The volunteers have been busy bees the past few weeks

So posts have been sparse lately (sorry about that), but that doesn't mean that great things haven't been happening in the volunteer center.

So what EXACTLY has been happening? Good question. For one, the different service organizations on campus have been gearing up and are doing some fantastic work of their own. There have been Habitat for Humanity Build Days (and more of those are coming up!), Pizza Socials with the Red Cross Club, and Alpha Phi Omega (a national service fraternity) has been gathering together people for a combination of fun and service opportunities. But you'll hear more on that later...

Alpha Phi Omega and other volunteers do Adopt-A-Street.

What other cool things are happening you may ask? Well, our weekly service projects are starting up! We have three that will be happening. 

• On Tuesday nights from 5:00pm-8:00pm you can hop on the bus at LRH and join the Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach group and sort hospital supplies to be sent to third world countries. Be sure to sign up for that on our volunteer website, though, there are only twelve available slots per week. 
• It's also not too late to sign up to help with Lee Elementary Homework Club (contact kjama2@uis.edu if you're interested and he'll hook you up). For this one you would be taken out to Lee Elementary and work with elementary students to help them with their homework or other projects, as well as to help mentor them. This event happens on Thursday afternoons from 3:00pm-5:00pm.
• We also have Big Brothers Big Sisters happening, but it's unfortunately too late to sign up for that now. 

Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach

We also have done a lot of other cool things too. Our L4L members wend to the food bank and had a sort off, returning members vs. the freshmen. We were the very first group to go out there, and it was so much fun! But beyond that, something that one of our L4L members talked about after, was how much was accomplished. Matt (an L4L freshmen) talked about how it was great to know exactly how much they did. There is only one guy who does all of the sorting of canned goods for the foodbank along with everything else he has to do, so it felt good to know how much more they were able to help them get done. 

Shameless Plug of How YOU Can Get Involved...

• TOMORROW!
• Come out to Voter Registration Day feat. Congressional Candidates and Campaign Managers from the upcoming 13th Congressional District Elections. 
• Get registered to vote and discuss the issues (bonus, there will be food).
• Sept. 26th
• Foot in the Door Fair!
• Sept. 28th
• Senator McCann's Recycling Event
• Come volunteer and help organizations collect items to recycle, everything from used batteries to clothing.
• Or, come and recycle some of your own things!
• https://uisrecycles.eventbrite.com/ (click the link to register)
• Oct. 3rd
• Making the Grade
• Oct. 4th
• uHelp iHelp Service Project
• Oct. 5th
• Habitat for Humanity Build Day
• Oct. 18th
• Trick or Treat for Canned Goods Applications are due!
• http://uofi.uis.edu/cms/3128/trick_or_treat_for_canned_goods_team_registration.pdf (click the link for a copy of the application).
• Oct. 19th
• Habitat for Humanity Build Day
• Oct. 31
• Trick or Treat for Canned Goods and after party at Quaker Steak!

And don't forget that you can also sign up for our weekly events!

Interested in any (or all) of these and want more information?
Contact the Volunteer Center at volunteer@uis.edu or stop by SLB 60!

Alpha Phi Omega Game Night!

~Erika

UIS Vista