Spotlight on Volunteering
Issue date: 4/29/05 Section: News
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Spotlight on Volunteering is a weekly look at opportunities on campus for those looking to make a difference in the Drexel community. Public servants interested in participating in these events should visit http://www.drexel.edu/cce. Any organizations planning a volunteer event should call The Triangle at 215-895-2585, extension 3, or e-mail news@thetriangle.org.
Circle K participates in Cleanup
Circle K will be participating in a park cleanup at Cobbs Creek April 30 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Volunteers are asked to bring money for tokens since they will use SEPTA to and from the event. Volunteers will spend their time planting trees, cleaning up the park, removing overgrown vegetation, and maintaining the trails. Volunteers are to meet at Towers Hall at 9:45 a.m. For more information contact Ishai at ip82@drexel.edu.
Urban Airshed Reforestation Project
Join community members in their effort to beautify Camden. Volunteers are needed to work with the community members to plant trees. This project will take place Sat., April 30 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. For more information contact Lesley Stearns at 215-564-4544.
Volunteer Buddy
Volunteer buddies provide companionship, limited emotional and practical support to a man, woman or child in Philadelphia living with HIV/AIDS. Buddies are given training before being placed with a consumer (client); and on-going and supportive supervision is provided. Monthly "Buddy Meetings" allow buddy volunteers to meet, greet and socialize with other buddy volunteers and to express (in a small group setting) their thoughts and feelings about their volunteer experiences over the last month. Hours to volunteer are flexible according to the volunteer's own schedule and its compatibility with their consumer's schedule. The only request is for volunteer buddies to see their client once or twice a month and phone their consumer once a week to "check in" with them. Weekend and evening volunteering is very much an option! Buddy volunteers should be caring, sensitive, empathetic, honest and flexible. Good communication skills, the ability to empower others, the ability to set limits and boundaries, and the ability to ask for help when necessary are essential! For more information contact Matthew Faccenda, from Action Aids, at 215-981-3324.
Neighbors In Action
Join a group of conscientious community members to fight urban blight that plagues the city of Philadelphia. Greater Philadelphia Cares volunteers work alongside residents to beautify the neighborhood and do gardening projects across the city. Volunteers will be raising garden beds and planting vegetables, building a new community garden and much more. For more information contact Philadelphia Cares at 215-564-4544. This project will take place on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Read at Senior Book Club
Volunteers are needed to read aloud to a group of eager senior citizens at the Fountains at Logan Square East. Project takes place Tues., May 3 from 6:45-8:00 p.m. For more information contact Maria Pino at 215-814-2181.
American Postal Workers House
Help senior and special needs residents at this apartment complex to keep in touch with their loved ones. Volunteers will teach e-mail, letter writing and Internet skills. Project takes place Wed., May 4 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. For more information contact Valerie Christy at 215-640-5845.
Circle K participates in Cleanup
Circle K will be participating in a park cleanup at Cobbs Creek April 30 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Volunteers are asked to bring money for tokens since they will use SEPTA to and from the event. Volunteers will spend their time planting trees, cleaning up the park, removing overgrown vegetation, and maintaining the trails. Volunteers are to meet at Towers Hall at 9:45 a.m. For more information contact Ishai at ip82@drexel.edu.
Urban Airshed Reforestation Project
Join community members in their effort to beautify Camden. Volunteers are needed to work with the community members to plant trees. This project will take place Sat., April 30 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. For more information contact Lesley Stearns at 215-564-4544.
Volunteer Buddy
Volunteer buddies provide companionship, limited emotional and practical support to a man, woman or child in Philadelphia living with HIV/AIDS. Buddies are given training before being placed with a consumer (client); and on-going and supportive supervision is provided. Monthly "Buddy Meetings" allow buddy volunteers to meet, greet and socialize with other buddy volunteers and to express (in a small group setting) their thoughts and feelings about their volunteer experiences over the last month. Hours to volunteer are flexible according to the volunteer's own schedule and its compatibility with their consumer's schedule. The only request is for volunteer buddies to see their client once or twice a month and phone their consumer once a week to "check in" with them. Weekend and evening volunteering is very much an option! Buddy volunteers should be caring, sensitive, empathetic, honest and flexible. Good communication skills, the ability to empower others, the ability to set limits and boundaries, and the ability to ask for help when necessary are essential! For more information contact Matthew Faccenda, from Action Aids, at 215-981-3324.
Neighbors In Action
Join a group of conscientious community members to fight urban blight that plagues the city of Philadelphia. Greater Philadelphia Cares volunteers work alongside residents to beautify the neighborhood and do gardening projects across the city. Volunteers will be raising garden beds and planting vegetables, building a new community garden and much more. For more information contact Philadelphia Cares at 215-564-4544. This project will take place on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Read at Senior Book Club
Volunteers are needed to read aloud to a group of eager senior citizens at the Fountains at Logan Square East. Project takes place Tues., May 3 from 6:45-8:00 p.m. For more information contact Maria Pino at 215-814-2181.
American Postal Workers House
Help senior and special needs residents at this apartment complex to keep in touch with their loved ones. Volunteers will teach e-mail, letter writing and Internet skills. Project takes place Wed., May 4 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. For more information contact Valerie Christy at 215-640-5845.
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