Hey everyone,
USM will be participating in the Maine Coastal Cleanup ---
https://www.maine.gov/spo/coastal/projects/coastweek/cleanup.htm
Friday September 18 at 9am, will be the date. The specific beach to be announced...
-DMC
Monday, August 24, 2009
Mozilla Service Week September 14th-21st
Hi Everyone -
I came across this service opportunity on idealist.org, and figured it might interest the more tech-savvy of you interested in community service.
http://mozillaservice.org/learn_more/index/en_US
Web browser Mozilla Firefox is calling on everyone to do community service through, or around, the internet between September 14th and 21st. If you follow the link above you will see a few of their suggestions for what to do.
If you do take up this call to service, let us know and log your hours!
Cheers,
DAB
I came across this service opportunity on idealist.org, and figured it might interest the more tech-savvy of you interested in community service.
http://mozillaservice.org/learn_more/index/en_US
Web browser Mozilla Firefox is calling on everyone to do community service through, or around, the internet between September 14th and 21st. If you follow the link above you will see a few of their suggestions for what to do.
If you do take up this call to service, let us know and log your hours!
Cheers,
DAB
Friday, August 21, 2009
Fall Events Lineup!
Hey Y'all,
DMC here with some volunteer opportunities available for this fall:
9/11 - Deering Oaks Park Cleanup
9/12 - 9/19 - Maine Coastal Cleanup
9/24 - American Red Cross Blood Drive in the Planetarium
10/9 - Habitat for Humanity Build
10/17 - Iris Network White Cane Awareness Walk
All these are great one time events to get involved with. Look for something coming up in the next week or so in Gorham Maine too!!
And if you have not heard, we will be at the Big Brother Big Sister Yard Sale tomorrow all morning in the USM Portland Campus Athletic Center. Help out a great mentoring organization and get some really cool stuff for cheap prices. Then I will see you at the beach!!
Over and out.
DMC here with some volunteer opportunities available for this fall:
9/11 - Deering Oaks Park Cleanup
9/12 - 9/19 - Maine Coastal Cleanup
9/24 - American Red Cross Blood Drive in the Planetarium
10/9 - Habitat for Humanity Build
10/17 - Iris Network White Cane Awareness Walk
All these are great one time events to get involved with. Look for something coming up in the next week or so in Gorham Maine too!!
And if you have not heard, we will be at the Big Brother Big Sister Yard Sale tomorrow all morning in the USM Portland Campus Athletic Center. Help out a great mentoring organization and get some really cool stuff for cheap prices. Then I will see you at the beach!!
Over and out.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
New School Year!! And Service Year!!
We are back and in action!!
This is David here, but since there are two David's in the office, I will just go by DMC to make it easy. I am the volunteer coordinator for USM and will be posting on here as often as I can.
Along with me, Lauren, Alicia, David (DB) and our counterpart Brittany in the SGA office are tackling the new school year full-steam ahead. We will be managing our facebook and email accounts, so feel free to send us messages and invites. We want to be included!!
So I hope everyone enjoyed the summer, I actually can't wait til it cools down!!
And FYI:
September 11 will be a National Day of Service in our nation. We will be joining in a Deering Oaks Park Clean-Up with the Hour Exchange Portland that day. If your in the area we would love to meet everyone and spend what will be a great day together. More details will follow in the coming weeks..
-DMC
This is David here, but since there are two David's in the office, I will just go by DMC to make it easy. I am the volunteer coordinator for USM and will be posting on here as often as I can.
Along with me, Lauren, Alicia, David (DB) and our counterpart Brittany in the SGA office are tackling the new school year full-steam ahead. We will be managing our facebook and email accounts, so feel free to send us messages and invites. We want to be included!!
So I hope everyone enjoyed the summer, I actually can't wait til it cools down!!
And FYI:
September 11 will be a National Day of Service in our nation. We will be joining in a Deering Oaks Park Clean-Up with the Hour Exchange Portland that day. If your in the area we would love to meet everyone and spend what will be a great day together. More details will follow in the coming weeks..
-DMC
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Happy Summer!
All has been quiet on the blog, I apologize. The end of the school year and the start of summer was a crazy time here! We said goodbye to students, put on our thinking caps and revamped a lot of what we do. Speaking of which...
We are now the Office of Community Engagement!
Snazzy, eh? We decided that our other name was too much of a mouthful, and we followed the advice from other offices like ours around the state. Brevity is the source of wit!
To boot, I am upgrading our Facebook so that we now have a Fan Page, not just a profile.
This summer still has many changes for us. I am finishing my VISTA year quite soon, so this will be my last post! Alicia is staying at the OCE to continue her work with the Multicultural population and with service learning courses. Mike is off to grad school at CUNY, Jennifer to Washington state, and Janice to Illinois!
We will be welcoming three new VISTAs at the end of August.
Lauren will be taking over my position and working with the mentoring project,
David will be working as a volunteer coordinator and systems manager, and
David (that's right, two Daves) will be working as another volunteer coordinator in the multicultural field.
There will also be a VISTA working with the SGA and Chris O'Connor, and all the VISTAs will be working to create a shiny Civic Leadership Series for the fall!
It's been a fun year and I hope you will all continue to be engaged, wherever you may be!
Best,
Amanda
We are now the Office of Community Engagement!
Snazzy, eh? We decided that our other name was too much of a mouthful, and we followed the advice from other offices like ours around the state. Brevity is the source of wit!
To boot, I am upgrading our Facebook so that we now have a Fan Page, not just a profile.
USM Community Engagement on Facebook
This summer still has many changes for us. I am finishing my VISTA year quite soon, so this will be my last post! Alicia is staying at the OCE to continue her work with the Multicultural population and with service learning courses. Mike is off to grad school at CUNY, Jennifer to Washington state, and Janice to Illinois!
We will be welcoming three new VISTAs at the end of August.
Lauren will be taking over my position and working with the mentoring project,
David will be working as a volunteer coordinator and systems manager, and
David (that's right, two Daves) will be working as another volunteer coordinator in the multicultural field.
There will also be a VISTA working with the SGA and Chris O'Connor, and all the VISTAs will be working to create a shiny Civic Leadership Series for the fall!
It's been a fun year and I hope you will all continue to be engaged, wherever you may be!
Best,
Amanda
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Happy April!
The sun is shining, the birds are singing, the tulips are blooming!
SPRING HAS SPRUNG!
Which brings me to this:
SPRING into ACTION!
The last few weeks are here, get your butt into gear!
STRIVE is always looking for volunteers for their Friday night dance socials. Contact ebuckley@pslservices.org for more info.
The 23rd Annual Chocolate Lover's Fling is THIS WEEKEND!
Seriously, you should go. Volunteers are needed for various tasks, such as greeting guests, serving chocolate, and helping with kids. This event is a huge fundraiser from SARSSM (Sexual Assault Response Services of Southern Maine) and they need our help!
Please contact Marla Stelk at marla@sarsonline.org.
I bet they'll give you free entry tickets... :)
SPRING HAS SPRUNG!
Which brings me to this:
SPRING into ACTION!
The last few weeks are here, get your butt into gear!
STRIVE is always looking for volunteers for their Friday night dance socials. Contact ebuckley@pslservices.org for more info.
The 23rd Annual Chocolate Lover's Fling is THIS WEEKEND!
Seriously, you should go. Volunteers are needed for various tasks, such as greeting guests, serving chocolate, and helping with kids. This event is a huge fundraiser from SARSSM (Sexual Assault Response Services of Southern Maine) and they need our help!
Please contact Marla Stelk at marla@sarsonline.org.
I bet they'll give you free entry tickets... :)
Boys and Girls Club Auction
Got mad auction skillz? Or not? The Boys and Girls Club needs helpers for their annual auction on April 4th from 9a-10p at the
Wayside Food Drive
Staff a food drive April 10-11 (Friday and Saturday) from 8:00- to 4:30 at the IGA in
Habitat for Humanity
Get outside and break out your tool-belt! Habitat for Humanity is starting construction on a house in
COMMUNITY SERVICE = STUDY BREAK!
Flowers! Sunshine! YAY!
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