Get Involved in Service-Learning This Week
This ListServe is here to give you a taste of the myriad of opportunities we have for service-learning in the Grand Rapids community. If you would like us to help you get involved, feel free to contact the person listed for each opportunity, stop by the Service-Learning Center, call us at 526-6455, or send us an e-mail. You can also check out our opportunities search engine, where you can search for any sort of service-learning experience that suits your fancy. Remember to click "List past/historical opportunities also" to get the most accurate results of what opportunities are out there.
If the opportunity you are looking for is no longer longer listed here please send an e-mail to Jeremy Koh at the Service-Learning Center and he will make this information available to you.
Here are the opportunities available this week:
Spirit of Christ Outreach Ministries 2nd Annual Picnic in the Park
Math Club / Kidz Club Informational Meeting
Tutor’s Needed at The Restorers
Residence Hall Community Partnerships. Make your presence known.
Volunteer Basketball Coach Needed
Previously Posted:
Tutors needed for Ottawa Hills High School
West Michigan Refugee Education & Cultural Center
New Hope Baptist Church Tutorial Program
MARK – Mentoring Always Reaches Kids
Spirit of Christ Outreach Ministries 2nd Annual Picnic in the Park
The Spirit of Christ Outreach Ministries will hold their second annual “Picnic in the Park” on October 4 2008. It is an effort to reach out to their community both through donating clothes and food and by celebrating through games and the picnic itself. They are looking for volunteers who would be willing to set up the picnic as well as distribute clothes and food. If you are interested please contact Michael Ross at 616-732-3202.
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Math Club / Kidz Club Informational Meeting
There will be an informational meeting for all those who are interested in being Math tutors for the Math Club of Mosaic Life Church on Tues, Sept 30 from 5-6PM. It will be held at Calvin College (exact location TBA) and there will be pizza involved. All interested parties should e-mail Shane Cox or call him at 616-617-4254
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Tutor’s Needed at The Restorers
The Hattie Beverly Tutoring Program at Restorers is ready to start, and they are in need of more individuals who would like be tutors. If you have an extra hour a week, would like to serve and impact the life of a child, please call Stacey Lambert at 616-243-1984 ext28. The program starts on Sept. 30.
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Residence Hall Community Partnerships. Make your presence known.
Howdy there, residence hall dwellers. Interested in service-learning, but not sure where to start? Just look to your residence hall's community partnership! Each and every residence hall on our humble campus maintains an ongoing service-learning partnership with an area organization or program. These range from after school tutoring programs to daycare activities to working with those with special needs.
Each partnership needs willing students such as yourself to make it happen. The CPC partnerships will be starting up at the end of September/beginning of October, so if you're interested in getting involved, contact your local residence hall CPC. You can find your CPC at this website: http://www.calvin.edu/admin/slc/students/cpc/. Questions? Email slc@calvin.edu
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Volunteer Basketball Coach Needed
Every Thursday night, Eastown Ministries holds a Game & Socializing time for the neighborhood. In the past they had someone who would help coach basketball to the teens during this time but currently they do not have anyone to work in that capacity now. So they are looking for someone who would volunteer their time and talents to coach their teens and be a positive and personal role model to these teens. Interested persons should call Jim Carpenter at 616-785-2721 if you are able to help in this way.
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PREVIOUSLY POSTED
Tutors needed for Ottawa Hills High School
Ottawa Hills High School is looking for volunteer tutors to help their students with any questions they might have regarding their homework and to help students study for up and coming tests and quizzes. The tutors will be asked to assist in the following subjects: Math, Science, Social Studies, English, Writing, and Spanish. Interested students are asked to volunteer between 3:30 to 4:30PM from Monday to Friday. Please e-mail Nikki Zimmerman or call her at 616-490-1539.
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West Michigan Refugee Education & Cultural Center
The work of West Michigan Refugee Education & Cultural Center focuses on supporting refugee children and families to integrate fully to the American Education System. Their goal is to support refugee children to be ready to succeed in school and in life by helping fill in the gaps in their education and support them to finish their homework on time and equip them with skills to function within the American Education system. They are currently looking for volunteers to assist them. If you are interested please contact Charles Obuya or Frederick Bw’Ombongi or call the Center at 616-247-9611.
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New Hope Baptist Church Tutorial Program
The New Hope Baptist Church is in need of tutors to assist children with their academic core classes and to help them complete their classroom assignments. The children range from grades 5 thru 11. The program asks that you be able to commit to a ten week cycle, be responsible for a 1 and a half hour session per week with the student, and have your own transportation. If you are interested in helping out please e-mail Maurice Satterfield or call him at 616-452-4278.
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MARK – Mentoring Always Reaches Kids
The MARK mentoring program provides strong adult role models with a focus on caring relationships, personal and social responsibility and academic achievement. They are looking for mentors who would be willing to devote time and energy to the lives of the children within their program. The children will be between grades 4 to 8 and you would only need to commit to one hour a week. All interested students and staff should e-mail Johnnie King or call him at 616-454-5541.
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