let us know what you think!
And have you volunteered this past semester? Please submit your hours to us through this handy dandy form so we can include you in our annual report. This report will be shared with the University and community to show just how much USM has volunteered this past year. We appreciate greatly your responses.
And now on to the opportunties
Parkside Neighborhood Center After School program ~ Monday - Thursday weekly
Parkside is looking for volunteers to support their after school programs for local kids and families. Help with homework, help serve a family meal and jump around at the Hip - Hop nights, its all fun and important work! Contact dabrown@usm.maine.edu for details.
Mural Restoration ~ May 7th 10 am - 3 pm
We'll be out in Gorham restoring the world famous mural created by USM students in the fall semester. Located at the back of the Goodwill store in Gorham (102 Main St) we'll spend the day re-touching the colors and weather proofing it for the summer. Contact dcimato@usm.maine.edu for more info.
And finally were you enrolled in a course with service learning or civic engagement component? If yes, please consider coming to the OCE's SERVICE LEARNING
CELEBRATION Monday, May 10th, 12:00 - 1:30 PM in 211 Wishcamper, Portland.
This event is an informal opportunity for service learning students and faculty...
to celebrate and be congratulated;
to share from your experiences;
to reflect on your learning; and
to offer advice for the future.
We'll provide pizza and ice cream, so please RSVP (asampson@usm.maine.edu) to be sure we have enough!
Til next week,
The Farmhouse
University of Southern Maine
Office of Community Service
and Civic Engagement
(207)228-8091 / fax (207)228-8403
Monday, May 3, 2010
Monique Lefebvre '10
Numerous of you who responded to the call for support for Monique Lafebvre's application for an internship with the Sierra Club have asked about the outcome. Here's a "bad news/good news" response from Monique to my inquiry that I hope will confirm our individual and shared commitment to supporting our students' success at every point in their careers with us. THANKS to all who pitched in to help make Monique's experience successful in a very important way, bolstering her confidence with a strong sense of the support of her undergraduate institution in all her endeavors! Regards, ATM
I found out a couple of days ago that I was not chosen as a finalist for the Sierra Club's "Best Internship Ever." While it is disappointing, of course, I could not have gotten so far without your help! Thank you so much for your ongoing support of my endeavors. The application process really helped to demonstrate the power of the USM community, the support system that exists on this campus, and within its networks. I have been completely astounded by the amount of people who sent such kind words back and helped to pass along my story. It may sound "cheesy," but it warmed my heart and made me feel a part of something so much bigger than myself! If anything, the Sierra Club application process taught me a lesson about not being afraid to chase a dream because there is a much bigger support group than I could have ever imagined. Even though I am not walking away with the internship as my own, I am walking away with a much deeper sense of just what it means to be a student at the University of Southern Maine. In my opinion, that might just be better deal.
Thank you so much, Andrea! (And every single other person who helped cheer me on!)
Thank you so much, Andrea! (And every single other person who helped cheer me on!)
Andrea Thompson McCall, Director
Community Engagement
Interfaith Chaplaincy
University of Southern Maine
P.O. Box 9300
Portland, ME 04104-9300
Phone 207-228-8284
FAX 207-228-8403
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Florence House Volunteers
Dear Volunteers,
Preble Street are looking for volunteers tonight or tomorrow night at Florence House. We have hit a crunch and need just 2 volunteers each evening from 5-8pm to help with Dinner... If anyone is interested, you would be going to 190 Valley Street and volunteering in the kitchen.
Preble Street are looking for volunteers tonight or tomorrow night at Florence House. We have hit a crunch and need just 2 volunteers each evening from 5-8pm to help with Dinner... If anyone is interested, you would be going to 190 Valley Street and volunteering in the kitchen.
Let me know if you can make it!!
Cheers,
David
Parkside Children's Fair
The Parkside Nursing Partnership needs volunteers to help out at the May 1st Parkside Children's Fair. Volunteers will serve from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and help staff information tables & games. If you are available to lend a hand contact Christine St. Amand at 603.304.9080 or Professor Carol Doane 780-4064 or at cdoane@usm.maine.edu
This Week In Service
The semester is wrapping up but the show goes on at the Farmhouse. Here are this weeks service offerings and sneak peaks:
SMASH and Catholic Charities of Maine event ~ May 1st 1 pm - 3pm USM Portland Campus
Join us on the university Green this Saturday for a fun afternoon of outdoor activities and breaking bread with our neighbors. SMASH and CCM have organized a get together for all families being assisted by CCM in Portland. We'll need volunteers to help with some of the activities but mostly just to participate and become part of the community. Contact dabrown@usm.maine.edu for more info
Cultivating Communities Potatoes, Pancakes and Play ~ May 2nd 8 am - 1 pm, Turkey Hill Farm
Our friends at Cultivating Communities are preparing to plant their potato crops this Sunday out at their Cape Elizabeth location (Turkey Hill Farm, 120 Old Ocean House Road). Join them at 8 am for a $5 (potato?) pancake breakfast and then get stuck in planting potatoes, erecting pea fencing and clearing brush from 9 am - noon. For more info contact dcimato@usm.maine.edu
Parkside Neighborhood Center After School program ~ Monday - Thursday weekly
Parkside is looking for volunteers to support their after school programs for local kids and families. Help with homework, help serve a family meal and jump around at the Hip - Hop nights, its all fun and important work! Contact dabrown@usm.maine.edu for details.
Mural Restoration ~ May 7th 10 am - 3 pm
We'll be out in Gorham restoring the world famous mural created by USM students in the fall semester. Located at the back of the Goodwill store in Gorham (102 Main St) we'll spend the day re-touching the colors and weather proofing it for the summer. Contact dcimato@usm.maine.edu for more info.
Service Learning Wrap up and Celebration ~ May 10th, 211 Wishcamper from 12.00-1.30 pm
This is an opportunity for all Service Learning students and faculty to come together at the end of the semester and reflect on the experience. We will be serving Leonardo's pizza and beverages while fostering a great discussion on the value of your outstanding work. In addition we will be conducting a few interviews for the website! Please R.S.V.P to asampson@usm.maine.edu
With NHL play offs and Champions League Finals on our brains.
The Farm House.
University of Southern Maine
Office of Community Service
and Civic Engagement
(207)228-8091 / fax (207)228-8403
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