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MLK Weekend of Service: Participant Sign-ups Now Open!
Posted by amanda.taylor@vanderbilt.edu on Friday, December 21, 2012 in Uncategorized.
MLK Weekend of ServiceParticipant Registration is now open!Below is a list of all current MLK Weekend of Service opportunities. To sign up for a project click the corresponding blue link and it will direct you to the registration page. Please note all sign-ups are on AnchorLink, so you will need to log in first, before you are able to view the sign-up form. Thank you!You can also download the available opportunities here: MLK Participant Registration. Project Descriptions2013. |
More information on each opportunity is below, but participating groups include (in the order they are listed below):
12. Vanderbilt Student Volunteers for Science 13. Vanderbilt Student Volunteers for Science 14. Vanderbilt Wishmakers 15. Alpha Epsilon Delta 16. Sierra Club 17. International Student and Scholar Services 18. Peabody Graduate Student Association 19. Vanderbilt Internship Experience in Washington (VIEW)
PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS:
Vanderbilt Juggling and Physical Arts MLK Service Project at Tools for Schools Saturday, January 19th 10:00am – 3:00pm Nashville Tools For Schools provides supplies to public schools who are in desperate need of furniture, repair work, etc. We will be working on some of the orders that come in over the holidays. Tasks include assembly, wood work, etc. https://anchorlink.vanderbilt.edu/form/start/17440 ********************************************************* Vanderbilt College Republicans MLK Service Project at Room at the Inn Friday, January 18th 4:30pm -7:00pm We will be preparing dinner for the 90 residents at Room at the Inn. Please sign up below. https://anchorlink.vanderbilt.edu/form/start/17437 ********************************************************* Alpha Phi Omega MLK Service Project at Meals on Heels Saturday, January 19th 1:00pm – 3:00pm We will be making sack lunches and passing them out to people experiencing homelessness in the Nashville area. Please sign up below. https://anchorlink.vanderbilt.edu/form/start/17442 ******************************************************** Alternative Spring Breaks MLK Service Project at Thirftsmart Saturday, January 19th 9:00am to 12:00pm We will be sorting clothes to help ensure all of their stores are completely stocked. Please sign up below. https://anchorlink.vanderbilt.edu/form/start/17424 ********************************************************* Are you Making a Difference? MLK Service Project at Dismas House Friday, January 18th 12:00pm – 3:00pm We will be making physical, internal (and weather-dependent, external) repairs to the Dismas House, a temporary living arrangement for those released from incarceration until they secure independent housing and stable income. Please sign up below. https://anchorlink.vanderbilt.edu/form/start/17444 ********************************************************* Glamour Gals MLK Service Project at Belmont Village Friday, January 18th 3:00pm to 5:00pm We will be going to a local Nashville nursing home to interact with the women. We will be painting their nails with them and getting to know each other. Please sign up below. https://anchorlink.vanderbilt.edu/form/start/17346 ******************************************************************* Grassroots MLK Service Project at 2nd Harvest Food Bank Friday, January 18th 1:00pm – 4:00pm We will be helping the food bank out by sorting through food donations. We will be packaging boxes of food that will be going to families and food relief efforts in Middle Tennessee, making sure that the food is not expired. Please sign up below. https://anchorlink.vanderbilt.edu/form/start/17438 ******************************************************************* Manna Project International MLK Service Project at the Boys and Girls Club Friday, January 18th 3:00pm to 5:00pm We will be helping the club run some of its weekly afternoon programs, such as tutoring kids or playing with them. Please sign up below. https://anchorlink.vanderbilt.edu/form/start/17414 ******************************************************************* Circle K at Vanderbilt MLK Service Project at Hands on Nashville Friday, January 18th. We will be going to local fire stations across Nashville and help fix up their firehalls and get to know some of Nashville’s heroes. Also, we will learn about fire safety and will enjoy camaraderie by working with fellow volunteers from around the Nashville area. Please sign up below. Vanderbilt Garden Initiative MLK Service Project at Vanderbilt Garden Intiative Saturday, January 19th 11:00am – 3:00pm We will construct raised gardening beds in two shapes. The first shape will be a pyramid planter. The second shape will be a vertical stack of 4-5 levels of beds about 8ft in length. The raised beds will provide our service-organization with many benefits including a massive reduction in laborious weeding, more produce per square foot, more efficient irrigation, and increased visibility. Our site leaders will undergo training in how to construct the beds, and we will organize an assembly line system that allows each volunteer to participate in the process to his/her desired skill level. We are excited to work with volunteers to get this great garden intiative rolling. It’s going to be a real milestone in VGI history. Please sign up below. https://anchorlink.vanderbilt.edu/form/start/17430 ******************************************************************* Vanderbilt Student Volunteers for Science MLK Service Project at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital Friday, January 18th 1:00pm-4:00pm Vanderbilt students will be stationed in the stage area of the Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital near the food court. There will be six stations: UV Light and Sunprints, Straw Rockets, Cyrogenics, Lava Lamps, and Polymer Worm. Patients at the Children’s Hospital will be able to freely move from station to station to explore our fun science experiments. Please sign up below. https://anchorlink.vanderbilt.edu/form/start/17447 ******************************************************************* Vanderbilt Student Volunteers for Science MLK Service Project at Vanderbilt for a Middle School in Robertson County Friday, January 18th 1:00pm – 4:00pm This semester, VSVS is reaching out to Robertson Co. as part of an effort to be more involved in rural communities. The service will be making components for VSVS kits that will be used by middle school students in Robertson Co. Tasks will include labeling and filling bottles with chemicals, labeling and packaging minerals and rocks, and putting together circuits for electricity kits. Please sign up below. https://anchorlink.vanderbilt.edu/form/start/17448 ******************************************************************* Vanderbilt Student Volunteers for Science MLK Service Project at Vanderbilt for the Aspirnaut Program Friday, January 18th 1:00pm – 4:00pm We will be preparing science demo kits to be shipped to rural schools in multiple states for use with the Aspirnaut BEAMING Science education program for the Spring of 2013. The kits will include demos from all areas of science including chemistry, biology, geology and physics. The kits are made from pre-purchased supplies and need to be packaged, labeled, and boxed accordingly. Please sign up below.
https://anchorlink.vanderbilt.edu/form/start/17517 ********************************************************* Vanderbilt Wishmakers MLK Service Project at Make-A-Wish Middle Tennessee Friday, January 18th 2:00pm – 6:00pm Vanderbilt Wishmakers will be helping Make-A-Wish Middle Tennessee prepare for Stars for Wishes, a fundraising event that brings together celebrities and Middle Tennessee Wish Kids as part of the Make-A-Wish Foundation’s Season of Wishes campaign. This is the Middle Tennessee chapter’s first year with this project, and their only internal event. Volunteers will be helping collect items, organizing, loading cars, and anything else that needs to be done for the event on Saturday. Please sign up below. https://anchorlink.vanderbilt.edu/form/start/17434 ******************************************************************* Alpha Epsilon Delta MLK Service Project at Project C.U.R.E. Friday, January 18th 3:00pm – 5:00pm We will be sorting donated medical supplies to be sent to remote health clinics around the world. We will have the opportunity to learn about the use of various medical equipment as well as help serve communities abroad. Please sign up below. https://anchorlink.vanderbilt.edu/form/start/17436 ******************************************************************* Sierra Club MLK Service Project at Tennessee Warner Parks Saturday, January 19th 9:00am – 1:00pm Vanderbilt Sierra Club will participate in a number of projects under the direction of Volunteer Coordinator Paul Fowler. These include but are not limited to: invasive species removal, creating trails along the scenic route, and planting trees along new trails. Please sign up below. https://anchorlink.vanderbilt.edu/form/start/17441 ******************************************************************* International Student and Scholar Services MLK Service Project at the Dismas House Friday, January 18th 5:00pm – 8:00pm We will be preparing dinner and sharing a meal with Dismas House residents. For more information about the Dismas House click here: http://www.dismasnashville.org . Please sign up below. https://anchorlink.vanderbilt.edu/form/start/17342 ******************************************************************* Peabody Graduate Student Association MLK Service Project at Fannie Battle Day Home for Children Friday, January 18th Three sessions: 9am-12pm, 12pm-3pm and 3pm-6pm We will be putting on an MLK-themed program for the after-school students, as well as helping teachers in the infant-Pre-K classrooms during the day. Please sign up below. https://anchorlink.vanderbilt.edu/form/start/17308 ******************************************************************* Vanderbilt Internship Experience in Washington (VIEW) MLK Service Project with Hands on Nashville & Local Fire Stations Saturday, Jan. 19th from 10am – 1pm We will be going to a local fire station in Nashville on Lebanon Road to help paint and clean the fire-hall and get to know some of Nashville’s heroes. Also, we will learn about fire safety and will enjoy camaraderie by working with fellow volunteers from around the Nashville area. Please visit: www.hon.org to sign up Thank you for preserving the memory of Martin Luther King, Jr. by joining in action that promotes the presence of justice and strives to benefit the common good.
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