Dear Penn Community,

Thank you for your spirit of volunteerism. Many benefit from your willingness to share. We receive many expressions of gratitude from community members and agencies we have partnered with. Thank you again for your donation of $901.79 to the Annual Penn VIPS Change Drive. Your generous donation assisted Penn VIPS (Volunteers in Public Service) and Business Services with providing five $1,000 scholarships to well deserving graduating seniors from local high schools. Consider joining the committee. The University community continues to work towards being good neighbors in our shared community. We thank you for your overwhelming support and for your generosity.

—Isabel Sampson-Mapp, Associate Director, Faculty, Staff and Alumni Volunteer Services,
Director, Penn Volunteers in Public Service, Center for Community Partnerships

Become a Mentor in the Penn Workplace Mentoring Program. Encourage 7th graders from a local school to do well in school. Talk to them about the importance of college. Share your area of expertise in your job with them and help them to think about their futures. Make a difference in the life of a young person. Mentors meet with students once a month from September-May. All sessions are held on Penn’s campus. Training is held in September. Volunteer today. Contact Isabel Mapp at sammapp@upenn.edu for additional information.

Leftover conference bags, tee-shirts, pens, etc.? Donate them to Penn VIPS. We will share them with school children and members of the community.

Become a Dropsite Volunteer. Dropsite volunteers are located throughout the University and provide the site for collections during our annual school, food, gift and change drives. All that is required is for you to set up a collection area, put up a flyer and collect the donations. There are only approximately 3-4 activities per year.

Join the Penn Team for Making Strides, Saturday, October 15, 7:30 a.m., Memorial Hall (Please Touch Museum) West Fairmount Park, 4231 Avenue of the Republic. We will host a planning meeting in September. Send an email to sammapp@upenn.edu to be placed on the list. To join the Penn team and/or to make a donation on behalf of the team go to http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/MakingStridesAgainstBreastCancer/MSABCCY16EC?pg=entry&fr_id=7740