Volunteers Needed at Hoosier Hills Food Bank

VERY Busy Days at Hoosier Hills Food Bank Mean We Need Volunteer Support!

Please help us fill the void and help us with our MANY IMPORTANT
projects.

Newsletter Mailing - 9/9 and 9/10
We will have another Newsletter ready for preparations by Tuesday afternoon. ALL are invited to join us fold, staple, label and stamp the 4,000+ newsletters that must be in the mail by next Wednesday.

Come anytime Tuesday, September 9 from 1pm to 5pm or Wednesday, September 10 from 9am until finished.

Hunger Action Month's Fall Community Food Drive - 9/13

We still need MANY more volunteers to assist us in picking up food donations throughout Bloomington!

We cannot complete this project without your help!

Join us at Hoosier Hills Food Bank at 11am on Saturday, September 13 for your neighborhood/zone assignment. Bring a friend, jump in your vehicle and scour the streets for bags of non-perishable foods left near the mailboxes of community residential donors.

GREAT project for families, groups, churches, friends, etc.

New Food Bank Painting Parties - 9/12 and 9/19

HHFB's new Food Bank is getting a makeover! Help us paint the office and warehouse walls in preparation for our move at the beginning of October.

Bring extra painting supplies or just bring yourself! Groups warmly welcomed.

Most times between 9am and 5pm can be accommodated. Confirm with Kim beforehand.

To sign up for any of these opportunities, contact Kim Kanney at volunteer@hhfoodbank.org or 334-8374 Monday through Friday 9am to 5pm.

Care Links Volunteers

Provide social support and encouragement or just lend a listening ear to individuals in the community living with HIV/AIDS as a volunteer for Bloomington Hospital's Positive Link program. Volunteers are paired with an individual to maintain daily, weekly, bi-weekly or monthly phone contact based on the individual's needs. This is a great opportunity to support individuals living with HIV/AIDS in your community! Minimum age is 21. For more information contact: Jessica Adams at 812-353-3225 or jadams@bloomingtonhospital.org (www.bloomingtonhospital.org).

College Mentors for Kids Callout Meeting

Date: Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Time: 8:00pm - 8:30pm

Location: Jordan Hall 239

The mission of College Mentors for Kids is to motivate at-risk children and communities to achieve their potential by fostering inspiration to transform lives, education to change attitudes, and connections to increase opportunities.

Activities take place on Wed 3:45-5:45 or Thur from 3:30 - 5:30. Each college mentor is paired with a little buddy from a local elementary school. You work in groups of 10 pairs and do activities on campus that focus on the following three areas: Higher Education, Culture & Diversity, and Community Service. You and your little buddy will grow so close over the year & you can help your little buddy see that college is for them too.

***If you can't make it to the meeting, then learn more and apply at www.collegementors.org/Chapter-iu.asp ***

Please invite all your friends to the event

Any questions, please email cmfk@indiana.edu

College Life Tours

The Office of Community and School Partnerships is visiting middle schools in Gary, East Chicago, Hammond, Merrillville, South Bend, Fort Wayne and Indianapolis again this year. We need volunteers to speak to middle school students about the college process. All accommodations are paid for by OCSP.

DO YOU WANT TO…

• ENHANCE YOUR LEADERSHIP SKILLS
• MOTIVATE STUDENTS
• GIVE BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY
• TRAVEL

If yes is your answer then email: Kim Morris-Newson at kmorrisn@indiana.edu.or call 812-856-6003 for more information.

YOU MUST ATTEND ONE OF THE FOLLOWING MANDATORY INFORMATION SESSIONS:

FRI., SEPT. 21ST OR 28TH FROM 2:30-3:30 PM, EIGENMANN ROOM 621

Adapted Aquatic Swim Instructors

There's no need to cut back on your pool time if you sign up now to help out with the Adapted Aquatics program at the Monroe County YMCA.

Five volunteers are needed to be trained to work with participants, ages 3 years to adult, who may have physical or developmental disabilities. Instruction focuses on swimming, water safety, social skills and plain old fun. The program meets on Fridays, September 14th to December 7th, from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Minimum age for volunteers is 16. For more information contact: Kevin Thompson at 332-5555 ext. 253 or thompson@monroecountyymca.org (www.monroecountyymca.org).