Larry and Kathryn Smith Chapel and Floyd and Juanita Smith Carillon

REMINDER: If you complete any community service hours, please make sure to fill out a community service report form. The form can be located on this site under the Service Leadership tab. If the hours are completed by an organization, only one form is required to record hours for the entire group.

Single-Date Opportunities
(Listed Chronologically)

Sunrise Assisted Living
October 20th at 4:00 p.m. or October 31st at 9:00 a.m.

Clean up storage facility and put up shelving in storage area with help from Maintenance Coordinator.

For more information please contact Lori Burek at presqueislebay.avc@sunriseseniorliving.com, or call (814) 455-1630.

The Center for Service - Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week 2009
November 2nd - November 6th

Cardboard City 2009
Thursday - Friday
November 5th & 6th

Various Locations
Sign Up your organization/team TODAY
Organizations and individuals must sign-up by Firday, October 29th

Email Coordinator for Center for Service at cos10@psu.edu.

Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week Event
All funds go to support Second Harvest Food Bank of Erie.

Thank you for your interest in Cardboard City 2009. As I am sure you are aware this event is part of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness
Week 2009. Cardboard City helps support Second Harvest Food Bank and highlights the struggle of the hungry and homeless. Throughout the week there
will be a number of events that your organization can also attend and support. I will send via email the rules and guides which are listed below for Cardboard City 2009, EMAIL
COORDINATOR FOR SIGN UP FORM. Please note that the Senat Location is taken. Please email with any questions comments or concerns.

RULES and Guidelines
1. We will collect money at our box and turn it in to the Smith Chapel front desk with the attached form.
2. We will inform Penn State Behrend (through the Center for Service) of where the box will be located.
3. We will fill out a community service report form located at: http://pennstatebehrend.psu.edu/affairs/campusmin/Service.htm
4. We will participate in the evening vigil remembering and recognizing those who have struggled with the affects of hunger and homelessness. Location: Smith Chapel Time: 6:00 pm November 15
5. We will be considerate of other organizations participating in the program (no vandalizing of other boxes).
6. We will be considerate to pedistrians in our area.
7. WE WILL NOT USE ANY PAINT, DUCK TAPE NAILS etc...Of ANY KIND on University Structures/Property.
8. We will be mindful of the type of boxes we use, keeping in mind the words or images on the boxes.
9. We will be careful of how much we spend on materials (boxes, tape, etc.), keeping in mind that every dollar spent on supplies is a dollar that could have been donated to the Second Harvest.
10. We will not conduct any additional fundraising/event from our Cardboard City location.
11. We will do our best to attend other events during Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week 09 Nov. 2nd - 6th.

To volunteer, please contact Cynara Stubbs, Coordinator for Center for Service at 898-6609 or cos10@psu.edu.

Multi-Date and Ongoing Opportunities
(Listed Alphabetically)

Big Brothers Big Sisters

Volunteers are needed for school based mentoring. The mentoring is done right at the school for 1 hour per week for 8 school months. Volunteers and children meet utilizing the resources available within the school: computer labs, the library, the gym, a classroom, or the schoolyard.

As their friendship evolves over time, volunteers and children discover ways to make school and learning fun.

Transportation is needed since the mentoring is done right at the school.

To volunteer, please contact Paula Hayes at paulah@fsnwpa.org or 866-4546.

Brevillier Village

We are in need of a group to do a scrapbooking project. We have all the supplies and a volunteer here who will direct the group. This is an on-going project. No experience with scrapbooking necessary! It's fun and easy!

To volunteer, please contact Vickie Mottern at vmottern@brevillier.org or call (814) 899-8600.

Brookside Fire Company

Training will be provided to students interested in volunteering as EMT's and firefighters.

Requirements: 18 years of age or older, positive attitude, one night a week minimum, and one monthly meeting.

For additional information, contact Brian Tobin at BTobinBSN@yahoo.com or 899-3820.

Harborcreek Historical Society

Volunteers may help in various activites including photography and display projects, archival documentation and website development. Volunteer groups are also needed to help with upkeep of the Gospel Hill Burial Ground.

The Harborcreek Historical Society, founded in 1994, has been in the Knowledge Park location since 1999. The Society houses historical archives, folios, journals, school records and other references on Harborcreek families and area history. The Historical Society is the caretaker for the Gospel Hill Burial Ground which is along the Bayfront pathway, near the Logan House. We also offer Penn State Erie internships.

For more information, please contact Louise Smerick, Pres. HHS at harborcreekhistory@gmail.com

Heartland Hospice

Hospice volunteers make friendly visits to our terminally ill patients in need of additional social support. Oftentimes, a warm heart with a listening ear make all the difference in someone's daily life. Volunteers can also donate craft items or baked goods, run small errands, help with light housework and give caregivers a few hours of rest during their day.

Hospice is a special kind of care tailored to meeting the comfort needs of people given a life expectancy of 6 months or less to live. Physical, spiritual and psychosocial needs are addressed for that person. Volunteers in the program are able to decide how much time they would like to contribute based upon personal availablility. Volunteers are also given a patient match that will be rewarding and enhancing for everyone involved. No prior hospice experience is required with training being free and flexible to scheduling needs. Call today to see where your talents can fit in!

For more information, please call (814) 878-5990.

Junior Achievement

Junior Achievement of Erie PA is looking for volunteers! Our programs help to educate and inspire young people to value free enterprise, business and economics in order to improve the quality of their lives. As a volunteer and a positive role model, your life experiences would be an asset in the classroom. You can link today's young people to a bright future as productive members of society. If you can donate one hour of your time, once a week for 5-6 weeks, you can be a JA volunteer!

For more information, contact Angela Speck at x6713, aspeck@jawesternpa.org, or visit REDC 218.

Lake Erie-Allegheny Earth Force

College students needed for Marketing and Public Relations. Volunteers will learn how to market a non-profit by helping with database, web page, e-mail lists, filing, clerical work, writing, etc.

Lake Erie-Allegheny Earth Force is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to empowering youth to make a difference in their world today, and taking the skills they learn with them into the rest of their lives. We are commited to engaging young people as active citizens who improve their environment and their communities now and in the future.

More information can be found at: www.earthforce.org/section/offices/lea or contact Jude Shingle at jshingle@lea.earthforce.org.

Lake Erie-Allegheny Earth Force

Long term volunteers are needed to assist in leading neighborhood programs. Volunteers will assist in the facilitation of small group of youth (ages 10-18) toward successful completion of an Earth Force Project, using the Earth Force 6-step process. Past projects have included the creation of community garden, storm drain stenciling, and global warming outreach programs. Position requires a commitment of 2 hours a week (one evening) for 12-15 weeks. LEA Earth Force will provide training, materials, and on-going program support throughout the intership. Work study is available for those qualifying for PHEEA.

LEA Earth Force is a non-profit organization whose motto is Youth for a Change! Earth Force works with youth to help them create positive, lasting change in their communities. Earth Force has afterschool programs with youth from low-income areas of the City of Erie at different sites (schools and neighborhood programs). More information about our organization can be found at www.earthforce.org/section/offices/lea.

To volunteer, please contact Jude Shingle at jshingle@lea.earthforce.org.

Sunrise Assisted Living

Sunrise Assisted Living is an assisted living neighborhood where senior adults are encouraged to live with as much independence as possible, in a home like environment.

Volunteers are needed to work with our residents. Our volunteer program allows the residents at Sunrise to remain active participants in their community, while volunteers enjoy the benefit of rewarding relationships with the special people who live at Sunrise. Some examples that we are looking for are:

Card games in the evening
Hosting our daily afternoon Socials
Bingo Caller on the Weekends
Piano and Sing a Longs
Visiting with Residents

To volunteer or for more information, please contact Lori Burek, Activity and Volunteer Coordinator at (814) 461-1666 or presqueislebay.avc@sunriseseniorliving.com.

Therapeutic Riding Equestrian Center (TREC) of Erie County

Volunteers age 14 years and older are needed to work with horses and individuals with special needs as sidewalkers, leaders and tack & grooming during class times. Additional help is needed with farm chores year round. Call for more information and class times when volunteers are needed.

For more information, please contact Brenda Borgia at 814/474-5276, ext. 11 or brenda@trecerie.org

Trinity Center

Volunteers are needed to help with home work assistance, help with big group games, help with dinner and interaciton with kids.

Volunteers do not have to stay the whole time from 2:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.. They can may choose their own hours with in those hours. Any help is greatly appreciated.

For more information, please contact Kari Miller at Kari.Miller@bethesda-home.org.

Vision and Blindness Resources

Responsibilities will vary depending on job role. Potential volunteer jobs include but are not limited to:
* Fundraising Assistant
* Preschool Vision Screener
* Reception
* Activities and Event Assistant
* Administrative Assistant
* Maintenance Assistant
* TeleNews Reader

For additional information, please contact Linda Smalley Volunteer Coordinator at 814-455-0995 or e-mail LindaS@vbr-erie.com .

To request volunteers for your event/agency, please complete the Chapel's volunteer request form.