Call for Volunteers this weekend!

Our good community partners at the Parkside Neighborhood Center are in need of volunteer support for their Giveaway Day this weekend at Sacred Heart Church on the corner of Sherman and Mellen streets. 

Friday, February 1: Need help with set-up, anytime between 9 am and 6 pm (Most people help out for 1-2 hours.)

 

If you can help, please contact Rachel Horton White, the Program Director, at rachel.white@opportunityalliance.org.

 

 

 

 

Andrea Thompson McCall, Director

-Community Service Learning

-Religious and Spiritual Life

University of Southern Maine

P.O. Box 9300

Portland, ME 04104-9300

 

Phone 207-228-8284

FAX 207-228-8403

Community Service Learning Open House TOMORROW

The USM community is warmly invited!

 

 

OPEN HOUSE

Office of Community Service Learning

Wednesday, January 23, 10 AM - 2 PM

23 Brighton Avenue (The Deering Farmhouse), Portland

 

Come enjoy the warmth of coffee or tea and our cozy house,

and learn about our programs in support of College Access for Underprivileged K-12 students.

Talk with Mentoring and Tutoring Program Staff, meet Community Partners,

find out how YOU can make a difference in the life of a child or adolescent!

 

Spread the word!

 

 

 

 

Andrea Thompson McCall, Director

-Community Service Learning

-Religious and Spiritual Life

University of Southern Maine

P.O. Box 9300

Portland, ME 04104-9300

 

Phone 207-228-8284

FAX 207-228-8403

Flatbread & Konbit Sante

Come support Konbit Sante at Flatbread on January 29th from 5-9pm. For every large pizza sold, Konbit Sante will receive a donation of $3.50 and for every small pizza sold, they will receive a donation of $1.75. Dine in or take out!

 

Enjoy a slice and support a good cause.

COMMUNITY SERVICE LEARNING OPEN HOUSE

Please come to help us celebrate National Mentoring Month and to learn more about the wonderful service learning work that flows through our office and into life-changing projects all over greater Portland! 

 

Our students are mentoring middle and high school students and tutoring K-12 students of all ages, as well as supporting adult English language learners, and more!

 

Meet and talk with community partners in whose programs and placements our students are serving, and talk with some of those students and our staff as well.  All this, and free coffee, tea, and pastries!  See you there!

 

 

COMMUNITY SERVICE LEARNING OPEN HOUSE

The Deering Farmhouse - 23 Brighton Avenue, Portland

Wednesday, January 23, 10 AM - 2 PM

 

 

 

 

Andrea Thompson McCall, Director

-Community Service Learning

-Religious and Spiritual Life

University of Southern Maine

P.O. Box 9300

Portland, ME 04104-9300

 

Phone 207-228-8284

FAX 207-228-8403

Holiday Help for the Boys & Girls Club

Greetings Boys & Girls Club Supporters,

 

Gorham Savings Bank donates gifts to the Boys & Girls Club every year through its "Winter Wishes" program. The gifts are arriving and Boys & Girls club needs YOUR HELP wrapping them!

Join us at these HOLIDAY GIFT WRAPPING PARTIES:

• Sagamore Village Boys & Girls Club on Tuesday, December 18th 9:00 am - 12:00 pm. 
• Riverton Park Boys & Girls Club on Wednesday, December 19th 9:00 am - 12:00 pm. 

If any anyone is interested, email tpanagakos@bgcmaine.org. Please feel free to forward this along to others!

 

 

 

Andrea Thompson McCall, Director

-Community Service Learning

-Religious and Spiritual Life

University of Southern Maine

P.O. Box 9300

Portland, ME 04104-9300

 

Phone 207-228-8284

FAX 207-228-8403

Warm Hearts (and warm clothes) for Teens at Preble Street

This evening from 5:30-7:30, our community partners at Preble Street have invited us to an Open House to celebrate the Joe Kreisler Teen Shelter, named for USM professor Joseph Kreisler, Preble Street's founder.  More information is at http://www.preblestreet.org/events/Joe-Kreisler-Teen-Shelter-Open-House/442/

 

Preble Street is still welcoming gifts of warm clothing to offer to the teens who will need warmth all through the winter, particularly:

• Hoodies
• Jackets
• Backpacks
• Boots
• Hats, Gloves, Socks
• Jeans

If you'd like to contribute as part of your holiday observance, we are happy to receive donations at our office at 23 Brighton Avenue (the Deering Farmhouse on the edge of the Portland Campus Green, next to Payson Smith Hall and across the intersection from the law School) and get them to Preble Street.  Your heart will be as warm as the recipients' hands and feet!

 

 

 

 

Andrea Thompson McCall, Director

-Community Service Learning

-Religious and Spiritual Life

University of Southern Maine

P.O. Box 9300

Portland, ME 04104-9300

 

Phone 207-228-8284

FAX 207-228-8403

Blood Drive in Portland TODAY

In this season of celebration and generosity, what greater gift than the gift of life?  If you are blessed with good health, you can give that gift today, saving as many as three lives as a result.

 

America Red Cross Blood Drive

Tuesday, December 11th, 10:00 AM - 2:15 PM

102 Wishcamper, Portland

(Walk-ins are welcome; no appointment necessary!)

 

Thanks to the International Studies Student Organization for their sponsorship and staffing of today's drive, added to our usual schedule to address critical shortages resulting from Hurricane Sandy.  There will be another drive on the Portland campus on February 14th, and in the mean time, you can always donate at the Donor Center just a few blocks away, just off Forest Avenue behind the Great Lost Bear on Ashmont Street.

 

Yours, in celebration of life and health,

ATM

 

 

Andrea Thompson McCall, Director

-Community Service Learning

-Religious and Spiritual Life

University of Southern Maine

P.O. Box 9300

Portland, ME 04104-9300

 

Phone 207-228-8284

FAX 207-228-8403