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November Volunteer Opportunities


FOOD DRIVE | TREE PLANTING | SHADOWING DAY | JGH THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION | PROJECT H.O.M.E. | DRILL TEAM | RONALD McDONALD HOUSE

Dear Penn Community,

Thank you for the support you gave to our "Beloved Community". During the month of October, we cleaned and helped to beautify the Belmont Elementary School located on 41st and Brown Streets during Philadelphia Cares Day. Further, we collected close to $2,000 for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5-mile walk.

Special thanks to the Annenberg School for Communication for their donation of furniture to nonprofit agencies in our community. Thank you also to the volunteers for CHOP's Reach Out & Read Program, the volunteers for the Cyber Outreach Program at University City High School and the many computer donations to our Digital Divide Program.

Please see below the most recent list of volunteer opportunities. These opportunities are developed from the many

requests we get from the surrounding community to be partners and/or sometimes to provide assistance. If you would like to volunteer for any of the following programs, please call (215) 898-2020 or e-mail sammapp@pobox.upenn.edu.

--Isabel Mapp, Associate Director, Faculty, Staff and Alumni Volunteer Services;
Director Penn VIPS, Center for Community Partnerships


FOOD DRIVE | TREE PLANTING | SHADOWING DAY | JGH THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION | PROJECT H.O.M.E. | DRILL TEAM | RONALD McDONALD HOUSE

Thanksgiving Food Drive November 5-19: You can make a contribution to help out during the Thanksgiving Holidays. Please join us in the Annual Penn Volunteers In Public Service Food Drive. Your canned and dry goods donations will be donated to area shelters and community service agencies to help families during the Thanksgiving season.

Please see the list below for a convenient location to drop off your donations.

Wharton Executive Ed.

200 Steinberg Conf. Ctr. Roxanne Rawson 898-5154

Women's Center

3643 Locust Walk Gloria Gay 898-8611

Af-Am Resource Ctr.

3537 Locust Walk Afi Roberson 898-0104

Veterinary Medicine

Rosenthal Lobby Trish diPietrae 898-8842

Engineering

107 Towne Building Tanya Christian 898-7244

English Language

14 Bennett Hall Hilary Bonta 898-6009

Human Resources

527A 3401 Walnut Cerie O'toole 898-1317

SAS

120 Logan Hall Kristin Davidson 573-3416

Dental School

E2, 3rd Floor Dee Stenton 898-8052

Van Pelt Library

Shared Catalogue Dept. Rachelle Nelson 898-9048

Renal Division

700 Clinical Research Yvonne McClean 898-1018

ISC

230A 3401 Walnut Regina Cantave 898-1788

ISC

265C 3401 Walnut Doris Pate 573-6803

Wharton

1000 SH-DH Jennifer O'Keefe 898-1092

Campus Dining

200A, 220 South 40th Sugirtha Vivek 898-2462

Nursing Ed Bldg.

4th Floor Reception Desk

Donna Milici 573-0747

Political Science

217 Stiteler Hall Marcia Dotson 898-7641
ISC 203A Sansom West Kathy Ritchie 573-3561
School of Medicine 356 Anatomy/Chemistry Mary Dickson 898-8835
President's Office 100 College Hall Audrey Schneider 898-0447
Houston Hall Information Desk Sarah Demucci 573-5011
VPUL 3611 Locust Walk Patricia Ravenell 898-5337
Penn VIPS 133 S 36th St/5th Fl Isabel Mapp 898-2020

Faculty Club

Inn at Penn Natalka Swavely 898-4618


FOOD DRIVE | TREE PLANTING | SHADOWING DAY | JGH THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION | PROJECT H.O.M.E. | DRILL TEAM | RONALD McDONALD HOUSE

Healing Together by Greening Chestnut Street. On Saturday, November 10, beginning at 9 a.m. help plant 150 trees on Chestnut Street, from 31st to 40th Streets, in memory of the victims from the September 11th tragedy. At a time when our nation is mourning the deaths of thousands of innocent people killed in the attacks of September 11th, UC Green and its partners want to provide people of different faiths and races an opportunity to come and work together by planting hundreds of trees on a major public space. By making a statement of community and unity in crisis, this planting will provide students, neighbors, businesses, city agencies and public officials another opportunity to get on with our collective lives and show America's resolve and resilience to heal the deep wounds produced by this tragedy. E-mail Esaul Sanchez at sancheze@pobox.upenn.edu for additional information and/or to volunteer.


FOOD DRIVE | TREE PLANTING | SHADOWING DAY | JGH THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION | PROJECT H.O.M.E. | DRILL TEAM | RONALD McDONALD HOUSE

Shadowing Day/Building the Future Workforce, Thursday, November 15: This day enables students to explore numerous career opportunities as they "shadow" employee mentors. Volunteer to let a 9th grade student spend the day "shadowing" you. Spend the day teaching them about your career, talk to the student about their goals and aspirations and show them around Penn's campus. The program lasts from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. and the students will come to campus to meet you.


FOOD DRIVE | TREE PLANTING | SHADOWING DAY | JGH THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION | PROJECT H.O.M.E. | DRILL TEAM | RONALD McDONALD HOUSE

5th Annual JGH Community Thanksgiving Cultural Celebration: On Saturday, November 17, noon-4 p.m., the John Gloucester House (JGH)-- a community center at 2147 Manton Street--aims to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with all the culturally diverse members of their South Philadelphia community and to give thanks. They anticipate around 600 adults and children to attend the annual event which includes free food, musical entertainment, and community information for the entire family. However, this event cannot be possible without the help of hardworking volunteers who serve the food, clear the tables, man the registration table, monitor the bathrooms and feeding line, and those who help clean up when the event finishes. Shifts: 11:15 a.m.-3 p.m.--any duties possible except final clean-up; 3-4:30 p.m.--final clean-up.


FOOD DRIVE | TREE PLANTING | SHADOWING DAY | JGH THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION | PROJECT H.O.M.E. | DRILL TEAM | RONALD McDONALD HOUSE

Project H.O.M.E.: an organization that works with and for homeless individuals as well as low-income neighborhoods. The community center in lower North Philadelphia has put together some new initiatives for teens in the neighborhood. The Project H.O.M.E. Teen Program, offers in conjunction with Public/Private Ventures, a literacy-based initiative that targets students in grades 7-9 who are reading below grade level. For four days per week, students have the opportunity to work on reading, writing and oral activities to help them improve their overall literacy skills. The literacy activities will be supplemented by workshops in computer/technology skills, homework help, and study skills development. The program is coordinated by trained teachers and volunteer staff members and meets on Monday through Thursday, 3:15-6 p.m. The Project H.O.M.E. Young Adult Program is an exciting initiative that allows young adults (grades 10-12) the opportunity to learn about digital photography and/or digital filmmaking while also working on their academic, technological, and study skills. Volunteers provide workshops in digital photo and digital film two days per week. The final project will be a neighborhood documentary that the students create. The program operates 2 days a week, 3-6 p.m. (see www.projecthome.org for information).


FOOD DRIVE | TREE PLANTING | SHADOWING DAY | JGH THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION | PROJECT H.O.M.E. | DRILL TEAM | RONALD McDONALD HOUSE

The Reeve Memorial Drill Team: needs a drumming instructor to work with students once during the week and on Saturdays. Drummers, please consider working with this group. They have their drums and their uniforms. All they need is an instructor. There may be a small stipend.


FOOD DRIVE | TREE PLANTING | SHADOWING DAY | JGH THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION | PROJECT H.O.M.E. | DRILL TEAM | RONALD McDONALD HOUSE

The Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House Needs You! The world's first, needs volunteer help for its Tenth Annual Share A Night fund raising project. This major fund raising program begins on November 1 and ends on February 15. Volunteers are needed to prepare a 26,000+ piece mailing, write thank you notes to donors, provide data input assistance, copying of records, and general office support. Volunteers are needed Monday through Friday throughout the day. For those who are not available during the day and would like to help out, November 28, December 6, and January 3 are the dates they will be working 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

FOOD DRIVE | TREE PLANTING | SHADOWING DAY | JGH THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION | PROJECT H.O.M.E. | DRILL TEAM | RONALD McDONALD HOUSE


Almanac, Vol. 48, No. 10, October 30, 2001

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS:

Tuesday,
October 30, 2001
Volume 48 Number 10
www.upenn.edu/almanac/

The answer is blowing in the wind; Penn agrees to purchase wind-generated electric energy.
The Political Science department has three newly appointed faculty members who have endowed chairs.
As winter weather approaches, the University has energy conservation initiatives ready to be implemented.
Dr. Norma Lang becomes the first woman and the first nurse to win the Codman Award.
The University celebrates 125 Years of Women at Penn, online with web sites and on campus with events.
The Government Affairs Update covers the recent developments in federal, commonwealth and city and community relations.
Volunteer opportunities in November are plentiful, including Shadowing Day and the Thanksgiving Food Drive.
There are two campus blood drives coming up in early November.