Spring 2013 Service in Action! Calendar

Service in Action Spring 2013

MLK Challenge, 1/21/13, 8am-5pm: Join us in celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. by making 1/21/13 a difference in our community through a day of service. Registered students will participate in a surprise community service project, participate in reflection, and enjoy spending quality time with other CPCC students. Breakfast, lunch, pizza, & cake will be provided for all who attend. Want to know more? http://www.cpcc.edu/service-learning/mlk-challenge

Center of Hope, 2/8/13, 11:30am-1:30pm: Students participating in this service opportunity will help serve a meal to women and children who are staying at the Center of Hope. This shelter is Charlotte’s only 24/7, year-round emergency shelter whose goal is to provide daily stability and a permanent way out of homelessness. For more information, please visit: http://www.salvationarmycarolinas.org/commands/charlotte/programs/coh

Weddington Park Senior Living, 2/8/13, 3:30-5:00pm: For this service opportunity, we have partnered with the CPCC library and will be spending an afternoon at Weddington Park, an assisted living facility. Registered students will spend some time talking with the residents and reading to them. This is a wonderful opportunity to spend quality time with seniors and help make their day! Want to know more?  http://www.brookdaleliving.com/weddington-park.aspx

Project Life, Multi-Campus, 2/14/13, 9:00am-2:00pm: The Project Life Movement, a campus-based national marrow donor organization, is dedicated to saving lives and curing cancer and other diseases by identifying and registering volunteers for marrow and tissue donation. The goal is to recruit 300 new donors who will be added to the National Bone Marrow Registry List. Student volunteers are needed at each of CPCC’s six campuses to help on the day of the event with enrollment, organization, and other tasks as needed. Want to know more? http://www.cpcc.edu/student_life/projectlife

Hope Haven, 3/12/13, 9:00am-2:00pm: Students registered for this service opportunity will assist in preparing and serving a meal to residents of Hope Haven. All participants will also have the opportunity to learn about the amazing work this facility does for the Charlotte community and to spend time with the residents. Hope Haven provides life skills for homeless, chemically dependent adults and families within a supportive residential environment leading to independence. For more information, please visit: http://hopehaveninc.org/

Classroom Central, 3/13/13, 1:30-5:30pm: Students participating in this service event will help prepare the store for teacher shopping dies and work in the die cut room, an area that provides fun cut outs for teachers to use on bulletin boards and for teaching within their classrooms. Classroom Central gives students living in poverty the school supplies they need to succeed in the classroom by serving as a free store of teachers. Want to learn more? http://www.classroomcentral.org/

Habitat for Humanity, 3/14/13, 7:45am – 4:15pm: This volunteer opportunity will allow you to go out into the community and assist those in need in the Charlotte community. Participants will need to dress comfortably, wear tennis shoes, and prepare to spend the day outside. Want to know more?: http://www.habitatcharlotte.org/

Carrington Place, 3/22/13, 2:00-4:00pm: For this service opportunity, we have partnered with the CPCC library and will be spending an afternoon at Carrington Place, an assisted living facility. Registered students will spend some time talking with the residents and reading to them. This is a wonderful opportunity to spend quality time with seniors and help make their day!

Second Harvest Food Bank, 4/5/13, 12:45pm-4:15pm: This volunteer opportunity will focus on students sorting and boxing food and other materials to be distributed to those in need. Volunteers should dress comfortably, keeping in mind that the warehouse we are working in is not temperature controlled. Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina strives through education, advocacy, and partnerships to eliminate hunger by the solicitation and distribution of food. Want to know more? http://www.secondharvestmetrolina.org/

Loaves & Fishes, 4/6/13, 9:00am-11:30am: This volunteer opportunity will focus on students sorting and boxing food and other materials to be distributed to those in need. Volunteers should dress comfortably, keeping in mind that the warehouse we are working in is not temperature controlled. Loaves & Fishes provides a week's worth of nutritious groceries to individuals and families in a short-term crisis. To learn more, please visit:
http://www.loavesandfishes.org/about-us.php  

Elmcroft of Little Avenue, 4/12/13, 1:30-4:00pm: For this service opportunity, we have partnered with the CPCC library and will be spending an afternoon at Elmcroft of Little Avenue, an assisted living facility. Registered students will spend some time talking with the residents and reading to them. This is a wonderful opportunity to spend quality time with seniors and help make their day! Want to know more? http://www.elmcroft.com/

Sensoria Scholastic Book Sale, 4/18/13, 8:30am-12:30pm: This volunteer opportunity will allow student volunteers to get involved with Sensoria, CPCC’s annual celebration of the arts, literature, music, and film. Students will help facilitate the annual book sale, provide customer service and set-up / tear down the book sale. Students are welcome to work the entire time or split their time into a smaller shift. Space is extremely limited for this particular volunteer opportunity. Want to know more? http://sensoria.cpcc.edu/

CPCC Skyline Run, 4/27/13, 6am-11am: This volunteer opportunity is a wonderful way to get involved in the CPCC community and support the effort to raise money for student scholarships. Student volunteers will be placed in a variety of locations around the race 5K race course to assist in traffic flow, handing out water, and helping with other important areas of the race. Want to learn more? http://cpccfoundation.com/skyline/