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September
Volunteer Opportunities
Dear
Penn Community,
Thank
you for your donations to the School Supplies Drive. Because of
your generosity, we were able to make donations to the following:
-Drew
School
-Mantua Back to School Fair
-Sayre Middle School
-Renaissance Men
-C.A.M.P. Program
-Bridges to the Community
-Penn's WorkPlace Mentoring Program
-Ford Program for Schools
-Six Families
The
following is a list of the service opportunities based on community
requests for assistance and/or partnerships. If you would like to
volunteer for any of the following programs, please let me know
via e-mail (sammapp@pobox.upenn.edu)
or call (215) 898-2020.
--Isabel
Mapp, Associate Director,
Faculty, Staff and Alumni Volunteer Services
Director, Penn Volunteers In Public Service,
Center for Community Partnerships
Mentors,
Mentors, Mentors needed for the Penn's Workplace Mentoring
Program in its 8th year of operation. Volunteer to mentor an 8th
grade middle school student one day a month. Students come to campus
the third Thursday of the month at 9 a.m. from October-May. They
participate in a group program and then visit with their individual
mentor in the mentor's workplace. Students depart campus around
1:30 p.m. Each mentor receives training and support. Join the many
other mentors involved in this program.
SquashSmarts
Needs You! SquashSmarts is a Philadelphia youth enrichment program
that combines the game of squash with academic tutoring and mentoring
of middle school students. 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 college students and adult volunteers as well as one-to-one
mentoring with college student athletes. This personal attention,
tailored to each student's needs over the course of a three-year-long
commitment to the program, is what makes SquashSmarts so unique.
Fall
Clean-up: September 29, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; call (215) 387-1911:
We need volunteers to help with various yard and building task (i.e.,
picking up the yard, maybe a little gardening, graveling the parking
lot, giving the theater a good cleaning up, or maybe cleaning out
a closet or two, etc.) Community Education Center (CEC), 3500 Lancaster
Ave.
Computers
Needed: Is your department upgrading its computers? Would you
like to donate your used computers to a worthy cause? The Center
for Community Partnerships and a group of volunteers are working
to provide computers to West Philadelphia schools, families and
nonprofit agencies. Join us by donating your used computers to this
cause.
Help
Deliver Food: The Jewish Relief Agency (JRA) provides hunger
relief to low-income Jewish families though its food distribution
program. Each month, volunteers meet at a central warehouse location
to package non-perishable food and then deliver the food into the
homes of client families. Distributions take place one Sunday each
month at the Floors USA warehouse in Northeast Philadelphia (located
on Haldeman Avenue and Roosevelt Blvd).
Almanac, Vol. 49, No. 4, September 17, 2002
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September 17, 2002
Volume 49 Number 4
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