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2007 Co-Chairs
Pat Pappageorge and Sue Averill hard at work!
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How
Can You Help Nine Social Service Agencies In ONE DAY?
Participate in the 5th Annual
Make A Difference Day |
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| October
20th, 2007
Indian Hill Train Station
9am to noon |
| IT’S
EASY TO DO…
Collect any of the
following items and drop them off at the Indian Hill Train Station (corner
of Green Bay and Winnetka Avenue) to the waiting agency representatives.
These are goods that are desperately needed by these organizations to
serve their clients better. Your donation(s) will make a huge difference
in the community. Involve your schools, faith based groups or business
associates and gather these items and drop them off Saturday, October
20th. Make A Difference Day is a National Day of Service sponsored by
The Points of Light Foundation and US News. For five consecutive years,
your Volunteer Center, serving New Trier Township residents and nearby
Chicago agencies, has mobilized thousands of your neighbors. Won’t
you join us this year and help make a difference?
| Items
Requested |
Recipient
Social Service Agency |
| Toilet
Paper, Paper Napkins, Facial Tissue |
New Trier
Township Food Pantry |
| Eyeglasses |
Hadley
School for the Blind |
Prom
dresses & Accessories
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The Glass
Slipper Project |
| Children's
warm outerwear |
ESCCA
(Evanston School Childrens Clothing Assn) |
| Powdered
baby formula |
INFANT
INC.& Infant Welfare Society |
| Canned
Foods (tuna, fruits, meat, peanut butter) |
Greater
Chicago Food Depository |
| Used
bicycles |
Working
Bikes Co-op |
| Sports
equipment (new or clean) |
McGaw
YMCA |
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You
Can Also Give Blood and help LifeSource Blood Services!
Same time, same place.
Reserve a time to give through the Volunteer Center office. Call 847-441-7665,
for age and other requirements. The blood banks are in need and you can
help save a life Saturday morning! |
The Volunteer
Center Sponsors
Service Learning Workshop
Onnie
Scheyer, VCNTT President listens to presenter Drea Gallaga from
North Shore Country Day School (right) |
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On
September 19, The Volunteer Center of New Trier Township (VCNTT) held
a workshop to provide valuable service learning resources for schools,
faith based and civic groups in the New Trier Township. Some agency
representatives were also there to work with volunteer groups and
provide service project options. The workshop covered such topics
as the difference between service “learning” and service
“projects” -- two very different approaches to service.
In the service “learning” approach, students are engaged
in the entire process, from identification of the need, to the project
design and execution, and finally a reflection of the impact made.
Service projects are valuable too, in that they accomplish the goals
of the agency. In the project model, the service project has already
been set up and the students complete it at a predetermined place
and time. The “project” works best with very young students
(K-2), while students in older grades, and particularly middle and
high schools, are fully capable and benefit greatly from the organization
and manpower required to identify and set up the entire project. The
experience becomes transformative. Barb Tubekis, VCNTT Director discussed
Service Learning techniques and distributed resource material.
During the workshop, guest presenters also talked about their service
programs and special projects they’ve completed. Linda Ball,
past President of the VCNTT and former Outreach Chair for Hubbard
Woods School spoke about their Comfort Kit project that the students
created for the Red Cross, with help from service students at Skokie
School and the Volunteer Center. Deb Perelman, from the Glencoe Junior
High Project, discussed the wide array of successful service programming
they help their middle school students execute. Drea Gallaga, English
teacher and Service Learning Coordinator for North Shore Country Day
School also shared the very interactive process the upper school students
have achieved through the guidance of Gallaga. Mary Quirke, VCNTT
board member, discussed the Highcrest school effort the last three
years for Make A Difference Day where the students fill the school
gym with donations for delivery to the train station on Make A Difference
Day.
Over the years, The Volunteer Center has worked with township schools
to help them plan service programs from which the students and the
agencies both benefit. Each school has its own needs and climate,
which the Volunteer Center respects as it works with each school to
design a unique service learning program. The VCNTT currently has
over 150 agencies in its database – many of which are eager
to work with our future leaders. If your school or faith based group
has an Outreach program (or you would like to start one) and you’d
like some assistance, please contact Barb Tubekis at The Volunteer
Center, email: VolunteerNTT@aol.com or phone 847-441-7665. |
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STAY
TUNED to our website for
• Holiday Opportunities
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• Volunteer Fair /Recognition Event
• Junior and High School Board Events
www. VolunteerCenterNTT.org |
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FOR MORE WAYS TO HELP YOUR COMMUNITY AND BEYOND?
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IT IS A SECURE, BLIND LIST THAT WILL BRING YOU THE LATEST NEEDS
SEVERAL TIMES A MONTH FOM THE AGENCIES THAT NEED HELP FROM YOU OR
YOUR GROUP.
VISIT OUR WEBSITE
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