Bone Marrow Registration Drive

October 7, 2008 from 11am ? 3pm at the School of Education Atrium
The National Marrow Donor Program® (NMDP) will be here to give you the opportunity to join the NMDP Registry. You could be the one to save the life of a patient in desperate need, so please consider joining! To make your experience as easy as possible, please:
Review the requirements below to confirm that you are eligible to join.
Bring your driver's license to the drive.
Bring the names, phone numbers, mailing addresses and e-mail address of two family members or friends who do not live with you. The NMDP will contact these people only if you are identified as a potential match for a patient and we cannot reach you.

"El Centro Comunal Latino" 2008 Annual Garage Sale

Call-out for Donations

DO YOU WANT TO HELP A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION BASED IN THE COMMUNITY?

DO YOU HAVE ITEMS TO DONATE?

GIVE US A CALL AND WE WILL PICK UP!

WE TAKE BOOKS, CLOTHING, ELECTRONICS, SMALL FURNITURE, ETC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL 812-320 7839 OR EMAIL arica1883@yahoo.com

Yard sale will take place on a Saturday, in May 2008 near Bryan Park (TBA)

Adopt A Family for Christmas

Each year Shalom Community Center offers families in poverty assistance to help make the holidays brighter for their children. This year they have received requests from a record number of 150 families. So far, approximately 60 families have been matched with generous volunteers to
donate goods for their holiday celebrations. That leaves 90 families yet to be matched. If you, your family, your business or organization would like to adopt one or more families, please contact Pam Kinnaman at 334-5734 or pkshalom@ix.netcom.com to receive a family registration form
for each family that will list the age, sex, wishes and clothing sizes. Don't delay! Unwrapped gifts must be received by December 12th. All ages welcome. (www.hoosier.net/~shalom).

Bowl for Kids' Sake

Do you want make a positive difference in the lives of children?

Do you want to have fun while supporting the community?

Do you want a chance to build your business or organization's team spirit?

Then BOWL FOR KIDS' SAKE!

We have officially begun the 20th annual Bowl for Kids' Sake campaign, presented by Edward Jones. As you know, BOWL FOR KIDS' SAKE is an annual campaign benefiting Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central Indiana. Bowling teams are formed who then seek out friends, family, community members, and so on to donate to the campaign. The effort culminates in a bowling party filled with bowling (of course!), music, photos, games, and door prizes at Suburban Lanes!

This year's theme is "Teaming Up for another 20 Years!" Come dressed as your favorite team related to athletics, cartoons, your place of
employment, etc. Use your imagination – prizes will be awarded for
best dressed!

BOWL FOR KIDS' SAKE is a great way to build relationships within your business or organization while creating support for a local cause.
Last year 168 teams participated in the bowl, and we are hoping for 200 in 2008.

SAVE THE DATE: We have a "Pick Up Party" scheduled for January 9,
5:30-7:30pm at The Hilton Garden Inn. More information will follow!
The dates of the bowling events are Feb. 23, 24, and March 1.

We have a goal of $200,000. Help us meet this goal! Visit
www.communitybowl.kintera.org to register your team today!

A Bowl for Kids' Sake committee member might be following up with you, but if you need more information, please call me at 334-2828 or email
me at ljourdan@bigsindiana.org. We would love to attend a meeting to
tell your group about the BOWL!

Challenges have been made!

BKD currently leads the way with a $1,000 team fundraising goal, and are well on their way to meeting it!

14 Groups have already signed up to be a part of the action!

Baxter Pharmaceutical promises to have a big showing this year with 5 teams raising funds! But AuthorHouse and South Central Kiwanis are teaming up to have 5 teams as well! Will Sunrise Greetings be able to beat them out with their 6 teams?? Or will BioConvergence take the
prize with 4 teams? Owen County State Bank is also a part of the action again this year! Boys and Girls Club AND Girls Inc. have issued challenges to the Hoosier Hills Food Bank!! Stay tuned…

We would love to attend a meeting to tell your group about the BOWL!

As you know, the 20th Annual BOWL FOR KIDS' SAKE, presented by Edward Jones, is an annual campaign benefiting Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central Indiana. Bowling teams are formed who then seek out friends, family, community members, and so on to donate to the campaign. The effort culminates in a bowling party filled with bowling (of course!), music, photos, games, and door prizes at Suburban Lanes!

Center for Behavioral Health Holiday Drive

Jennifer Nevers, one of our seniors, works at the Transitional Care Facility through CBH. They serve adults who are seriously mentally ill by providing individual support along with a structured group schedule. The clients at the facility are primarily there while stabilizing on medications, finding housing, and/or transitioning back into the community after being hospitalized.

In the past they have purchased holiday gifts for clients along with having a nice meal. This year, due to a lack of funding, they are unable to purchase these items. The items we typically purchase for clients are things such as socks, gloves, scarves, hats, slippers, underwear, etc. Hygiene products are also another good item that clients sometimes need in addition to food donations for the meal. If anyone has other ideas of things they may want to donate, Jennifer would be able to let you know if it would be something their clients could use.

You can drop off any donations at the school of social work (1127 East Atwater) or call 855-4427 or email socwork@indiana.edu if you have any questions

Make this Holiday a Special One for a Child in Need

Would you like to donate gifts to needy children for the holidays? The City of Bloomington Latino Outreach team is administering a holiday assistance program this year. We currently have 13 families (35 children total) that are in need of Christmas assistance. If you would like to ?adopt? a family or child, please contact our office for more information: Melissa Britton 349-3860 or Daniel Soto 349-3465 no later than December 12th.

Adopt A Family

Make this holiday a special one for a child in need! Would you like to donate gifts to children in need for the holidays? The City of Bloomington Latino Outreach team is administering a holiday assistance program this year. They currently have 13 families (36 children total) that are in need of holiday assistance. Children ranging in age from 2 months to 16 years need items such as clothing, books, shoes, toys and supplies. If you would like to ?adopt? a family or child, please contact Melissa Britton (349-3860; brittonm@bloomington.in.gov) or Daniel Soto
(349-3465; sotod@bloomington.in.gov) no later than December 12th.
(www.bloomington.in.gov/cfrd/latino).

Winter Food Drive

Help Monroe County United Ministries this holiday season by participating in their Winter Food Drive during November and December. Non-perishable foods (canned meat, fruit, soups and veggies, boxed potatoes, noodle and side dishes, baking mixes, desserts, dry milk baby
formula), diapers and hygiene products are requested. Hold your own food drive at your school, place of employment, club or congregation. Donations can be dropped off at 827 W. 14th Street between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Please call in advance if you have a very large amount of food to
donate so that they can be prepared for your arrival. For more information or to let them know of your participation in the food drive contact: Carrie Ryan (mcumfood@bloomington.in.us) or Patrick Curry (pacurry@indiana.edu) at 339-3429 (www.bloomington.in.us/~mcum).

The Criminal Justice Student Association Presents a holiday gift drive benefiting

The Villages’ Kids
Foster Care* Adoption* Family Services

November 26th – December 5th

Drop off on IUB campus, Sycamore Hall 336 (Andi Gitelson’s office)
8am to 5pm, Monday-Friday

The Villages ask that you do not give clothing, as the children are anticipating a toy. Please, no war, violent or gruesome toys. We ask that you do not give dolls as we have many children from different ethnic backgrounds and we want them to feel comfortable with the gift they receive. Please, only new toys.

The following are suggestions for items that would make wonderful gifts for the children:
• For our teens 13-18, we would like to suggest a $10-$15 gift card from Wal-Mart.
• Lego
• Dupo Ages 2-5
• Mega Blocks
• Lincoln Logs
• Play Mobil
• Light Brites
• Play-Doh
• Doodle Pro
• National Geographic learning toys & kits
• Tomas the Tank ages 3-7
• Nerf Balls
• Dora the Explorer
• Curious George
• Veggie Tales
• Board Games – age appropriate
• Dress-up Clothes - e.g. princess dress and crown
• Bob the Builder ages 3-7
• Interactive toys
• Musical Instruments
• Jewelry Making Kits
• Craft Kits – age appropriate
• Cooking toys
• Match Box Kits
• Puzzles

Thank you for caring for The Villages’ Foster children!

www.villageskids.org

Childhood should be a period filled with hope and joy for EVERY young person…yet daily in Indiana, an average of 140 children are reported as abused or neglected! Even more shocking is the reality that weekly, at least one child dies as a result of that abuse or neglect---nearly three classrooms of children every year!

The Villages, Indiana’s largest private, not-for-profit family services agency champions every child’s right to flourish in a caring, safe and nurturing family! We are relentless in our dedication to help heal and nurture the children who are victims of these horrific acts! How?? By tirelessly working with their families of origin to assure that abuse will never again occur, the vast majority of these children are able to safely return to their home and family! For other children, The Villages is supporting and sustaining a grandparent or relative in the important role of raising a child! When family ties can’t be honored, The Villages is intensely engaged in recruiting, screening, training and supporting heroic foster and adoptive families who rekindle the sense of hope and energy in the resilient abused children they so unselfishly serve!

The Villages’ wide array of services includes:

• Child Development and Education Centers
• Family Preservation and Reunification
• Healthy Families Parent Support
• Kinship Care
• Special Needs Adoption
• Therapeutic Foster Care
• Transitional and Independent Living Services
• Prevent Child Abuse Indiana

The Villages’ kids thank you for being Champions for Children!!!!

Give Back

'Tis the season of gratitude and giving. Across our community, people with full hearts and tummies are thinking about ways to give back this season. The Community Wish List produced by the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network is here to help. Throughout the year, our community?s
helping organizations have shown the true spirit of giving by offering the needed services that make our community a caring place to live, while asking for very little in return. We invite you to join with your families, friends, and co-workers in gift giving that will benefit the greater Bloomington area. Look for the complete Wish List in the Herald-Times on Friday, November 23rd. For more information contact Lucy or Bet at the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network at 349-3433 or volunteer@bloomington.in.gov. Access the Wish List year round at www.bloomington.in.gov/volunteer.

Community Wish List

St. Vincent De Paul Society The vision of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul is to "embrace the world in a network of charity." SVDP collects, stores and distributes furniture and appliances to low income people in addition to providing financial assistance for people in need who are unable to obtain assistance from other organizations. Contact 812-961-1510 and follow the voicemail instructions for donation or email pickup@bloomingtonsvdp.orgwww.bloomingtonsvdp.org).
Wishes: furniture (dressers, kitchen tables and beds); they will pick-up any donation.

Food Drive

The Social Work Student Association is holding it's annual "Fill-A-Bag" food drive for the Hoosier Hills Food Bank. They will be accepting donations from November 6th to November 20th. All bags can be dropped off at the IU School of Social Work, 1127 East Atwater - on the corner of Ballantine and Atwater. All non-perishable food items are welcome. Help SWSA beat last years food donations of 789 lbs!

Benefit Concert for MCCSC

Students from Jacobs School of Music
and
Edward Auer, Piano
Junghwa Moon Auer, Piano
Rachel Auer, violin

Saturday, November 17
4pm, 5pm, 6pm, 7pm and 8pm

4685 Heritage Woods Road, Bloomington

Monroe County Community School Cooperation (MCCSC) is very short of funds to help the families of those students who are unable to afford coats, gloves and even shoes to come to school. Any size donation is welcome!

The performances will be by students from JSoM interspersed with appearances by Junghwa, Edward, and Rachel. This concert starts at 4pm and will continue until 9pm. Listeners are free to come and go between pieces and there will be a break every half hour.

For more information visit: www.edwardauer.com

Cans Across America

On Wednesday (Nov. 7), the Indiana Memorial Union Dining Services at Indiana University Bloomington will try to break the Guinness® World Record for the most non-perishable food collected in a 24-hour period.

In 2006, an event called Cans Across America was introduced at colleges across the United States. The objective of the event was to break the Guinness® World Record for the most non-perishable food collected in a 24-hour period.

Last year's national collection fell just short of the current world record of 221,028.85 pounds, which included 2,500 pounds of food brought in by the IU community. Indiana Memorial Union Dining Services is set to make this year's event bigger and better than last year.

"Our local challenge last year was 2,500 pounds. This year, we've raised the bar to 5,000," said Steve Mangan, general manager of Dining Services at the Indiana Memorial Union.

All of the food collected by the Indiana Memorial Union will be donated locally to the Hoosier Hills Food Bank. Cans Across America 2007 will be held from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. Nov. 7 in all Indiana Memorial Union retail dining locations.

Cans Across America is a unique promotion because it combines a nationwide stop hunger initiative with a rewarding experience in which all students can be proud to participate. Many students are concerned about social issues and the communities in which they live, and this promotion is a great way for them to get involved and make a positive impact. Students, faculty, staff and the general community are encouraged to participate in this initiative.

"We are very excited to make this year's Cans Across America event even bigger and better than last year's, and we are confident that the record will soon belong to us! We invite everyone who is willing to come out and contribute to this great cause," Mangan said.

To find out how you can participate, please contact Indiana Memorial Union Dining Services at 812-855-1777, or visit www.imu.indiana.edu.

Shalom Center Needs You!

The Shalom Community Center is a nonprofit resource center for individuals and families experiencing homelessness and poverty.

Our mission is to provide our guests with the most basic needs, such as: housing, food, education, and health and human services.

One of our most popular and useful services is providing free emergency toiletry items and diapers for our guests who cannot afford them.

We rely solely on the donations of others for these items. Currently, we are running desperately low on several items and we need your help. Listed below are some items we need:

· Shampoo

· Conditioner

· Underarm Deodorant

· Razors (double blade)

· Toothbrushes

· Toothpaste

· Diapers (all sizes needed)

· Baby Wipes

Please bring all donations to the Shalom Community Center – located underneath the First Christian Church at the corner of Kirkwood Ave. and Washington St.

Thank you for your support!