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0: American Lung Association "Fight for Air" Climb
The second annual "Fight for Air" Climb happened on February 19, 2011. A group of 7 UIS students helped run this fundraiser for the American Lung Association.
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1: Ronald McDonald House
On January 21, 2011 the Volunteer and Civic Engagement Center took a group of 8 students to the Ronald McDonald House to celebrate the MLK Holiday. While they were there they did some cleaning, cooking and organizing.
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2: United Way Day of Action
A group of 9 UIS students served at the Family Service Center in fall of 2010 as part of the United Way Day of Action. Students helped clean up the Center's yard, planted flowers, and cleaned out an old building for future use. Click on the link below to see more photos from this event.
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3: Trick or Treat for Canned Goods
This annual Halloween event is the kickoff to the UIS Holiday Stars Project, a month-long donation drive to benefit local people in need. Over the course of three years UIS students have collected over 14,000 pounds of food for the Central Illinois Foodbank. Go to http://www.uis.edu/volunteer/holidayproject to learn more.
Check out pictures from this year's event: http://www.flickr.com/photos/uisvolunteer/sets/72157625180638625/show/
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4: Jefferson Middle School Beautification Project
Another fun sunny afternoon in the fall! UIS students teamed up with the community to beautify the gounds at Jefferson Middle School.
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5: Special Olympics Bowling Tournment
For three years running now, UIS students have volunteered at the Special Olympics bowling tournament. In 2010, we took 40 students.
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6: World Wide Day of Play
This is one of our favorite events of the year! We get to have fun with the youth of Springfield and promote a positive and active lifestyle. Check out our photos of the event from 2008 and 2009.
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7: Southwind Park - Tree Mulching
At Southwind Park, Students mulched trees as a part of the 2010 Welcome Week Service-A-Thon. See more photos of the Service-A-Thon at the link below.
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8: Midwest Mission Distribution Center
The UIS Volunteer Center has had an ongoing partnership with the Midwest Mission Distribution Center. Hundresds of hours of service have been performed by UIS students and staff at this location.
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9: Polar Plunge
The Polar Plunge is Special Olympics signature fundraiser for the year, and has earned its reputation as one of the most entertaining fundraisers around! A group of 8 UIS students and staff participated in the Plunge in 2009, raising $590 for Special Olympics athletes. (in just three days!) Read UIS Plunger Howard Kang's blog about the event at:
http://uisvolunteer.blogspot.com/2009/03/students-staff-participate-in.html
http://uisvolunteer.blogspot.com/2009/03/students-staff-participate-in.html
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10: Jefferson Middle School Mentoring Program
Jefferson also serves as a location for several UIS student mentors / tutors. The time and effort that these students put in throughout the year is considerable.
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11: Camp Widjiwagan
For Make-A-Difference Day this year our AmeriCorps Cohort (and a few other helpful volunteers!) collaborated with Girl Scouts of Central Illinois to help prepare Camp Widjiwagan for the winter. Great event, even better name.
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12: Good as Gold Ceremony
One of our favorite events of the year, the Springfield Good as Gold Ceremony awards local community and university members who have dedicated their time, talents, and creativity to promote the social good of the greater Springfield area. The Volunteer Center co-sponsors this ceremony with the Junior League of Springfield. You can check out the photos from last year's ceremony at the following link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/uisvolunteer/sets/72157624108268584/show/
You can also find out more about the program and access links to more photos at: http://www.uis.edu/volunteer/events/goodasgold.html
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13: Alternative Spring Break 2009
"Students with UIS’ Alternative Spring Break and Habitat for Humanity student organizations spent their spring breaks not only soaking up the sun in the south but also assisting Hurricane Katrina victims.
"Twenty-four students and two supervisors made the trip to Mandeville, Louisiana to build homes in the southeast Louisiana area."
Read the rest of the story at: http://www.uis.edu/newsbureau/2009/03/students-give-time-over-spring-break-to.html
"Twenty-four students and two supervisors made the trip to Mandeville, Louisiana to build homes in the southeast Louisiana area."
Read the rest of the story at: http://www.uis.edu/newsbureau/2009/03/students-give-time-over-spring-break-to.html
You can also see more photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/uisvolunteer/sets/72157616643511577/show/with/3439490083/
And you can read more about Alternative Break at UIS at: http://www.uis.edu/volunteer/events/alternativebreak.html
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14: UIS Mentoring Program - Harvard Park Elementary
The UIS Mentoring Program at Harvard Park Elementary is one of our favorite programs. UIS students work in collaboration with Big Brothers Big Sisters and the Springfield School District 186 to be positive role models for local at-risk youth.
You can watch a video on the program here: http://www.uis.edu/newsbureau/people/2009/12/uis-students-build-positive_14.html
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15: Washington Park Invasive Species Removal
10 UIS students removed invasive species in Washington Park that were threatening native Illinois plant life. Thanks to our partners at Friends of the Sangamon Valley for their support of this project and many other like it.
Watch a video of this project here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCiarhJIr6Y
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16: American Cancer Society
4 UIS students volunteered at the American Cancer Society in August 2009 as part of our annual Fall Service-A-Thon.
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17: AAUW Used Book Sale
The American Association of University Women local scholarship fund has provided support for women returning to school at UIS for over 35 years. Their annual Used Book Sale helps fund these scholarships, and the volunteers at UIS happily lend a hand to get all those books sorted and moved around!
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18: Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular
On back-to-back weekends a group of UIS students volunteered to help the Springfield Park District put on their annual Jack-o-Lantern Spectacular at Washington Park. This was an awesome event with soem really cool pumpkins! See more photos of the event below:
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19: Mini O'Beirne Holiday Store
Two UIS athletic team's (men's golf and women's soccer) and one Volunteer Center group worked a Saturday of shifts at the Mini O'Beirne Crisis Nursery Holiday Store. The Holiday Store lets children pick out their own presents by browsing through shelves of donations. No pictures yet, but you can imagine the smiles on their faces!
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20: Storm Drain Stenciling
The Volunteer Center took group of UIS Students to this local Springfield neighborhood to raise awareness of the environmental impact of storm drain dumping. The students distributed door tags and painted warnings on the drains themselves.
See a few photos of the project here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/uisvolunteer/sets/72157614349598570/show/with/3304619224/
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21: St. John's Bread Line
A group of 8 UIS students served meals to those who needed it at this community feeding program. You can learn more about St. John's Breadline and all the work Catholic Charities is doing at: http://cc.dio.org/programs.htm#stjohns
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22: Animal Protective League
For the past two years, UIS students have provided ongoing support to the Animal Protective League, giving the animals in the shelter the love and attention they deserve. If you're looking for a new pet please consider adopting an animal from your local APL shelter.
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23: Big Brothers Big Sisters
For the first time in 2009, the Volunteer Center was able to offer students mentoring opportunities right on campus. Our partners at Big Brothers Big Sisters co-coordinate this program, which runs two nights a week. Learn more about our mentoring programs at: http://www.uis.edu/volunteer/volunteer/mentor.html
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24: Women's Biathlon at the Koke Mill Medical Center
UIS students contributed a total of 21 hours of service to help keep the athletes of the Koke Mill Women's Biathlon safe from automobiles. A big thank you to the helpful Koke Mill staff who gave our van a jump after an absent minded volunteer coordinator left the lights on!
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25: St. Joseph's Home
A group of 15 UIS students spent an afternoon with the residents of St. Joseph's home, having some fun during a wine and cheese party.
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26: MERCY House
As part of our Homecoming 2009 Activities, the Volunteer Center led a group of students to serve at MERCY Communities, an organization that gives homeless mothers and their children a safe place to stay and learn self-sufficiency.
Watch a video about this project below:
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27: Leadership for Life Retreat at Menno Haven Camp
The students in the Leadership for Life Wing of Lincoln Residence Hall got to play, hike, and have fun at this year's retreat, held at Menno Haven Camp. They also performed some service activities around the camp to keep some benches in good shape. Check out the rest of our photos from this event:
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28: UIS Volunteer & Civic Engagement Center
The mission of the Volunteer & Civic Engagement Center is to provide the students, faculty, and staff of the University of Illinois Springfield with quality service opportunities that promote the social good. Ultimately, our goal is to fulfill UIS's mission to make a fundamental difference in the world, starting here in Springfield.
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29: Camp Widjiwagan Spring Cleaning
6 UIS students spent the day cleaning, scraping, and putting a fresh coat of paint on the wooden benches and tables at our local Girl Scouts' Camp Widjiwagan. We also made a little time for roasted hot dogs and s'mores.
Check out the rest of the photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/uisvolunteer/sets/72157623870830618/
Check out the rest of the photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/uisvolunteer/sets/72157623870830618/
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30: Alternative Spring Break 2010
A record number of University of Illinois Springfield students (35!) participated in Alternative Spring Break this year. The group stayed at a local elementary school in Galveston Texas with other students from across the country, volunteering for 8 1/2 hours a day. The students took on the project as part of the One Mission Initiative, a faith-based organization serving in Galveston to help the city recover from Hurricane Ike.
Click here to see more photos from our trip: http://www.flickr.com/photos/uisvolunteer/sets/72157623685763554/
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31: Camp Cilca
A really fun morning! Everybody helped each other and had some good laughs. Props to Chelsea for taking a fall for the team and coming up strong! You can view more photos from this event by clicking on the link below.
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32: Ball Charter School
Here at Ball Charter School students are creating a new trail behind the school as part of the Service-A-Thon. Check out more pictures from this event: http://www.flickr.com/photos/uisvolunteer/sets/72157624903864910/show/
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33: Closing the Food Gap/Oxfam Hunger Banquet
The Hunger Banquet is a program that allows the participants to see the food inequalities around the world and to realize how their decisions affect others in the world. This year Mark Winnie was our key note speaker. He explored the growing problem of obesity in America, and encouraged everyone to participate in what he called "food democracy". Check out the photos from this year's banquet: http://www.flickr.com/photos/uisvolunteer/sets/72157625419062709/show/
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34: Fall into Volunteering Fair
We hosted our second annual Fall Into Volunteering Fair on the first ful day of Fall. The event was once again a great sucess, with over 20 community and campus organizations and over 150 students, faculty, and staff attending. Check out the news story on the fair: http://events.uis.edu/2010/09/fall-into-volunteering-fair-helps.html
Also check out the photos from this year's event: http://www.flickr.com/photos/uisvolunteer/sets/72157624937592801/show/
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35: Alternative Spring Break to Memphis, Tenessee
There were 28 UIS students that participated in Alternative Spring Break in 2011. They worked with Living Lands and Waters to clean trash out of the Mississippi River.
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36: Habitat for Humanity
On August 26, 2011, 7 student volunteers helped Habitat for Humanity begin their Youth Build as part of the UIS Volunteer and Civic Engagement Center's Service-A-Thon. They helped sort out the bricks from the dirt that was left over from the demolition project that happened the weeks before hand. The bricks will be salvaged for the build and the dirt will be used to level the ground under the cement.
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37: Wabash Trail
On August 26, 2011, 5 students volunteered with the Springfield Park District to pick up trash along the Wabash Trail as part of the UIS Volunteer and Civic Engagement Center's Service-A-Thon.
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38: Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach
Mission Outreach began in 2002. Since its inception more than 1,200,000 lbs. of usable equipment and supplies have been saved from landfills. Over the last two years a number of UIS students have volunteered their time to sort and package these medical supplies for shipment all over the world.
On August 26, 2011, 10 students volunteered with Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach to sort medical supplies as part of the UIS Volunteer and Civic Engagement Center's Service-A-Thon.
In fall 2010, we went to Mission Outreach as part of our Service-a-thon. Check out the news video on what we did by clicking on the following link: http://news.uis.edu/2010/08/uis-students-volunteer-as-part-of.html
See a few photos from one of our trips here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/uisvolunteer/sets/72157627437671833/
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39: Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity has been a long time partner of our department. As one of the sites in our 2011
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