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INVOLVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
2016 MOELLERSHIP APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE
The Moellership Program, named for its founder Bill Moeller, provides undergraduate and graduate students at Florida State University the opportunity to focus 8 – 12 weeks of their summer on service at a non-profit agency. Students receive a stipend of up to $4,000 for participation in the program. Examples of past projects include working in a community garden in Tallahassee, serving at a camp for children with chronic illnesses in North Carolina, engaging in bicycle advocacy in Washington, D.C., implementing a reading curriculum in South Africa, caring for people with HIV/AIDS in Spain, designing a poultry production project in Tanzania, and promoting sustainability in Brazil. Applications are available here and are due Wednesday, December 2 at 5:00pm. Want to learn more about the Moellership Program? Attend an information session or email Jillian Volpe White at [email protected]. Information sessions will be held on Wednesday, September 30 at 4:30pm; Monday, October 5 at 5:00pm; Friday, October 16 at 12:00pm; and Thursday, October 22 at 12:30pm. All information sessions will be in conference room 2204 in the Dunlap Student Success Center.
SEMINOLE ORGANIC GARDEN WORKDAYS
5:00 pm, Tuesdays & Thursdays at the garden (between the circus and band practice field), the Seminole Organic garden is a place on campus for students to learn about and grow their own food. Volunteers are encouraged to come to workdays as they continue to plant trees, shrubs, construct garden beds, perform other garden maintenance activities, and learn about the garden.
WFSU FALL RADIO PLEDGE DRIVE Get service hours in a casual, fun environment, and get a behind-the-scenes look at how radio is made. WFSU is looking for volunteers to help answer phones during the Fall Radio Pledge Drive, October 14 through October 24. Volunteers must be age 18+. Shifts are 1.5-2 hours long and range from morning to evening and on Saturday and Sunday. There is plenty of free
parking on-site and snacks are provided. Sign-up online here: bit.ly/1JLXqFH or contact Sarah Cassidy Hipsher if you have questions, or if you would like to schedule a group to volunteer together [email protected] or call (850) 645-6071.
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
It’s About…
Leadership Community Advocacy Change Citizenship Action Acceptance Participation Vision Awareness Justice Civility
VOLUNTEER AT ST. FRANCIS WILDLIFE HOSPITAL St. Francis Wildlife Association is a non-profit organization, and was founded to provide humane care and rehabilitation for all species of sick, injured, and orphaned wildlife in North Florida and South Georgia. Each year, they receive and care for more than 3,000 animals. Volunteers are needed to work in the wildlife hospital at the St. Francis Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, located four miles northwest of Havana. It is just 25 minutes from downtown Tallahassee. They need volunteers to help feed many different types of animals, clean cages, and do dishes and laundry. They also need volunteers to build and fix cages, and transport animals from local vets to the St. Francis Wildlife hospital. Volunteers can also do outreach from home and distribute newsletters locally. Internships are available for those interested in biology and other science fields. Volunteers are also needed for fundraisers and special events. Please see the website for event notices and calendars: stfranciswildlife.org. Volunteers must sign a liability waiver. People under 18 are not permitted to work with animals. If you are interested in learning more, please attend a Behind the Scenes session on the first Saturday of the month from 12:00pm to 1:00pm at the hospital.
WALK FOR AUTISM SPEAKS Autism Speaks U strives to bring awareness to those living with Autism Spectrum Disorder to the students of FSU as well as the Tallahassee community, as well as raising money for autism research. Autism Speaks U will be having their first annual walk for Autism Speaks on October 15 at 6:30pm starting at Langford Green. If your organization is interested in participating in the walk, you can form teams and register as a team - and if your group raises $200 you will be able to have a booth at the event! Also, if you plan on joining the walk, please e-mail Gina Soricelli ([email protected]) with a main contact that they will be using to keep in touch with you and let you know of future events leading up to the walk. The following link allows you to sign up and register for the walk events.autismspeaksu.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=1147903 If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask!
JOIN THE ECO-REPS TEAM Eco-Reps are student ambassadors charged with increasing sustainable behaviors on campus through peer-to-peer outreach and leadership. Participants gather for meetings focused on a variety of topics, social and service projects, and educational activities. Email Lizzie Grater ([email protected]) for information.
2016 SOCIAL SCIENCE SCHOLARS If chosen, you will join a select group of outstanding students; enroll in a unique leadership seminar next spring; participate in a variety of academic and extracurricular activities; design and carry out your own research or service project in the U.S. or abroad; and receive up to $5,000 for project-related travel and other expenses. The program selects 18 social science majors each fall semester. To apply, you must have completed 52 credit hours; have met all your Liberal Studies requirements; have a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher; have participated in campus and/or community service organizations; plan on graduating no sooner than fall semester 2016; and submit an online application at coss.fsu.edu/sss by October 2, 2015. APPLY TODAY! For more info, visit coss.fsu.edu/sss or contact Dr. John Mayo ([email protected]) or Dr. Tom Taylor ([email protected]).
THE SHARING TREE The Sharing Tree is a reusable resource center, similar to a Goodwill, but for art & school supplies. The mission of the Tree is to collect and redistribute reusable materials to educators, artists, and the broader learning community while simultaneously educating the community on the art of creative reuse/ trash to treasure. They host events, art classes and also need help with sorting and organizing- as well as work in the new gallery! They take volunteers EVERY Friday from 1:00pm-4:00pm & every second and fourth Saturday from 10:00am-2:00pm. Rags 2 Bags is another project they host- making reusable shopping bags out of donated materials- regardless of skill level they take volunteers every first and third Thursday and fourth Saturday. They are also looking for a student board member.- 1 year commitment. A link to see these projects and other events is ThesharingTreeFL.org. Contact Carly J. Sinndurai at (850) 264-4035 for more information.
WHATEVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT REGATTA The Florida State University Coastal & Marine Laboratory invites you to build and race a vessel in the fourth Annual Whatever Floats Your Boat Regatta on October 3, 2015. Boats can be as artistic or as whacky as you’d like. The goal is just to stay afloat. Prizes include “First to Cross the Finish Line,” “Most Creative Use of Materials,” “People’s Choice,” and the “Titanic Award for the Most Spectacular Failure.” Challenge your colleagues, family, friends, and neighbors to build a boat and join the fun. Landlubbers need not worry; there will be plenty of activities for you as well. Cheer on your friends, enjoy some great food, and learn about how to protect the world’s oceans through recycling. The regatta will take place on Saturday, October 3 from 12:00pm to 3:00pm. Learn more and register here. For more information, contact Felicia Coleman at [email protected] or call at (850) 697-4120.
BSU NATIONAL BLACK ALUMNI INC
The Florida State University (FSU) National Black Alumni, Inc. is an officially chartered affiliate of the FSU Alumni Association. The Association’s mission is to build a network of Black alumni and friends and sustain meaningful relationships on behalf of FSU. The FSU National Black Alumni promotes and supports the academic achievement and excellence of Black students at FSU. Consequently, the FSU Black Alumni Scholarship Fund was established in the FSU Foundation to provide financial assistance to minority students of African descent. As part of its 2015 National Black Alumni Reunion, the FSU National Black Alumni will award $500 scholarships to three deserving students. One scholarship will be awarded in honor of Maxwell Courtney (first Black undergraduate student to attend and graduate from FSU), one will be awarded in honor of Dr. William R. Jones (Founder and first Director of the FSU Black Studies Program), and one is specifically designated for a student who is involved in the International Program or plans to study abroad. Interested students should complete the Scholarship Application, and briefly discuss their academic experiences and community involvement outside the formal classroom. Additionally, applicants must describe how they took a stand and were courageous in the face of injustice or a challenging situation, and how they used this as an opportunity to build social solidarity, encourage understanding, or broaden their academic experiences. If you have any questions, contact Cassandra Jenkins at [email protected].
THE BIG EVENT
The Big Event is a one-day, student-run, service event that allows students, faculty, and staff to participate in service projects to give back to Florida State University and the Tallahassee community. The Big Event is looking for motivated individuals to apply as committee members to help
plan, organize, and run the 2016 event. If you are interested in giving back to the community and getting more involved on campus, applications are available on our website at thebigevent.fsu.edu. For more information, please contact Director Taylor Selbach and Director Jen Lucas at [email protected].
BIG BEND HOMELESS COALITION Looking for a fun way to fine tune those culinary skills, build teamwork and foster leadership while also serving the community? Sign up for the Meal Volunteer Program (MVP) at HOPE Community to find the perfect place for you and your RSO! Contact Danielle Shultz at (850) 792-9426 or [email protected] for more info.
TALLAHASSEE MUSEUM
Halloween Howl: The Tallahassee Museum is in need of volunteers throughout October for its twenty-first annual Halloween Howl event which will run October 23 through 24. The event offers volunteer opportunities for ages 10 and up. All volunteers under the age of 16 will need to be accompanied by a chaperone. To register, visit here.
ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES
TUTOR TRAINING WORKSHOP If you would like to help newcomers develop their English skills, meet people from around the world, and learn new skills from an accredited non-profit educational organization, then this is the workshop for you. Become a volunteer tutor! No foreign language skills or prior teaching experience required!
• Workshop Part I: Tuesday, September 29, 6:00pm to 8:00pm • Workshop Part II: Tuesday, October 6, 6:00pm to 8:00pm
This workshop will be held in the Literacy Resource Lab on the third floor of the Collins Main Library. Registration is required for this workshop. Please contact Literacy Volunteers of Leon County at (850) 606-2644 or [email protected]
GRACE MISSION EPISCOPAL CHURCH Are you looking for an engaging and rewarding service opportunity? If so, Grace Mission is looking for you! Grace Mission provides a free after-school program for children from Riley Elementary School every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 3pm to 6pm. Volunteers are especially needed from 3:30pm to 4:45pm for tutoring and homework help, followed by creative play and serving dinner to the children. Come one day a week or all three – it is up to YOU! To sign up to tutor, please click here. For more information, contact Marigny Nevitt at [email protected].
PALMER MUNROE TEEN CENTER The Palmer Munroe Teen Center would like to invite creative students interested in volunteering as a tutor and/or life coach for middle and high school students. To best serve our teens, both traditional and unconventional teaching methods are welcomed! Tutoring sessions are EVERY Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 3:00pm to 5:00pm. In addition, EVERY Tuesdays and Thursdays, Professional Development and Life Skills Workshops are hosted at PMTC. Please contact Natisha Penn at [email protected] or at (850) 891-2569.
RAA MIDDLE SCHOOL Local visual artists, musicians, dancers, and theater professionals are sought to provide mentoring to middle school arts students in Raa’s Magnet Program. Commitment is just an hour per week. For more information, contact Sam Thompson at [email protected] or (850) 488-7495.
VSA FLORIDA TEACHING ARTIST OPPORTUNITY VSA Florida, the state organization on arts and disability, is seeking teaching artists for the 18 counties that make up the Florida panhandle and Big Bend region. VSA will contract visual artists, dance/movement artists, dramatic artists, and musicians. Contract artist professionals will teach eight-week courses and receive $50/hour for teaching + additional
expenses. For more info, visit here.
JOHN G. RILEY CENTER/ MUSEUM VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
The John G. Riley Center/Museum is seeking dedicated volunteers for the fall 2015 and spring 2016 semesters. Students from all backgrounds will be considered. Volunteers may work with public programming/special events, guest services, and/or assisting with Heritage Education components. For more info, visit here.
CHELSEA HOUSE SEEKING VOLUNTEERS
Chelsea House is a non-profit, faith-based, organization that provides transitional housing. Chelsea House is the home specifically for displaced women. In addition, Chelsea House offers various outreach programs to help the community, such as a food pantry, mentoring, and more. They have 2 thrift stores, 3 transitional homes, and various outreach opportunities. They have volunteer opportunities for student groups as well as individuals. Here are some of the ways volunteers can help:
• Organize a donation drive (food pantry, consumables, laundry supplies, cleaning supplies, etc.) • Assist w/ thrift store setup/management/ retailer, business management, customer service, signage, merchandising • Assist w/maintaining donor database through data entry, creating reports/gathering stats • Assist w/ grant writing • Assist w/ marketing, public relations, development campaigns • Assist w/ graphic design, IT, website, social media, video, publications, design annual calendar • Assist w/ meals for transitional homes and/or for large benefit dinner such as the one on Dec 8 where we plan for over 1,000 attendees. • Assist w/ projects that involve; carpentry projects, design/repair at transitional home as well as thrift store locations. • Assist w/ procurement campaign to obtain donation items for thrift stores as well as needed items for the ministry.
Please visit the website to learn more. To view a video about the Chelsea House, please click on the Chelsea House tab. In addition, the volunteer application can be obtained on the website.
WESTMINSTER OAKS RETIREMENT COMMUNITY Bingo callers needed & Bingo helpers: Every Monday and Wednesday evenings—5:15pm to 6:30pm at Westminster Oaks, volunteers are needed to help residents with dementia. They request a consistent, weekly commitment so that the residents can get to know you each week. Call Linda Digonzalez at (850) 878-1136 for more information. Outdoor Cookout for Health Center Residents: On Friday, October 9, from 10:00am to 1:00pm, volunteers will be needed to help push wheelchairs to the picnic area. Staff will be serving grilled hotdogs and hamburgers with all the trimmings. All volunteers eat for free for your service! Second Annual Storytelling Festival: The Second Annual Storytelling Festival will be Thursday, November 5 and Friday, November 6. Volunteers are needed to push wheelchair residents to festivities. The festivities will last all day on both days with pancake breakfast on Friday, November 6 at 8:00am. 10-15 volunteers are needed each day, taking shifts as your schedule permits. Carpool wherever possible. National Active Aging Week: Volunteers are needed to act as hosts and hostesses assisting people to various activities, handing maps, assisting wheelchair residents to navigate through the festivities. National Active Aging Week is Monday, September 28 through Friday, October 2 from 9:00am to 4:00pm every day.
VILLAGE VOLUNTEERS Village Volunteers partners with NGOs that support grassroots economic growth to sustainably reduce poverty. As a volunteer, you will develop and use appropriate curriculum available to you through the online resource library to coach local entrepreneurs on developing business and marketing plans, and teach simple bookkeeping. Through this work, you will help empower communities, women and youth to
become self-sufficient and team contributors. Visit villagevolunteers.org, email [email protected], or call (206) 577-0515 for more information.
UNITED AGAIN INEQUITIES IN DISEASE United Against Inequities in Disease (UAID) is a national non-profit student organization with over 2,500 members. UAID empowers students and communities across the United States to eliminate health inequities (unjust and preventable differences in health outcomes between groups of people). As a public health organization dedicated to long-term sustainability and impact, UAID leads innovative community projects throughout the country. These projects are a central aspect of each chapter’s activities and include a community health needs assessment, collaborative program development, implementation, data collection, and evaluation. At a national level, UAID hosts an annual symposium, publishes a journal on health and social justice, and organizes webinars and trainings. Visit uaid.org for more details. In response to increasing demand, UAID will accept applications for new chapters on university campuses until midnight on October 5. Only ten applications will be approved. Please click the following link to apply: uaid.org/chapterapplication and e-mail [email protected] if you have any questions.
INTERNSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS, & PAID OPPORTUNITIES
YOUTH PROGRAMS JOB OPPORTUNITY
Youth Programs is a place where you can inspire, empower, and encourage someone else by simply being you. Each year, over 300 mentors and staff have the task of helping children realize how completely amazing they are. Through academic assistant and social activities, lives are changed every day. Youth Programs is currently hiring for positions: • Federal Work Study Student Staff Position • Youth Programs – Assistant Mentor Coordinator Position For more information, please visit thecenter.fsu.edu/youthprograms, then click Employment Opportunities or contact Joi Phillips at [email protected] or call (850) 644-9567.
GADSDEN ARTS CENTER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM The Gadsden Arts Center Internship Program provides real world work and learning experiences for college juniors, seniors, graduate students, and recent graduates in the arts management, art education, marketing and graphic design, museum studies, and related areas of study. This experience helps
to build interns' skill sets, problem solving skills and résumés, with letters of recommendation available for all successful Internship Program graduates. For more info, visit here.
CGI U 2016
The CGI U 2016 meeting will take place at UC Berkeley next spring from April 1-3, 2016. The ninth annual CGI U meeting, hosted by President Bill Clinton and Chelsea Clinton, will gather more than 1,000 innovative student leaders to make Commitments to Action that address some of the world's most pressing challenges. More than $750,000 in funding will be available to select CGI U 2016 students to help them turn their ideas into action. Applicants must be 18 years of age or older and enrolled in an institution of higher education at the time of the CGI U meeting in order to apply. The early decision and travel assistance deadline is October 16, 2015, and the final application deadline is December 1, 2015. Program details and featured speakers will be announced at a later date. For more details, click here or visit cgiu.org.
Change Corps is looking for talented Change-makers for their 1 year, paid, full-immersion training academy in grassroots organizing for activists. Organizers receive eight weeks of classroom training and spend most of the year gaining hands-on field experience working to make a difference on issues like women’s rights, gun violence, immigration reform, voting rights, marriage equality, and money in politics. Organizers will work on three to five different campaigns throughout the year in cities across the country, providing critical field support for partner groups leading the charge on these issues and many more. The target annual compensation for this position is $25,000. Change Corps offers an excellent training program, a competitive benefits package, and has opportunities for advancement. They are looking for young leaders who are ready to take on some of the biggest challenges of the day; bright, talented, passionate people with a strong work ethic; problem solvers who don’t just see problems, but envision creative solutions; a strong commitment to working toward goals and getting results; and outstanding verbal and written communication skills. Find out more information at www.changecorps.org or contact Claudia Iglesias, Recruitment Director at [email protected]. The fall early application deadline is October 10.
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