MLK DAY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES

Breakfast courtesy of Service-Learning, Snacks after school program, lunch Casady School

Welcome Casady and Mercy by YAC Senior Chairs

Meeting @ Mrs. Johnson's House Report by Mrs. Clay

Tentative Schedule for the day - Group Facilitators by Sophomore YAC Chairs

Bus assignment by Coach Bonfiglio and Mr. Philipson

Group Introspection in post-it notes

 

 NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE

What is the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service? Takes place each year on the third Monday in January, the MLK Day of Service is the only federal holiday observed as a national day of service – a "day on, not a day off." It calls for Americans from all walks of life to work together to provide solutions to our most pressing national problems.

Why Serve on MLK Day of Service?

The MLK Day of Service is a way to transform Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life and teachings into community action that helps solve social problems. That service may meet a tangible need, or it may meet a need of the spirit.  http://mlkday.gov/about/serveonkingday.php.  MLK LEGACY OF SERVICE VIDEOS: http://mlkday.gov/promote/videos.php

 

MLK DAY NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE 2013: REBUILDING TOGETHER WORK DAY: http://www.rebuildingtogetherokc.org/

Goal: Honor MLK, Jr. Service Legacy and the memory of Robbie Johnson and Jeannine Rainbolt by making a home safer for an Oklahoma family. Fun, Food, and Friends with a purpose: Making a day off, a day on service and building relationships.

Casady school teens and faculty will start refurbishing a home on MLK Day in collaboration with Youth LEAD OKC and Mercy School Institute students and faculty. No skill needed. Age requirement: 14 YEARS OLD.

Before the work day volunteers must:
a. Complete online application http://rtokc.civicore.com/index.php?section=volunteerApplication&action=new Team's name: Casady/Mercy MLK Day
b. Complete release/permissions. Request forms via e-mail from Carmen Clay, Director of Service-Learning @ clayc@casady.org, 405-520-1325

Work Day Schedule and Details :

8:00                  Breakfast @ Woods. Welcome by YAC (You-nite A Community)

8:15                  Vehicles leave Casady chapel parking to Mrs. Johnson's home, 2516 North East 13th Street,Carverdale-Edwards-South Creston Hills (The C-E-C triangle) area. http://www.rebuildingtogetherokc.org/events/mlk-work-week/capacitycorps-mlk-work-week/

8:30-9:30         Work Assignments: Packing and taping the inside, cleaning and painting the outside.

12:00                 Lunch @ Douglas Recreation Center, 900 Frederick J. Douglas Dr. OKC, 73117. Contact Person, Anneta Burden ( 424-4212). Mrs. Michelle Tompkins arranges meal @ Center.

1:00 – 3:00?      Work Continues on site or different locations as needed. Buses return to chapel parking lot after work day is completed, Snacks and drinks provided.

Transportation: Buses:  Mr. Jacques Lampin,  Mr.  Jim Bonfiglio.  Suburbans: Mrs. Clay, Mr. Moore, Mr, Philipson

Memories of CASADY'S MLK DAY 2012

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GROUPS OF 5 OR LESS DO NOT NEED RESERVATIONS
Morning Shift: 9-12, Afternoon Shift: 1-4. MINORS NEED TO BE WITH AN ADULT TO VOLUNTEER

1. Ask to sign-in for service-learning hours. At the end of your shift you will receive a paper with your hours.  Age requirement: 8 years old or older. 

2. Go to Volunteer Center in the second floor. Complete volunteer application.

3. Wait for volunteer coordinator to assign tasks.  Enjoy your volunteer experience.

 

 

INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS OF OKLAHOMA GALLERY

 

MLK DAY COLLABORATIVE ART VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY 

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said: "Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart."

On January 21, 2013 from 12 to 5 p.m. Individual Artists of Oklahoma (IAO) is partnering with the Oklahoma City Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Coalition, the Respect Diversity Foundation (RDF) and the Paramount Theater Space to celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. at the IAO Gallery, located at 706 W Sheridan in Oklahoma City. IAO is inviting visual artists of all media to assist attendees in creating a collaborative art piece that will be on display celebrating diversity at the 12th annual Respect Diversity Arts Exhibition in April 2013.

The mission of RDF is to teach tolerance and respect for all people. IAO's mission is committed to sustaining and encouraging emerging and established artists in all media who are intellectually and aesthetically provocative or experimental in subject matter or technique. IAO is also inviting performance artists of all genres to perform in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. that day. To join IAO as an artist in "articulating the inaudible language of the heart" this year please contact IAO Gallery at 405-232-6060.

The Schedule:

12pm-12:30pm IAO Gallery

Oklahoma Artists: Alicia Rodell-Mixed Media, Garrett Young-Pen and Ink, Kendall Brown-Solar Photography, Barby Osborn-Pastels, Home Base Studios-Film Local Visual Artists will be on hand to assist attendees in creating their own polaroid size art piece that will be combined with photos of attendees "flashing the peace sign" and ultimately be sewn together with multi-colored thread and displayed at the Respect Diversity Foundation's Art Exhibition April 2013. Home Base Studios will be filming attendees reciting lines from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have A Dream Speech" that will also premiere alongside footage from the day's events at the Respect Diversity Foundation's Art Exhibition April 2013.

The film of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have A Dream Speech" will be shown during this time within the IAO Gallery.

12:30pm-1:00pm IAO Gallery

Presentations and Q & A: Author Michael Korenblit, Gwen Mukes

Michael Korenblit is co-author of UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN, the true story of love and survival in the Holocaust. In his presentation, Mike takes his audiences on a journey through time to Hrubieszow, Poland, during the late 1930s and 1940s. He relates the stories of two families and the impact of World War II on their lives.

Gwen Mukes: Growing up in segregated Oklahoma in the 40s and 50s, Gwen witnessed many forms of discrimination and was aware of atrocities committed to African Americans at a young age. As one of the original Civil Rights’ Sit-Inners in Oklahoma City to desegregate public accommodations (August1958), she, along with the other 13 members of the NAACP Youth Chapter, was thrust into history. This experience began her lifelong quest for equal treatment for all, to learn more about her people’s history and history of other cultures, and to help others to appreciate different cultures in our society.

1:00pm-1:30pm IAO Gallery

Performances and Presentations and Q&A: Albert Grayeagle, Dwe Williams

Albert Gray Eagle is a noted flute artist and performer who is skilled in the craft of making traditional flutes along with regional forms of creative writing. Residencies with Gray Eagle may include the art of flute making and playing of the instrument while building on an understanding of history relevant to the Native American.

Dwe Williams from Ebony Voices is a storytelling unit of Rhythmically Speaking that incorporates music and womanly style in the telling of stories from the perspective of women. Women who have been birthin' and burpin' and buildin' a bold new body of people as they redefine the boundaries of their time. They deal with a wide array of issues and themes real and imagined, projected in song and story.

1:30pm-2:30pm The Paramount, OKC

Film: "A Call to Conscience" Tavis Smiley takes a comprehensive look at Martin Luther King, Jr.'s fight to put an end to the Vietnam war, and the impact his legacy continues to make among peace activists throughout the world

2:30pm-3:00pm Attendees and artists will be invited to design signs promoting peace and diversity to hold during the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Parade in downtown Oklahoma City.

3:00pm-5:00pm Attendees are invited to join the parade in downtown Oklahoma City.

*All art materials are provided free of charge, and the day's events are also free of charge.

 

 

MLK EVENTS AROUND OKC

The Parade:The 2013 Martin Luther King Jr. Parade begins at 2 p.m. from the corner of Broadway Avenue and NW 7th, proceeding along Broadway to Sheridan. There will be grandstands at NW 5th and Broadway Avenue. The theme for 2013 parade is “Challenges Beyond The Dream.” For more information on the parade or to be involved, call coordinators Winard Brown at (405) 410-7740 or R.L. Doyle at (405)413-4372.

The Prayer Breakfast:The 16th annual Midwest City Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast at the Reed Conference Center near Rose State College will begin at 7:00 a.m. on Monday, January 21st. Organizers expect between 400-500 people will enjoy breakfast followed by speeches and music.  Cost to attend the Breakfast is $10.  Go early!

The Silent March:The traditional silent march, in the style of the early civil rights movement marches, will begin about 9 a.m. on Monday, January 21st, following a program at the Freedom Center. The march will move from the Freedom Center to the Oklahoma History Center on N. Laird in time for the Bell Ringing.

The Bell Ringing:At 11 a.m. on Monday the 21st, there will be a ringing of Oklahoma's replica of the Liberty Bell in front of the Oklahoma History Center.

The MLK Jr. Holiday Coalition Program:The annual program from the Martin Luther King Jr. Coalition of Oklahoma City features the "I Have a Dream" speech. Keynote speaker for 2013 is TBA. The program takes place at St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral on NW 7th from noon until the parade begins at 2 p.m.

January 1-3rd Meetings Agendas and Minutes

3rd January Meeting Agenda

Present: Jessica G., Taylor B. Sidney J. and Jack B.  Snacks by Okland Oil

1. Welcome by YAC Chair: Jessica G. welcomed. Asked for items

2. Agenda items from floor:  Jessica shared this inspirational video



3. Mrs. Clay's agenda items

a. MLK Day final details: Jack and Jessica reported on MLK Day status. Mrs. Clay stated that volunteers will enjoy Chinese food for lunch donated by Mr. Sheldon and Grand House.  Mrs. Tompkins will have lunch ready at Recreational Center. Mrs. Clay found a donation of 2 dozen doughnuts.   Mr. Bonfiglio will bring snacks. Mrs. Clay will bring breakfast and hot chocolate for the cold day.

Sidney will make the working teams: Purpose: to be with friends, but also to meet new people.  Taylor will facilitate for the Mercy Group.  YAC Senior Chairs will welcome volunteers.  Small groups are being facilitate by a youth and an adult for better checks and balances.

b. Youth LEAD report. Boston trainer on campus 4/18-22. Youth Training: 4/20-2 Sidney reported that youth LEAD will have a training on effective communication and facilitation.  Mrs. Clay invited students to attend.  It will be free and maybe on our campus. Sidney shared her enthusiasm for TIDE http://youthleadonline.org/tide.php, youth lead Boston signature conference.  Mrs. Clay talked about maybe attending the National Conference  http://www.nylc.org/national-service-learning-conference or TIDE as a group.

c. January 19th sign-up for WP Litter Blitz.  Not covered during meeting. UPDATE:  Mrs. Clay attended, but no one showed up to work, not even the organizers.

d. Calendar for 2013- Game with prizes Not covered, but Mrs. Clay has a game ready.

c. Tabled items for next meeting
1. Service-Learning Website, forms online??? Designer helper
2. Colaboration Requests: Bogota, Colombia School, Prom Dresses, and others
3. Youth LEAD OKC 2013: Recruitment and dates for first training. YAC Connections
4. National Conferences: NYLC, Points of Light, Shinnyo-en Retreat and TIDE
5. May Senior Service Trip to Hurricane Sandy affected areas with Rebuilding Together 
6. Summer Global Service Learning: Peru: World Leadership School, Colombia and China: Orphanage work
7. Summer Planning for YAC 2013 June-December

2nd January Meeting Agenda and Minutes

Present: Sophomores: Jessika R., Jessica G., Taylor Burrow. Freshmen: Ann N., Megan T, and Kate E. Snacks provided by Service-Learning Program

1. Welcome and agenda Facilitated by sophmore YAC Chair Jessica G.  Facilitation technique to watch: Time!  Jessica did a great job managing time and covering most pressing agenda items.

2. Agenda Items from YAC Chairs/ YAC members/Community Guests Mrs. Michelle Ellis presented a project with the elderly similar to the YAC main project from 2001-2004: The CB Group: Caring Buddies for the elderly.  She has a service opportunity on Monday at 4:00 PM at Canterbury.  Mrs. Clay will NOT be able to attend as planned because Green Team @ Boys and Girls Club had to change meeting date from Tuesday to Monday.  Mrs. Clay will invite alumni to participate in 2:00 PM activities.  YAC freshmen chairs will be working on calendar and ideas (Fashion Show, Senior - Senior Prom, etc.) and present ideas at next meeting when we are expected to have similar schedule.  

3. Blog reading Q&A and prizes by Jessica G.  $5 gift card won by Ann N.  Game will continue next week with Trivia about the National Service Learning Calendar dates below.  Chairs need to be deciding if they want to undertake the responsibility of facilitating any of those days and bring ideas.  For example, National Volunteer Week: BALTO week like.  Facilitator: Jessica G.  She already is checking with Mr. Philipson and creating sub-committees which will include YAC chairs from every grade and help from STUCO.  STUCO is not doing service projects this year, but any fundraising still has to be approved by them and Mrs. Warden.  Ideas implemented by other schools were shared.  YAC needs to come up with a name for the week which this year will take place during National Volunteer Week in April.  Fundraising must be connected to direct contact service opportunities because that will be the only way to get it approved by administration.  Jessica provided a sample letter from a student organizing SWINE Week which showed great creativity in the way her school is fundraising this year. TO DO: READ THIS AND THE BELOW ENTRY TO HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN PRIZES AT NEXT MEETING!

4. MLK Day Report and update: 33 volunteers as of January 11.  We still do not have our house assignment, but Mr. Bonfiglio has offered to cook or help to provide lunch for volunteers should RT not cover volunteers lunch

5. Social Reponsibility Weekend Activities
a. Saturday:  Special Olympics  8-4   YAC member attending Jack B. 
b. Sunday: Youth LEAD OKC 6-7:30  500 Broadway, YMCA Corporate Headquarters, Basement Jack, Hunter and Sidney are the YAC members attending

Next Week:  National Volunteer Weekend
17th: Mrs. Clay Speaks at Chapel on MLK Legacy of Service
18th: YAC speaker at chapel at 1:05. We need YAC chairs to host and introduce speaker at chapel and welcome her to Casady ???????????????  YAC chair will have to reseach background, create introduction and speak at chapel.

19th:  Family Volunteering on MLK Day of service.
10:00 AM Mrs. Clay and her husband will volunteer at Ronald McDonald House
2:00 PM Opportunity for YAC to volunteer at Wiley Post Park, Litter Blitz Clean-up

21th: MLK Day:  33 volunteers as of 1/12/2013
7:30-8:00  Welcome and Breakfast by YAC sophomore chairs (Carleigh B., Jessica G.)
Breakfast for volunteers: Breakfast bars, fruit, orange juice, coffee, hot chocolate
YAC chairs take attendance, provide name tags, pick-up release forms
YAC sophomore chairs bring needed cleaning supplies (from home or ask Mr. Fresonke for a donation) and YAC music equipment to site. YAC sophomore chairs bring snacks and drinks for volunteers.  We still need to decide what snacks and drinks.  Cost must be minimal with high quality and nutrition in mind.  We need a donation of water bottles.  A YAC chair will bring the YAC cooler with ice and drinks.

8:15  Buses Depart from Chapel Parking Lot and return after job is completed. 
Tony A. Rebuild Together Youth Board and members of RT Work Day team awill ssign groups and tasks

12:00 Lunch
If RT does not provide lunch and snacks,  Adults (Mrs. Clay, Mr. Bonfiglio and Mr. Philipson will take care of this item.   

First January Meeting Agenda and Minutes

Attendance: 18 members reflected. Snacks provide by Service-Learning Program. YAC members who did not attend the meeting must see Mrs. Clay to reflect hours for transcript and report card on their own time. 

-Goal:  2012 Reflection-done and 2013 Calendar Setting-not done

1. Welcome: Claire H. Asked if any members had agenda items. Stated that the meeting was about MLK Day, reflection and calendar. Claire also stated that if any members wanted to be YAC Chairs or stop being YAC Chairs/members, they should contact Mrs. Clay. Claire defined being a YAC Chair as: taking responsibility of leading a project. Running meetings in the absence of senior YAC chairs.

No members had agenda items, therefore, Mrs. Clay took over the meeting because she had a long agenda to cover.

a. Re-introduction of MLK Day Rebuilding Together Work Day: Tony Analla spoke. We had 24 volunteers and a collaboration with Mercy School, Youth Director and the CEO of Youth LEAD OKC.

2. YAC Members Reflect 9 meetings, service Saturdays and Sundays.
Main Projects were visually recalled on Bulletin Board and attendance to meetings was documented with dots placed on back of hands.18 members reflected. YAC attendance in 2013 will be documented in the Woods Community Room bulletin board and on this blog because there was tampering of  list on lobby bulletin board.

3. Calendar 2013: Suggestions: National Service Days. YAC facilitators and teams needed.   We did not have time to cover this, but decided to give an incentive to read the blog by having games with prizes.  Sophomore Chair: Jessica G will prepare the first one. Be ready to win! READ THE BLOG.

4. This Weekend Service Opportunities: Bulletin Board: Boys and Girls Club and Food Bank will be default social responsibility locations for Friday and Saturdays' YAC projects unless students or community organizations have special requests like this week Special Olympics.  Update SPECIAL OLYMPICS BOWLING @ Windsor Lanes was awesone.  Jack B. and Abby E. participated. 

Chapel speaker UD, Friday January 18, 2013 Mrs. Joyce Henderson January 23: GENERATIONON HUNGER GRANT DUE: This spring generationOn will launch "What Will You Bring to the Table?" an initiative to mobilize youth from across the country to address child hunger by gathering around tables to create service projects that raise awareness and bring collective action to this critical issue.  As a part of this initiative, generationOn is offering mini-grants in the amount of $250 to help youth develop a service project addressing child hunger in the United States. The grant application is available here and will be open through January 23rd at 5pm EST.

"What Will You Bring to the Table?" Project Ideas to Get You Started:
• Launch a letter writing campaign or rally at your table to advocate for more funding for hunger-related initiatives.
• Use your table to hold a canned food drive. See how many items you can collect!
• Gather around your table to plan a community garden, then find a space and get planting!
• Host a bake sale or other fundraiser at your table to support a local food bank.
• Take time at your table to make a set of “Breakfast Boxes” for families that need help getting an important start to the day.

For project details, additional resources, curriculum, videos and TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT go to http://www.generationon.org/global/big-happenings/grants-hunger-2013.

Saturday January 26:  Work day with Rebuilding Together.  Help as needed.  Sign-up at RT website. Contact Tony Analla for details.

Suggested Service Calendar for 2013

February 10-16: National Kindness Week: Kindness, Pass it on initiative; Random Acts of Kindness Foundation http://www.randomactsofkindness.org. YAC is brainstorming a family volunteer night (in collaboration with LD). We will make cards, care packages, and blankets for Positive Tomorrows, School for Homeless children. We will also work with Boys and Girls Club art classes and green team. If the Guild of Saint George collection is this week, we will collaborate with that mothers' project.  YAC Chairs needed.

February 25-March 1: Multicultural Week at Casady. Service-Learning and YAC will collaborate with Multicultural Club initiatives.  YAC Chair in MLC will connect YAC to this effort.

April 21-27 National Volunteer Week. We will deliver Presidential Awards this week at Chapel, a date convenient for Father Blizzard and administrators. This weekend, we will be working with Earth Day Nichols Hills and any initiatives YAC kids want to promote. If approved, in the past had an out of uniform with students wearing a t-shirt of a place where they volunteered and they felt they made a difference. We celebrated volunteers and presidential award winners with an ice cream social provided by the CPO. Jessica G. is the YAC Chair working on a BALTO like week.  Brainstorming and permission gathering has started.

April 22:Earth Day: Service-Learning will collaborate with emerging green teams in the MD, Boys and Girls Club and environmental Club initiatives.  Salman Hamid, Environmental Club officer, is the YAC connector to this initiative with the Middle Division, environmental club sponsors and the Boys and Girls Club Green Team, which started to function in January 2013.

April 26-28: Global Youth Service Days: Scheduled to work with the Food Bank, Rebuilding Together, and/or other student initiatives generated from BALTO WEEK like activities. 

May 4th: Join Hands Day: New this year! An alternative date for Family Volunteering Day sponsoring organizations YAC students are passionate about???  YAC Chair needed.

Visit SERVE.GOV to find volunteer opportunities at home or abroad. Just enter geographic information, such as zip code or state, and your area of interest, so you can access service opportunities near your home or office, across the country or overseas.

INTERESTED IN SERVICE-LEARNING AND SEMESTER OF SERVICE, VISIT https://docs.google.com/a/casady.org/viewer?a=v&pid=gmail&attid=0.1&thid=13c31084855c7799&mt=application/pdf&url=https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui%3D2%26ik%3Df3688190af%26view%3Datt%26th%3D13c31084855c7799%26attid%3D0.1%26disp%3Dsafe%26realattid%3Df_hbvbb70b1%26zw&sig=AHIEtbTFk_V7kpAy5ZFCQxM2kVQU2EA3yQ     

SERVICE LEARNING? WHAT IS THAT?

Ideal High School Graduate’

By REBECCA R. RUIZ

College counselors and admissions directors crowded a hotel conference room on Thursday afternoon, many sitting on the floor for want of enough chairs, as William Fitzsimmons, dean of admissions at Harvard, joined in a discussion on “The Ideal High School Graduate.”

Mr. Fitzsimmons was speaking on a panel as part of the College Board’s annual conference in New York City. “I’m not sure Harvard has figured out what the ideal student is,” he said, clearly disappointing some cramped audience members. “But public service is a baseline. We’re trying to find people who make others around them better.”

Mr. Fitzsimmons called successful applicants to Harvard “good all-arounders – academically, extracurricularly and personally,” and he stressed the importance of demonstrating humanity and three-dimensionality in one’s college application. “I want to know, what is it this person does beside chew gum and produce good grades or scores?”

He warned against the superficiality of charismatic dispositions. “Charisma isn’t everything,” he said. “It actually makes a difference to have substance. And those quiet people can be incredibly easy to miss in college admissions, but they can be brilliant and wear incredibly well over the long haul.”

Full article at http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/27/ideal-grad/

HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN OKLAHOMA
http://www.unitedwayokc.org/sites/default/files/files/documents/Human_Trafficking_Vital_Signs_-_reduced.pdf  

OATH OKLAHOMA:  http://www.oathcoalition.com/

5.5 million children trafficked worldwide: http://bit.ly/UqcCwQ

12/7/2012 Winter Holidays Celebration Meeting

DECEMBER MEMORIES

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Agenda and minutes:

Welcome by senior chairs.  Thank you to Judy H. for being the decision maker of the snacks. 

-Valerie Sherrer: NOVO: Presented her program and volunteer possibilities.  Will follow-up with a mentoring project in the summer with inner city children

-Tony Analla: MLK Day Rebuilding Together and cards for Veterans,

-Tina Roach: Wishes for Wags and Tails.  The Holiday tree had ornaments for anyone interested in giving donations. 

-Mrs. Seitter: Stockings for Britton Elementary: Project will start next week. 104 stockings will be made.  Volunteers needed to help the Art Club meet their deadline of December 14 delivery date.

- Mrs. Clay: REFLECTION YAC 2012 It was a great year connecting to students interests and desire to make a difference.  The party was a celebration of a few winter holidays represented in our student body.  Happy Hannakah, which begins, tomorrow.  Students will be volunteering at the Urban Mission Santa Store on Saturday and SADD will be setting up a Santa Store at Ronald McDonald House on Sunday.

 http://casadyplacestoserve.blogspot.com/

-Items from members:  None

Winter holiday celebrations from Carmen Clay

Happy Winter Holidays

Project Grants

Youth Service America and Sodexo: Take Hunger Personally
More than 16 million children live in food insecure homes, not always sure where their next meal will come from. That's why YSA and Sodexo Foundation are calling on young people to "take hunger personally" and join the fight to end childhood hunger.
$500 Grants to Help End Childhood Hunger in Your Community!
Sodexo Foundation Youth Grants of $500 grants are available for youth-led service projects that bring together young people, families, Sodexo employees and other community members to address childhood hunger. U.S. young people, ages 5-25, are eligible to apply. Projects will take place on or around Global Youth Service Day, April 26-28, 2013. Learn more and apply at: www.YSA.org/grants/sodexoyouth

Submit your application early to receive feedback! Submit your application by December 16th and YSA will preliminary review your application and give you feedback by January 4th.

Here are 10 Ways You Can Help End Childhood Hunger:
1. Find ways to put surplus food to better use.
2. Organize food drives or fundraisers.
3. Plant or spruce up a school or community garden.
4. Volunteer at a local food bank, pantry, shelter, or community kitchen.
5. Start or support a backpack feeding program.
6. Support and raise awareness of summer feeding programs.
7. Increase use of SNAP (formerly called food stamps) and/or Free and Reduced-Price School Meals programs.
8. Help teach families about healthy eating and cooking.
9. Raise public awareness of childhood hunger in your community.
10. Advocate for policies and programs that will help end childhood hunger in your community.

For additional details and examples of past GYSD projects, visit www.YSA.org/blog/2012/11/15/10-ways-you-can-help-end-childhood-hunger.Questions? Please contact grants@ysa.org

MICHAEL MINKS
Director of Outreach and Innovation
YSA (Youth Service America)
1101 15th Street, NW, Suite 200 | Washington, DC 20005
P: 202-296-2992 Ext. 125 | F: 202-296-4030
mminks@ysa.org

Community Connections and service opportunities

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                                                                  December

Volunteers of all ages WANTED!

December 6 from 6-9:00 pm Harn Homestead Museum Territorial Christmas” An event for families and children with hay rides, crafts, lots of good food and a yuletide theme. Contact David Sapper at dsapper@harnhomestead.com. http://www.harnhomestead.com/ 

Saturday, December 8: Urban Mission 9-12 AM or until 4:00 pm.  Bring money for lunch: Help 250 Oklahoma families holiday shop at the Urban Mission Santa Store. 3737 N. Portland. Contact Linda Leonard volunteer@urbanmissionokc.org or sign-up at Woods.

 

 

Sunday, December 9: 10-12 AM  S.A.D.D. is looking for a few good elves to set-up the holiday store @ the Ronald McDonald House.  Text Chance if interested: 1-949-514-1055.  Where? 1301 Northeast 14th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73117




Gentivia Home Health Service Opportunities
Contact Mrs. Michelle Ellis for more details michelle.ellis@me.com

a. Monday, December 10, 2:00 PM Canterburry Memory Care: Read a Christmas Story and give treats at Memory Care @ Canterburry

b. Sunday, December 16, 2: 00 PM Make Gingerbread Houses at Assited Living, Canterburry. Contact Mrs. Michelle Ellis for more details michelle.ellis@me.com

                                                        

 

Holiday Divisional Giving

Upper Division

-Music Department: Concerts @ elderly facilities: Contact Mrs. Heidebrecht heidebrechtj@casady.org 

Friday, December 14- Fountains at Canterbury (Independent Living)- 3:07-3:52- All Upper Division. 1404 NW 122. Contact Person: Becky Strong, bstrong@watermarkcommunities.org, 751-3600 Ext 1033.  
Monday, December 17- Epworth Villa- 3:07- 3:52- All Upper Division. 14901North Pennsylvania.  Contact Person Brittany Baez, bbaez@epworthvilla.com, 405-556-2273 

 -Art Department: Stockings for Britton Elementary. Monday, December 17, 12:25-1:20.  Contact Mrs. Seitter seitterp@casady.org.
-Service-Learning Department: YAC: Warm Project for Positive Tomorrows. Friday, December 7, 4:00 PM. Contact Mrs. Clay: clayc@casady.org, 405-520-1325.  Blankets made in November will be delivered to Positive Tomorrows.  5:30-6:30 Service-Learning presents Winter Holidays @ Boys and Girls Club @ Memorial Park, 39th and Western.

Middle Division

-Music Department: Concerts @ elderly facilities: Contact Mrs. Heidebrecht heidebrechtj@casady.org

Monday, December 3- Fountains at Canterbury (The Inn)- 3:15-3:45 - 8th Grade Quartet. 1404 NW 122. Contact Person: Schnedia Evans, 749-3600, Ext.1004

Thursday, December 13- Vineyard- 3:15-3:45- 7th & 8th Grade Chamber, Statement Club-Vineyard (Assisted Living).  Contact person: Patty Ridenour, statesmanClub-LED@emeritus.com.  10401 Vineyard Boulevard Oklahoma City, OK 73120 (405) 775-9009

December 14: Foster Children Christmas Party.  Contact Mrs. Semet  semets@casady.org

December 12: International Club: Building Bridges of Understanding through the arts with Japanese Sister Cities.  Contact Mrs. Robertson robertsonl@casady.org  or Mrs. Clay clayc@casady.org.   Art work will be mailed to Dr. Clydia Forehand. 

Lower Division

2nd grade project:  Hurricane Sandy Relief ends November 30th.  Contact Mrs. France francea@casady.org  

4th grade led-LD Project: Infant Crisis Services Drive.  Contact Mrs. France francea@casady.org  

Primary Division

December 6: K-Holiday Program at the Vineyard, Statesment Club. Contact Mrs. Sharp sharpj@casady.org

School Wide Project: Infant Crisis Services Drive.  Contact Mrs. Sharp sharpj@casady.org

Community Connections 

OK Humane Society city-wide supply drive, “Wishes for Wags and Whiskers”. The goal of the drive is to replenish supply stock and raise 6 months’ worth of needed supplies. Oklahoma Humane Society is hoping to reach this goal through wish trees hosted by local supporters. These trees will be covered in wish ornaments with a specific wish on them that individuals can take and fulfill as a tax deductible gift.   If interested in having a wish tree, contact Amy Shrodes, Manager of Development, Central Oklahoma Humane Society, (405) 607-8991, amy@okhumane.org, www.okhumane.org
 

The Art of Encouragement:  Sends out holiday* cards to veterans all over the country, including those in VA hospitals and care centers,  as well as current military service members. Examples of holiday cards include Christmas, New Year’s, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, etc.    

HOW TO FILL A TAOE Holiday Card

1. Thank the veteran for service to country
2. Sign your name
3. Write where you are from
4. Anything extra is great

5. PLACE CARD IN AN UNSEALED ENVELOPE (all cards are screened before being sent to a veteran).  
6. Send completed & unused holiday cards to: THE ART OF ENCOURAGEMENT: P.O BOX 12922, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73157 Questions to: theartofencouragement@yahoo.com, http://theartofencouragement.vpweb.com/

January

Language Academy @ Nichols Hills United Methodist Church: After School Language Program: Children 3-12 in Spanish and French needs advanced high school language students as teacher's aides. Volunteers will  work with native speakers from Language Associates in the target languages and be involved in a full-immersion interactive lassroom program.  Classes are from 4:00-5:30 twice a week: Mondays and Wednesdays or Thusdays and Thursdays according to the age group.  Each session is 8 weeks long. There will be two sessions in the spring and two sessions in the fall. The spring will also have a Spring Language Camp volunteer opportunity over Spring Break.  Classes start January 7th. Contact Melissa Nelms, Nichols Hills UMC Director of Christian Education and Language Academies, melissa.nelms1@gmail.com or 4 05.842.1486 x 307

Special Olympics Volunteer Opportunities: Share your skill, talent, & enthusiasm with our 

Special Olympics athletes and take pride in knowing you are an important part of a program that offers opportunities to thousands of athletes with intellectual disabilities across the state.

BOWLING - Unified     SATURDAY, JANUARY 12th
    AMF Moore:                                                      Shifts: 8am—Noon  and Noon—4pm 
     Windsor Bowl:                                                 Shifts: 8am—Noon  and Noon—4pm
     Heritage Lanes:                                                Shift: 8am—Noon     
BASKETBALL SATURDAY, JANUARY 12th
OU Huston Huffman: Team Competition refs & scorekeepers.  Some experience preferred.
Shifts:  8:00am—12:30pm  Noon—5pm

Be a Fan of Competition Volunteer!  Contact: Cathi Morris, Program Services Manager,  
cathi@sook.org, 918.481.1234   800.722.9004

MLK DAY NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE 2013:  January 21, 7:30AM-5:00 PM REBUILDING TOGETHER WORK DAY: http://www.rebuildingtogetherokc.org/ Casady YAC will join the Rebuilding Together OKC MLK Day work day.  40+ Americorps from across the nation will refurbish homes for elderly handicapped Oklahomans in the area of Martin Luther King Avenue.  20 voluteers MINIMUM needed to get a house.  No skill needed.  The jobs in the past have been painting, changing carpet, declatering, cleaning, and winterizing.  The goal being making the home safer for the elderly resident. 

Volunteers need to be 14 years old or older.  Younger students could volunteer making meals for volunteers but cannot work on site.  Volunteer opportunity starts at 7:30 AM and ends when the job is completed.  In the past, some jobs have been completed between 4-6 PM. 

Musicians to start and end the work day are also wanted.  Contact Mrs. Clay if interested. clayc@casady.org, 405-520-1325.  All volunteers are required to complete the volunteer application and release of liability available at http://www.rebuildingtogetherokc.org/volunteer/.  Volunteers younger than 18 years old must bring a parental signed permission to work, release of liability, and photo publication permission. 

Rebuilding Together will provide supplies and tools, but volunteers must:
a. Wear appropiate clothing and closed-toe shoes.  Volunteer will receive a Rebuilding Together t-shirt on site.
b. Bring working gloves, protect eyes
c. Bring cleaning products and paper towels
d. Eat on site.  If meals are not provided by groups of volunteers, bring snacks and drinks and order pizza to be delivered on site.



Oklahoma Conference of Churches needs volunteers for a couple of hours in late January to make packages for A Day at the Legislature.  Contact Jenifer Sweeten, 301 N.W. 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73118, (405) 525-2928, www.okchurches.org

             

March

Formal party Dress Give Away: Check your Closet, Make a Dream Come True:   Bound-4-Glory and Beyond Inc. http://bound4glorybeyond.org/ non-profit will place donated prom dresses at Boys and Girls Club for deserving OKC teens.  Bring your donations to the Woods Community Room. Check 2012 Give Away story at http://www.news9.com/story/17286202/prom-dress-give-away-for-needy-oklahoma-teens

SUMMER 2013 POSSIBILITIES 

Summer  Mission Trip @ Brainstorming Stage: New Hope Moldovia Project. Contact Ellen Payne if interested in helping raise funds to build a water well for a Moldavian Village.