Akron Canton Foodbank: Operation Orange

Operation Orange (Sept. 11 & 12) is the Food Bank's third annual volunteer marathon. They are in need of volunteers during the midnight hours of Sept. 12: 12a-2p; 2a-4a; 4a-6a and 6a-8a - 50 per shift, please. There will be music, food (Chipotle and Starbucks) and plenty of projects on hand! Schedule your group by visiting the Foodbank's website and a Volunteer Coordinator will contact you to confirm your group's information. If your group is larger than 25, or if you would prefer to call us during business hours (M-F, 8-4), we can assist you in scheduling your group over the phone. Individual volunteers can simply log in to the Volunteer Information Center to schedule Operation Orange volunteer shifs.

Follow the Food Bank on twitter at: @ACRFoodbank
or friend them on facebook at: facebook.com/akroncantonfoodbank

You Can Care Inc

Love Volunteering but hate student loan debt?

You Can Care inc. is an organization that helps you connect with local non-profit organizations. Volunteer any place, any where at any time and You Can Care will also help with paying off Student Loan Payments!
Interested?

Follow them on twitter at @YouCanCare
or visit their website at YouCanCare.com

Kickball tournament to support Camp Quality

Hello (UA Student Org)!

Is your student organization interesting in supporting children with cancer through Camp Quality, Ohio? This year the Fraternity and Sorority Life community will be supporting Camp Quality through their annual Songfest event. To raise money, we will be hosting a kickball tournament on March 15^th from 1:00-4:00pm in the SRWC! The admission cost is $5 to play on a team or to watch. Teams are 6-8 individuals. The tournament is open to ALL student organizations on campus and we would love for you to participate! There will also be FREE pizza and drinks available at this event. The winning team of the tournament will receive a FREE ice cream party on behalf of the Songfest Committee. Below is a description of Camp Quality and Songfest, as well as the OrgSync link for registration. But hurry- registration ends on Wednesday, March 11^th! You can email fslsa2@uakron.edu with any questions. We hope to see you there!

Sincerely,

The 2015 Songfest Planning Committee

Songfest is an 80-year University of Akron fraternity/sorority tradition. Students sing, dance, and act out a routine to raise money for charity.

Camp Quality is a summer camping experience and year-round support program for children with cancer. Many difficult physical and emotional challenges face a child, and his or her family, when battling cancer. At our summer camps we have developed an important type of “therapy” . . . we like to call it Smile Therapy! With a laugh in their hearts and smiles on their faces, Camp Q. Kids find themselves capable of more than they may have dreamed possible.

Registration: https://orgsync.com/69480/forms/136611

Trinity United Church of Christ

Volunteer Coordinator

2015 Community Garden Green Space project

Responsibilities

•    Coordinate efforts to create a safe community garden green space that is fully handicap accessible at Trinity UCC’s north area on Main street
•  Respond by email to meeting requests
•   Maintain and create a calendar of steps needed to produce the safe green space
•   Identify volunteers to work on project with specific assignments
•  Work with the Senior Pastor for items not yet identified
• Recruit North Hill volunteers representing the diversity of our community
• Identify a volunteer grant writer
• Identify an intern to work on the project

Time required

• Maximum of two (2) hours per week (most work done away from church i.e. Home, etc.)
• February to July 2015 ( mutually agreeing on specifics of position by end of February)

Qualifications 

• Love of community
•  Love to engage with a diverse community
• Visionary
• Access to volunteers and volunteer opportunities
•  Able to send electronic correspondences
• Able to maintain and create a calendar
• Able to freely communicate on all issues
• Desire to see North Hill thrive

F     For more information on this great opportunity Please Contact:

           

           Rev.Dr. Carl P. Wallace

     Senior Pastor Trinity U.C.C.

     "At the Heart of the Community with the Community at its Heart"

     915 N. Main Street

    Akron, Ohio 44310

     330 376 7186

Polar Bear Jump

Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank

Portage Lakes State Park 5031 Manchester Rd (Rt 93) - Akron OH 44319

February 21, 2015
2:00pm-4:00pm

Wanted: Warm-hearted people willing to freeze their bodies to raise money to feed people and fight hunger. We need at least 50 or more volunteers to take a plunge in Portage Lakes for a good cause. This event benefits the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank. Every dollar provides four meals for the hungry in our community! Pre-register online through Feb. 17.


For more information on the event or the Akron Regional Foodbank contact:

Cynthia Humphrey
330-777-7579
350 Opportunity Pkwy, Akron OH 44307
chumphrey@acrfb.org

Or visit:

@ACRFoodbank

facebook.com/akroncantonfoodbank

City Year Americorps Member

820 Prospect Avenue Cleveland, OH 44115

At City Year, we believe education has the power to help every child reach his or her potential. However, in high-poverty communities there are external factors and obstacles students are faced with every day that can interfere with their ability to both get to school and be ready and able to learn. We’re working to bridge the gap in high-poverty communities between the support that students actually need, and what their schools are designed and resourced to provide. In doing so, we’re helping to increase graduation rates across the country, and changing the lives of the students we serve.

City Year is hiring graduating seniors interested in 10 months of full-time service in low-performing schools across the country. As a City Year AmeriCorps member you will serve from the before students arrive to school until all after-school programs are finished, building relationships with students to act as a tutor, mentor, and role model.

The position is not a one time project but a full-time experience for 10 months. At the completion of the program the service members receive a $5,735 education award to use as repayment for students loans or continuing education costs. Other scholarship opportunities are available to City Year alumni. 3,000 volunteers need and corps members can apply to serve at 1 of 26 U.S locations. 


For More Information Contact: 
Todd Marsh 
City Year 
tmarsh@cityyear.org or 216-255-8687

Visit City Years facebook or Twitter Handle:
https://www.facebook.com/cityyear
@CityYear

Coaches Needed: Season Starts March 9, For More Information Visit www.gotrgreatersummit.org 

"I am there to teach and empower the girls, but often find that they teach and empower me" 

-Volunteer Coach

Be a Girl on the Run Coach

• Do you have a sincere interest in leading a healthy life?
• Do you have an interest in the issues facing young women today?
• Do you want to commit to the positive development of young girls?
• Do you wish that a program that prepares girls for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living had been available when you were growing up?

Join the over 5,000 women who have 

To learn more about the program visit our website gotrgreatersubmmit.org or call: 234-206-0788

A 10-week after school program that uses the power of running to help prepare girls for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living. It's a place where participants learn to celebrate being a girl by building self-esteem and improving emotional and physical health.

Each session is eld by trained volunteer coaches who guide and mentor girls through a fun and uplifting curriculum. Along the way, the girls train together to walk or run a 5K.

RAKE Akron Blanket Drive

The #RAKE Akron Blanket Drive distribution is on November 29^th from 12-4pm at Luigi’s parking lot in Downtown Akron! RAKE Akron, Random Acts of Kindness Everywhere, is a movement to get people across the globe doing something for others! They want to reach out to the homeless youth in Akron. They would also like to document the distribution on film, so volunteers are needed for filming! RAKE Akron want to talk to the children; find out why they are homeless and what we can do to help. Volunteers are also needed to help talk to these children; volunteers who actually want to be hands-on with our community & stand up for these children in Akron.

Contact Nikki Dennison at 330-400-7107 for more details. To learn more about RAKEAkron visit https://www.facebook.com/RAKEAkron

Cash Explosion at the Hard Rock Rocksino

Volunteers are needed this Saturday, November 22, 2014 to represent the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank at the Cash Explosion event being held at the Hard Rock Rocksino, Northfield Park. Northfield is a small town 20 miles south of Cleveland, and 20 miles north of Akron!  The Rocksino is on the grounds of the NorthfieldPark racetrack, at 10777 Northfield Rd, Northfield, OH 44067.

Food Donation Collection

• Volunteers will collect donated items and load them into the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank truck. This task will occur outside and volunteers will need to be able to lift items into the truck.

To sign up for this fun volunteer event, simply log in to the Volunteer Information Center and schedule yourself, or your family.


Here is a link for more more info about this event: http://www.cashexplosionshow.com/uncategorized/rocksino-northfield-park/

Don’t worry if you are unable to help this Saturday! You can log in to our Volunteer Information Center anytime to view all of our available volunteer opportunities and special projects and events. We are always looking for volunteers on Wednesday evenings from 5:00-7:00pm and Saturday mornings from 8:30-11:30am. Please refer to the Volunteer Information Center calendar for available volunteer shifts.

UDS All-Star Training Club Winter Bowling

United Disability Services All-Star Training Club is seeking volunteers to assist athletes with intellectual disability bowling a perfect game. The winter bowling league began Saturday, November 8 and runs every week until February 28, 2015. No experience needed. Volunteer 1 week or all remaining weeks. Contact Dan Lancianese, athletic director at 330-352-5602 for more information.