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Dear Penn Community,
Thank you for your continued support and thanks to the over 500 volunteers who participated in Penn’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 2005 Commemorative Symposium on Social Change Day of Service activities.
Volunteers painted and spruced up West Philadelphia High, and worked on “Helping Hands” projects for local shelters and elder care programs. Children learned about Dr. King’s life by creating banners and by having volunteers read to them. West Philadelphia students participated in a one day mentoring program with Penn students. Volunteers participated in Philadelphia Reads training to put books on tape. An additional program was added this year where volunteers painted the waiting area and donated children’s books to the West Philadelphia District Welfare Office.
Following is our monthly posting of community service opportunities for the month of February. Please contact me via e-mail (sammapp@pobox.upenn.edu) to volunteer for any of the programs.
—Isabel Mapp, Associate Director, Faculty, Staff and Alumni Volunteer Services, Director, Penn Volunteers in Public Service, Center for Community Partnerships
February Volunteer Opportunities
Penn VIPS Annual Change Drive: Thursday, February 10 through Thursday, February 24. Change Drive to benefit the Tsunami victims; the funds will be placed in the University-wide Tsunami relief account and will be dedicated to work being done to reopen schools for the children.
Please take your change to the following drop sites:
Museum Reception Desk |
Near Kress Gallery |
Bonnie Crossfield |
898-4001 |
Women’s Center |
3643 Locust Walk |
Gloria Gay |
898-8611 |
Af-Am Resource Center |
3537 Locust Walk |
Afi Heywood |
898-0104 |
Veterinary Medicine |
Rosenthal Lobby |
Trish diPietrae |
898-8842 |
Engineering |
107 Towne Bldg. |
Ellen V. Russell |
898-7244 |
SAS |
120 Logan Hall |
Kristin Davidson |
573-3416 |
Van Pelt Library |
Shared Catalogue Dept. |
Rachelle Nelson |
898-9048 |
Renal Division |
700 Clinical Research |
Yvonne Florence |
898-1018 |
ISC |
265C 3401 Walnut St. |
Doris Pate |
573-6803 |
Wharton |
1000 SH-DH |
Jennifer O’Keefe |
898-1092 |
Nursing Ed Bldg. |
4th Floor Mailroom |
Donna Milici |
573-0747 |
ULAR |
220 S. 40th St. |
Mary Jo Pauxtis |
898-4902 |
Political Science |
217 Stiteler Hall |
Marcia Dotson |
898-7641 |
ISC |
203A Sansom West |
Kathy Ritchie |
573-3561 |
Houston Hall |
Information Desk |
Karen Fortunata |
573-5011 |
VPUL |
3611 Locust Walk |
Patricia Ravenell |
898-5337 |
Faculty Club |
3611 Walnut/Inn at Penn |
Natalka Swavely |
898-4618 |
CCP |
133 South 36th/5th Floor |
Isabel Mapp |
898-2020 |
Graduate Student Center |
3615 Locust Walk |
DeAnna Cheung |
746-6868 |
Cell & Dev. Biology |
1157 BRB II/III Bldg. |
Kim Walls |
898-8045 |
Med School/Fac. Planning |
233 Blockley Hall |
Robin Rozen |
898-1741 |
Law School |
Silverman Hall, rm. 145 |
L’Tanya Nelson |
898-7144 |
Penn Ice Rink |
3130 Walnut St. |
Richard Robertson |
768-3689 |
Provost Office |
353B 3401 Walnut St. |
Susan Curran |
898-6841 |
Student Health Services |
Penn Tower/Lower Level |
Rachel McClinton |
573-5385 |
Human Resources |
538A 3401 Walnut St. |
Darcell Griffith |
898-6884 |
Volunteers are needed to tutor students in the SquashSmarts program: SquashSmarts is a Philadelphia youth enrichment program that combines the game of squash with academic tutoring and mentoring. Squash serves as the hook that pulls students into the program. Upon their first introduction to the game in 6th grade, the students are curious, inquisitive and excited about learning a new sport, and so willingly sign on for the extra academic work required by all participants. Students attend practice two afternoons per week—1 hour 15 minutes of squash followed by 1 hour 15 minutes of tutoring and then two hours on Saturday mornings for squash play only. The 3-days per week schedule continues through the school year. Each team member benefits from one-to-one tutoring with volunteers.
Join the Penn VIPS Scholarship Committee! Help plan the 14th Annual Penn VIPS Scholarship Program where we select and honor outstanding students from Bartram, Parkway, Overbrook, University City, and West Philadelphia High Schools. Planning is beginning for the June 2005 program.
Camp Jabberwocky: Martha’s Vineyard Cerebral Palsy Camp needs volunteers! Camp Jabberwocky is an overnight camp on Martha’s Vineyard, an island off the coast of Massachusetts. The camp is run for children and young adults with mental and physical disabilities and runs for about four weeks, from the end of July to the end of August. Jabberwocky serves about 30 campers each week, with a staff of about 25 volunteers who receive no formal pay but who do receive free room and board while living at camp. Jabberwocky is looking for counselors who can devote some or most of August to working with an amazing group of campers and counselors. While we prefer counselors to come for a month, they may be able to come for one, two or three weeks. Counselors are responsible for the care of their camper, running activities, and general service to the camp as a whole. A daily schedule includes but is not limited to: breakfast, music class, activities (including pottery, jewelry making, basketball, yoga, painting, baseball, etc.), lunch, the beach, dinner and an evening activity (e.g. going to concerts, drumming cookouts on the beach, dances). Days are busy, but filled with great joy and an inordinate amount of laughter. Working at camp is a truly unique experience. Experience working with special needs children is not necessary; orientation will be held prior to the start of camp, and most people have no experience before coming to camp.
Mercy Hospital of Philadelphiais in need of volunteers for their SuperGreeters Program: SuperGreeters assist patients and visitors by creating a welcoming environment, showing them to their destinations and escorting them if necessary. Also, if you can volunteer 3 hours a week, there are many more volunteer activities available. Mercy Hospital is located at 501 South 54th St.
Almanac, Vol. 51, No. 19, February 1, 2005
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Volume 51 Number 19
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