SHALOM COMMUNITY CENTER NEEDS YOUR HELP!!!

Each year, Shalom Community Center sponsors an Adopt-A-Family Holiday Wish Fulfillment Program, and this year we have more needy and deserving families than ever signed up to receive gifts for their children. We're asking you, as student organizations, students, and faculty members, to step up to the challenge and adopt a family to sponsor. We have all the wish forms
completed, the rest is up to you!

If you're interested in sponsoring a needy family either as an organization or as an individual, please complete the attached form or respond ASAP by contacting myself (information below) or Pam Kinnaman at (812) 334-5734 or pam@shalomcommunitycenter.org

Mark your calendar for Shalom at IU call-out meeting!!!

Shalom at Indiana University is a non-profit organization in partnership with the Shalom Community Center to promote awareness of homelessness and poverty in and around the city of Bloomington. Located downtown in the First United Methodist Church and First Christian Church, Shalom Community Center is a safe, daytime center that provides daily meals, shower/laundry facilities, financial assistance to those in need as well as use of mail address and telephones. As an IU organization, Shalom at IU organizes fundraising activities, calls mass meetings for IU students and faculty, facilitates student volunteers, and collects various donation items.

We are having our first call-out meeting this Thursday, Sept. 18th at 6PM in Student Building 150. There will be guest speakers from Shalom Community Center and FREE PIZZA for anyone who comes by.

We are also looking for executive officers who can help run our club this year. There are a few open positions currently, such as secretary, fundraising head, student volunteer coordinator, and public relation. If you are interested in becoming our executive officer or have any questions, please contact us at ShalomIU@indiana.edu or sskang@indiana.edu.

Shalom at IU offers great volunteer opportunities within the community and leadership opportunities for those who are interested. So come to our call-out meeting and learn how you can join.

Scholar's Inn and Shalom

The second Sunday of every month the Scholar’s Inn will donate ten percent of food and nonalcoholic beverage sales to Shalom Community Center beginning this Sunday, April 13. Tell the server that you want to participate. Come back each month to help support Shalom.

Volunteers Needed at Shalom

KITCHEN VOLUNTEERS are needed to help prepare, serve and clean up after the breakfast and
lunch meals. We prefer a minimum of a two-hour shift commitment a week.

HOSPITALITY VOLUNTEERS work at the front desk, answer the telephone, take and distribute
messages and mail, provide referral information, register guests for showers, use of
laundry facilities, check item in and out of long and short-term storage. We prefer that
volunteer commit a minimum of one two hour shift a week and must attend hospitality
volunteer training. A criminal history check is also required.

VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION AND HOSPITALITY VOLUNTEER TRAINING
Saturday, January 19th
Kitchen Volunteers: 12-2PM
Hospitality Volunteers: 12-4PM

Location: First United Methodist Church, 219 E. 4th Street

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).

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!

Aquarium Caretaker

The Shalom Community Center aquariums are a pleasant and calming feature for visitors to the Day Center and an interesting attraction/distraction for the children who come with their parents to the Resource and Family Center, who are often in very stressful circumstances of financial emergencies or other crises. Volunteers will handle the weekly tasks of cleaning and changing the water, the filter and conducting periodic water testing. Minimum age is 15 or 12 if accompanied by an adult. For more information contact: Pam Kinnaman at 334-5734 or pkshalom@ix.netcom.com (www.hoosier.net/~shalom).

Bowling for Books

September 30 ~1-4pm at IMU Back Alley

Bring a book and bowl for free, or bring a $2 donation. Come bowl and enjoy free pizza from Buccetto's! All books and proceeds will be donated to the local Shalom Community Center.

Part of Sigma Lambda Upsilon/Señoritas Latinas Unidas Sorority, Inc. National RAICES Week: Knowledge, Prevention, Action: Ensuring Healthy Latina Lives. Co-sponsors: Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.

Hospitality Volunteers

The hospitality volunteer position is one of the most important roles for a volunteer at Shalom Community Center, a daytime resource for those experiencing homelessness or poverty.

Volunteers greet visitors, answer the telephone, take messages and register clients for the Center's
services. Shifts are available Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. A minimum commitment of one two-hour shift per week is requested. A required training will be held on Saturday, Sept. 15 from 2-6 p.m. Minimum age is 18. Please contact Pam Kinnaman at 334-5734 or
pkshalom@ix.netcom.com (www.hoosier.net/~shalom).

Shalom Community Center Volunteer Orientation and Training

Kitchen Volunteers- are needed to help prepare, serve and clean up after the breakfast and lunch meals. We prefer a minimum of a two-hour shift commitment a week.

Hospitality Volunteers- work at the front desk, answer the telephone, take and distribute messages and mail, provide referral information, register guests for showers, use of laundry facilities, and check items in and out of long and short-term storage. We prefer volunteers commit to a minimum of one two-hour shift a week and must attend the hospitality training.

Both experiences allow for valuable interaction with both our guests and staff. If you would like to explore more of the Shalom’s mission, then we welcome you to check out our website: http://cgi.hoosier.net/~shalom/home/

REGULAR VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION (FOR ALL VOLUNTEERS)
Saturday, September 15 2-4 pm

HOSPITALITY VOLUNTEER TRAINING
Saturday, September 15, 4-6 pm

LOCATION
Shalom Administration Office
3rd Floor, First United Methodist Church
219 E. 4th Street

Use the North Exit located in the alley behind the church.

Please register for the orientation and training sessions by calling or emailing Pam Kinnaman, Volunteer Coordinator, at pkshalom@ix.netcom.com, or, Brittany Shepherd at brshephe@indiana.edu