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          Global Youth Service Day: Kids Against Hunger       April 16, 2011

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 Mimi Dray, extraordinary Wilmette District 39 Volunteer and Volunteer Center Treasurer Receives the George Noyes Community Spirit Award from New Trier Township

Congratulations, Mimi! (pictured left with her husband, Phil Dray)

Past Volunteer Center award winner and Winnetka resident Ginny Neuckranz and New Trier High School Student Andrew Katcha of Kenilworth each received the 2011 Governor's Volunteer Service Award from the State of Illinois

Congratulations, Ginny and Andrew!

Thank you for participating in the 2011 Student Volunteer Fair

Over 30 non-profits were on hand to discuss Internships, Gap Year and Summer Opportunities to High School thru Grad School aged students on March 21 at the Winnetka Community House.        

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Missed the Fair? See a list of Agency Participants Here!

THANK YOU FOR HONORING
THE LEGACY OF
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
on January 18, 2010!

Pictures and Flyer

The Volunteer Center took part in TV Tune Out, a week of events sponsored by The Winnetka Alliance for Early Childhood.  On March 10h and 11th, about 35 children made comfort kits for children in Haiti and literacy books for children at Good News Partners.

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Presidents' Day Opportunity
for kids and parents

Monday, February 15. 2010, the Winnetka Community House ihosted a Kids' Day Out event from 10 am to 2pm.  In addition to entertainment, open gym and lunch, a service project to support the children of Haiti via UNICEF was organized by The Volunteer Center.  Kids accompanied by their parents decorated Comfort Bags and filled them with toiletries and toys for these children in a devastated country.  

Thanksgiving Food Donation Program

On Thanksgiving morning, approximately 150 persons served by Good News Partners received baskets of food brought by generous donors.

Report and Pictures

Make a Difference Day
  October 24, 2009

Eleven organizations were the recipients of donations of goods from thousands of area residents, individually and through local schools, scout groups, spport teams,

Report and Pictures

Service Symposium I
October 16, 2009
Presentations and Volunteer Fair
Target service areas:
Disabilities, Youth, Senors, and Poverty

Report

National Day of Service and Remembrance
9/11/09

Show your local public safety professionals you appreciate their service.  In honor of their profession and their heroic efforts on September 11, 2001.
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2009 Volunteer Fair and Recognition Luncheon

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March 18 Volunteer Ability Event Enlightens Crowd(March 18, 2009)

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In Honor of American Heart Month (February 2009)

Greet and Feed on Thanksgiving
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Make a Difference Day, October 25, 2008
Report and pictures

Service Learning Workshop, Sept. 17, 2008 
To learn about service learning in general, click  here.

Wednesday, September 17th, twenty five members of the community participated in an afternoon Service Learning Workshop at the Wilmette Public Library sponsored by The Volunteer Center.  Those in attendance gained valuable information that highlighted the differences between service projects and full service learning programs.  Both are valuable instruments for making a difference in the community and providing benefits to the volunteers, but they have distinct approaches and outcomes. 

A service project is one that is already planned and organized for the participants who execute the necessary job, for instance clearing brush from a nature site and then reflecting on the outcome of their work.  In a service learning mode, the project is identified as a need by an individual or a group, who then research the causes and effects of the problem and set out to plan a full project that addresses the need.  During the entire process the project designers are evaluating and reflecting on the process and at its conclusion, again a reflection of their work.  Often times social change and a secondary project will result from their efforts.

Barb Tubekis, Executive Director of The Volunteer Center shared various methodology and advice in planning and executing both service projects and service learning programs.  Guest speakers included Stephanie Hochschild from Crow Island Elementary school, Nancy Stewart from Marie Murphy, Mitch Jones from New Trier High School, Pat Pappageorge from the VCNTT board and co-chair of the Make A Difference Day, Daniel Kielsen from Backyard Nature Center, Lisa Axelrod from Kindness Connection and Katie Seigenthaler from United We Learn.

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The 2008 Volunteer Center of New Trier Township Volunteer Fair and Recognition Luncheon was held Thursday, May 8, 2008 at Michigan Shores Club in Wilmette. The Luncheon Speaker was be Betsy D. Holden, President, Off the Street Club Board.

40 agencies participated in the Volunteer Fair and almost 200 attended the Recognition Luncheon.

Volunteer Fair sponsored by North Shore Community Bank

 Recognition Remarks

Photos and Award Recipients

On Saturday, October 20, 2007, New Trier Township families, groups, and individuals were invited to help the less fortunate by collecting needed food, clothing and supplies. Again this year, as with last year, the community came out in force, resulting in a record-setting collection of goods.

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