Hunger and Health Coalition Fundraiser
Written by Dave Blanks - Tuesday, 19 October 2010 10:59 AM
The members of the Watauga Community Band and the staff at the Hunger and Health Coalition invite you to come to the band’s fall concert. The concert will be held in Rosen Concert Hall on the campus of Appalachian State University this Sunday, October, 24th at 3:00pm.
A suggested donation of 5$ is the cost of admission. All the proceeds will be given to the Hunger and Health Coalition.
Each month the organization serves an average of 750 families with food and clothing. The HHC also gives out 1000 prescriptions per month to those experiencing economic hardship.
Upcoming Volunteer Needs at The Children’s Playhouse
The Children’s Playhouse, a nonprofit children’s museum located about a 15 minute walk from Appalachian State University, has the following upcoming needs for volunteers. Directions to The Playhouse are included at the end of this message. If you can help with the special projects below, please contact Kathy Parham at 828-263-0011 or kathyparham@gmail.com. Please provide a cell phone number where we can reach you.
If you are interested in helping with the day-to-day operations of The Playhouse (Playhouse Program Assistant below), you don’t need to call or email -- just stop by The Children’s Playhouse, fill out an application and sign up for times that fit your schedule.
Farm Heritage Day (Saturday, September 18th at The Old Cove Creek School in Sugar Grove).
We are looking for volunteers to help us staff a kids’ activity booth at this fair. The hours are from 9:30-4:00 pm, but we would be happy to have 2-4 volunteers do two-three hour shifts throughout the day.
Parents Night Out (5:15-8:45 pm on Fridays, September 24, November 12, November 19, and December 3)
5-8 volunteers needed to watch kids at The Children’s Playhouse while their parents enjoy a few hours out.
Playhouse Sale and Pumpkin Party (week of October 11-16, see specific times below)
We need lots of volunteers to help set up and staff our big sale at The National Guard Armory. Funds raised from this event help purchase supplies for The Playhouse and help us provide free memberships to low-income families. Volunteers are needed to sort donations, set-up, and run the sale. On Saturday volunteers are also needed to run booths with kids’ activities and help clean up after the event.
Volunteer Times for Playhouse Consignment Sale
6-10 volunteers are needed within these times but you can volunteer for shorter periods if need be. Folks with access to large vehicles are very helpful on Monday and Saturday to haul items to and from the sale.
Monday, October 11-Wednesday October 13: 9:30-4:00
Thursday October 14: 9:30 am-6 pm
Friday October 15: 8:30-4:00 pm
Saturday October 16: 8:30-4:00 pm
Playhouse Program Assistant
(During normal operating hours at The Children’s Playhouse. The Playhouse is open from 10-5 Tuesday-Friday and 10-3 on Saturday. Normally we can also use volunteer’s help about half an hour before we open and after we close.)
Program assistants help with the day-to-day running of The Playhouse by performing tasks such as planning, setting up, and maintaining art projects; playing with children, offering support to parents and caregivers; sanitizing toys, and helping keep the play spaces clean, safe, and attractive.
Upgrade Our Outdoor Space
We are looking for a group of 5-15 people willing to help improve our outdoor play areas by doing tasks such as spreading mulch, whacking weeds, planting bulbs, painting a picnic table, and building two shade pergolas. Date and times to be determined based on the group’s schedule.
Directions to The Children’s Playhouse
We are located at 400 Tracy Circle, which is about a fifteen minute walk from campus. We have parking lot entrances on both Tracy Circle and on King Street as we share the same lot with 381 E. King Street. From Earth Fare, for example, you just head East on King Street away from downtown, through the light at Hardin (by Green Mother Goods) and then up the hill. We are the last left into a driveway that you can make before the light for the 105 Extension. It is just after A.J.'s Service Station. It will look like just a little gray house on King Street, but if you turn into the driveway, we are the third building at the back of the lot. There is also a map on our website.
Thanks,
Kathy Parham
The Children’s Playhouse
kathyparham@gmail.com
Avery Youth Opportunities, better known as Avery YO!, is the result of an on-going collaboration between WAMY Community Action, Inc., the Avery County Cooperative Extension and 4-H Programs and the Avery county School System. The Avery YO! Program currently offers high-quality, after-school in 5 elementary school and 2 middle schools in Avery County. All of our sites offer comprehensive and varied services such as individual & group tutoring, mentoring, experiential learning, physical health and wellness lessons, healthy snacks and transportation home. Our programs are strengthened by volunteers and many in-kind contributions.
If you are interested in being an important part in the life of our local youth, here are just a few ways you can help:
*Volunteer to be a reading buddy
*Art and music programs are always welcomed!
*Help coordinate our Annual Community Day in March
*Become a one-on-one mentor to a student
*Help develop and print quarterly newsletter called the YO-Gurt
*Special projects
These are just a few ways to be of service to the Avery YO! Program. In addition to the Avery YO! Program, WAMY Community Action, Inc. also operates a variety of programs such as: Total Family Development Program, Weatherization Programs, Micro Business, Gardening Voucher Program, Supportive Housing, etc.
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Jennifer Woodriff
Avery YO!
CLC Program Coordinator
805 Cranberry St.
Newland, NC 28657
828-737-0057
wamyclc@bellsouth.net
Development and Membership Assistant
This Development and Membership Assistant will work primarily with the Development Associate and the Development Director to maintain and increase membership, major donor giving. Intern activities include:
● Helping with the grant proposal process: writing, editing, tracking grant writing schedules, researching new grants
● Help improve Business League membership acquisition and retention.
● Assist with events planning
● Assist in general membership development through writing, editing, mailing, and reporting on the outcome of renewal mailings, acquisition mailings
● Acquiring new members by staffing an Appalachian Voices booth at events
● Researching events for Appalachian Voices to set up booths
● Organizing volunteers to help with above activities
● Answering phones and database entry
Skills/Qualifications:
● Good writing skills
● Commitment to environmental issues in Appalachian Region
● Excellent research, communication, organizational and leadership skills
● Detail oriented
● Ability to meet deadlines and work well in a fast-paced office
● Excellent leadership skills
● Perform duties with minimal supervision
● A well-developed sense of humor
Online Communications Assistant
The online communications assistant will work with the Communications Team and be responsible for maintaining and promoting the Appalachian Voices' Front Porch Blog,developing, maintaining and activating our online social networks on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr.
Intern activities include, but are not limited to:
● Researching and posting events, articles, videos and other relevant items to the Front Porch Blog
● Accepting and inviting friends, posting blog items, posting bulletins
● Responding to post and emails on our social networking pages in a timely manner
● Blogging about our work on the Front Porch Blog and other blogs
● Organizing our Flickr and YouTube accounts
● Updating our Wikipedia entries
● Organize an "online event" to encourage online activists to take action on our campaigns
Skills/Qualifications:
● Savvy internet skills
● Knowledge and experience with blogs and social networks
● Commitment to environmental issues in Appalachian Region
● Excellent research, communication, and organizational skills
● Strong writing skills
● Ability to meet deadlines and work well in a fast-paced office
● Perform duties with minimal supervision
● A well-developed sense of humor
● Knowledge of HTML code highly preferred
Website Development Assistant
The Website Development Assistant will work closely with Appalachian Voices' Conservation Director and IT Specialist to develop new web-based applications for our database of coal production and consumption across the US. Specific projects will include updating and enhancing our existing Google Maps-based project, My Connection, and developing new map-based projects onwww.AppalachianVoices.org to show where new coal-fired power plants across the country, if built, are likely to source their coal. This intern will also be responsible for updating and overhauling sections of the Appalachian Voices website.
Skills/Qualifications:
- · Commitment to environmental issues in Appalachian Region
- · Excellent research, communication, and organizational skills
- · Detail oriented
- · Ability to meet deadlines and work well in a fast-paced office
- · Knowledge in website development
- · Basic competence with web programming languages such as HTML, PHP and MySQL
- · Perform duties with minimal supervision
- · A well-developed sense of humor
Editorial Communications Assistant
Working as lead editorial assistant for our quarterly publication, The Appalachian Voice, this internship will focus on journalistic writing including conducting interviews, researching stories, writing articles, reformatting press releases and assisting with other aspects of print production including copy-editing, production and layout, photo managing and distribution. The internship will also include writing news articles for our Front Porch Blog and monthly e-newsletter, The Advocate, as well as other communication needs of the organization.
This position will require the intern to keep up to date with environmental news and current events, and write regularly about these topics as they pertain to the Appalachian region and the work of Appalachian Voices. Subjects of focus will include topics that parallel the organization's primary programmatic work, including mountaintop removal coal mining, air pollution, forestry and land stewardship and water issues, as well as renewable energy and sustainable development, Appalachia history and culture and outdoor recreational opportunities.
SKILLS/Qualifications:
• Commitment to environmental issues in Appalachia
• Excellent research, writing and organizational skills
• Knowledge in journalistic writing and blog writing
• Interest in journalism and non-profit work
• Ability to meet deadlines and work well in a fast-paced office
• Detail oriented
• Competence with word processing
• Familiarity with InDesign, Photoshop, copy-editing and AP style are all a plus
• Able to perform duties with minimal supervision
• A well-developed sense of humor
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Parker Stevens
Development Associate
Appalachian Voices
www.appvoices.org
(828) 262-1500
I wanted to share with you some information about the activities that will be going on around the state in recognition of the 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance. I really appreciate the work you’ve done to create projects to engage your community in remembering the significance of the day – especially those who have been able to program around the food security issue.
Governor Perdue is actively supporting the initiative and has recorded a video to encourage all North Carolinians to be involved. You can watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuu2iELjxQw You can also link to the video on your Facebook page or other social networking sites.
To give you an idea of what your peers have organized across the state, I’d like to share some of the information that I’ve received about the 9/11 projects. If you would like to share your project information, please feel free to email us at NC@cns.gov.
Elizabeth City State University
VISTA members are engaged in a food drive to support Food Bank of the Albemarle (the food bank serving northeastern NC). They met with food bank officials and obtained bins to collect non-perishable food items. The bins have been placed at local businesses (i.e., Food Lion, Roses) and on the campus. The VISTA members recruited University students to assist with the food drive and will also be staffing the booths from time to time.
Cumberland County RSVP – Fayetteville
The “Jaws and Paws Food Drive” is already underway at the Fayetteville Senior Center. On September 11, Project Director Judy Dawkins and a team of RSVP volunteers will pick up all of the donated food and deliver it to the Second Harvest Food Bank. This delivery is being coordinated in conjunction with Governor Bev Perdue’s visit to the food bank. Pet food collected during the drive will be donated to a local animal shelter.
Wayne County FGP, RSVP & SCP -- Goldsboro
The three Senior Corps projects in Wayne County are working together on a drive to gather paper goods such as cups, napkins, plates and bowls for donation to the Community Soup Kitchen. More than one hundred people are served at the soup kitchen each day. The Criminal Justice Club of Wayne Community College is supporting the effort by providing boxes throughout the community and following up with pickup of goods and delivery to the soup kitchen when the drive is complete.
Harnett County RSVP – Lillington
Harnett County RSVP and North Carolina Campus Compact VISTA member Sara McCarthy have teamed up with Campbell University for “Eleven 4 Eleven” – a project to gather 11,000 pounds of food for 9/11. The partnership, which includes local churches, 4H, the Harnett County school system, and senior centers, will donate food to the local food pantry, the Harnett Food Pantry. The food drive will continue at the Campbell University football game on Saturday afternoon, and car dealerships are donating trucks for the food.
Thanks to all for these creative ideas and the work you do to engage volunteers every day.
Betty
Betty J. Platt
State Program Director
Corporation for National and Community Service
300 Fayetteville Street, Room 414
Raleigh, NC 27601
919.856.4733
www.nationalservice.gov
Grassy Balds Habitat Management
Hi Folks,
It is that time of year again when the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy (SAHC) requests help with grassy balds management along the Appalachian Trail corridor on Roan Mountain. Please let me know if you are interested in involving your group in hands-on habitat management this fall!
We are hoping to begin implement management in early September and the bulk of the work will occur in September. We will focus efforts on mowing blackberry and re-sprouting shrubs using weed eaters and hand loppers. Some cutting and swamping of larger woody vegetation will occur at a later date in fall.
This is a great opportunity for participants to hike one of the grandest sections of the Appalachian Trail, learn about high elevation ecology in the Southern Appalachians and landtrusts' role in protecting ecologically rich areas, and help enhance the viewshed along the A.T. corridor and maintain and restore a globally endangered community.
I can be reached at 423-741-2967 or nora_schubert1@hotmail.com.
Below you will find a general grassy balds work day description. Let me know if you are interested in helping, and a work day that fits your group's schedule.
As of now, here are some available work day openings:
September 8-12, 17-23
October 18-23, 25, 28-31
November 1-13
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Grassy Balds Habitat Management Work Day Description
Time: ~9:00am – 5:00pm (*tentative)
9:00am – meet at Carver's Gap parking lot
9:00-9:15am – brief introduction
9:15-10:15am – 30min-1 hour hike to work site
10:15-10:30am – introduction to equipment use and field techniques
10:30-4:00pm – hands-on management at work site (lunch break and periodic breaks on individual basis when needed)
4:00-5:00pm – hike from site
5:00pm – depart from Carver’s Gap
Project Description: Woody vegetation (primarily blackberries and small shrubs) will be cut from grassy balds between Carver’s Gap and Grassy Ridge along the Appalachian Trail. Management will entail shrub removal with hand-held pruning shears, handsaws and weedeaters. *Up to mid-September, our primary tool with be weedeaters with 3-prong metal blade for mowing blackberry.
Setting: Work site is located anywhere between 1-2 miles from the vehicles (so up to one half hour to one hour hike). You will need to make plans to carry in anything that you will need for the day. There are no bathrooms on site (or nearby) so you will need to plan to use the woods. Participants should be aware of “Leave No Trace” principles. Here is a good website to consult for more information - http://www.lnt.org/programs/principles.php.
Work Equipment and Supplies: Equipment and supplies (weedeaters, saws, lopping shears, earplugs, eye protection and gas) will be provided for volunteers. If preferred, volunteers can bring hand saws, long-handled loppers and short-handled clippers from home. PLEASE LABEL THEM!!
Personal Attire: Be prepared for high elevation mountain weather (warm, cool and/or wet weather) irregardless of the forecast for the day. Bring extra layers of clothing, and rain gear. Wear old work clothes and sturdy hiking shoes. Bring your own lunch, snacks, plenty of drinking water, work gloves, hat, sunscreen, camera (may be useful!) and a backpack to tote personal items.
Directions and Parking:
To Carver’s Gap parking lot (the starting point of the work day)
From TN: Take US Hwy 19E from Elizabethton to the town of Roan Mountain. Just past the post office, turn right onto TN 143. Follow for almost 14 miles to Carver’s Gap on the NC/TN state line.
From NC: Take I-26 to Burnsville Exit, US 19. Take US-19 through Burnsville to Spruce-Pine. Turn left onto NC 226 and continue for 10 miles to the junction of NC 226 and NC 261 in Bakersville. Take NC-261 north almost 13 miles to Carver’s Gap on the NC/TN line.
Contact: Nora Schubert – SAHC Seasonal Ecologist; Johnson City, TN; 423-741-2967; nora_schubert1@hotmail.com.
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Nora Schubert
Ecologist
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy
http://www.appalachian.org/[Asheville, NC]
Johnson City, TN
(423)741-2967
Avery Crop Walk - September 26th, beginning at 2:00pm - Avery High School Stadium
Students can either help with the walk with things like safety patrol, water stations etc. or may participate in the actual walk. Please let me know if you have any interested students. If you need further info let me know. If students want to walk I can mail collection envelopes or they can walk and pick up an envelope the day of the walk and collect donations afterwards.
Janet Millsaps
CONTACT via EMAIL: ramemergencyfood@bellsouth.net
Women’s Build Week at Avery County Habitat for Humanity
Oct. 4-9
All women welcome!
Sign up your group with Josh Stowe at 828-733-1909 ext. 13
It is that time of year again when the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy (SAHC) requests help with grassy balds management along the Appalachian Trail corridor on Roan Mountain. Please let me know if you are interested in involving your group in hands-on habitat management this fall! We are hoping to begin implement management in early September and the bulk of the work will occur in September. We will focus efforts on mowing blackberry and re-sprouting shrubs using weedeaters and hand loppers. Some cutting and swamping of larger woody vegetation will occur at a later date in fall.
This is a great opportunity for participants to hike one of the grandest sections of the Appalachian Trail, learn about high elevation ecology in the Southern Appalachians and landtrusts' role in protecting ecologically rich areas, and help enhance the viewshed along the A.T. corridor and maintain and restore a globally endangered community.
I can be reached at 423-741-2967 or nora_schubert1@hotmail.com.
Nora Schubert
Ecologist
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy
http://www.appalachian.org/[Asheville, NC]
Johnson City, TN
(423)741-2967
Girl Scout Carolinas Peaks To Piedmont Council is offering students opportunities to earn service hours through assisting them with planned programs, assisting with troops, clerical work in the service centers, and assisting the grounds keeper (ranger) with small projects. Contact Cecelia Shaw, Volunteer Services Specialist at 336-369-7439 or at cshaw@grilscoutsp2p.org for more information. We are recruiting students for positions that are needed for the upcoming fall semester. Sororities and fraternities who have a need to plan service projects are welcome to establish a partnership with the Girl Scouts for on-going collaborations.
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If you're a current or former Bonner, NC-ACTS!, Service Scholar or you're just interested in working at a non-profit, be sure to check out this website for help!
http://www.idealist.org/en/service/companion/index.html
Learn and Serve America's National Service-Learning Clearinghouse: Job Opportunities
http://www.servicelearning.org/events_jobs/job_opps/index.php
Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS): Jobs, Internships, Scholars, Fellowships
http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/employment/index.asp
US Department of Education: Various Positions
http://www.usajobs.gov/
Campus Compact DIGEST E-Newletter: Jobs, Internships, Fellowships
http://org.elon.edu/nccc/news/February2010.html
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