From PennVIPS: July Volunteer Opportunities
PEN Program (Personal Empowerment Now). Phone/E-Mail/U.S.Mail Mentoring Program: Women needed to volunteer to mentor single mothers, formerly on public assistance, trying to enter the workforce.
Help repair a room in a church. No experience necessary. Volunteer to re-do the foyer of the Friends Baptist Church located at 6022 Media Street in West Philadelphia. Saturday, July 31 and/or Saturday, August 7. Crew leader, tools and materials will be provided. Build sandbox frame, lay boards, install tiles.
Are you studying architecture? Are you an architect? The Southeast Belmont Community Association, is in dire need of someone to develop the specifications for a computer room. They have a small grant to purchase equipment, but no funds allocated to get the expertise they need to design the room.
To volunteer: e-mail sammapp@pobox.upenn.edu or call me at (215) 898-2020. Thank you!
--Isabel Sampson-Mapp, Director, Penn VIPS
Almanac, Vol. 46, No. 1, July 13, 1999