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Central Service Spotlight--February 22nd-28th

Nicole Doherty - Monday, February 22, 2021
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On-Campus Service Opportunities

Alternative Weekend
Registration is now open for the first Alternative Weekend of the semester. Join us on Saturday, February 27th for a day of service with YWCA OKC as we learn more about how they work with survivors of domestic abuse and how we can help and get invovled in their organization.

Registration is available on UCORE. Spots are limited, so sign up quickly!

Alternative Lunch Break
Take your lunch break to learn about a community issue and how you can get invovled in service! 

Join us from 12:00-1:00pm on February 23rd as we learn from Big Brothers Big Sisters Oklahoma.

Registration is available on UCORE. Spots are limited, so sign up quickly!

Big Event Team Leader Applications Open
Sign-up today to be a team leader for the 2021 Big Event on March 27th.  Team Leaders will serve as the liaison between a small group of site volunteers and the Big Event Executive Committee.

Applications are available on UCORE and due on March 5th.

Big Event Volunteer Applications Open
Sign-up today to be a volunteer for the 2021 Big Event on March 27th.

Big Event is a student-led service opportunity held every spring. The mission of Big Event is simply One Big Day. One Big Thanks. One Big Event. UCO students head out into the community to say thank you to residents through service.

Registration is available on UCORE and due on March 12th.

If your office or organization has upcoming student volunteer opportunities, please send the information to volunteer@uco.edu to have it included in our weekly emails.

Off-Campus Service Opportunities

Interim HealthCare

Interim HealthCare is seeking hospice volunteers and has 5 available opportunities. Being a hospice volunteer is an intensely rewarding experience. Whether it’s providing companionship to a person in the final months or weeks of life, offering support to family members and caregivers, providing assistance in the office or helping with community outreach, the contributions of volunteers are an essential part of Interim HealthCare of Oklahoma's Hospice Program. Our goal is to provide excellent end-of-life support to each patient and family. Hospice volunteers are at the heart of our goal. Serving people at the end of life’s journey allows hospice volunteers in Oklahoma City to make a difference to someone in need every day. Are you ready to help those in need find peace? Once you complete the required pre-training interview and orientation class, you'll be ready.

Learn more HERE!

Traditions Health Volunteer to Visit

Traditions Health is seeking individuals to volunteer to spend time with a patient, provide help to a caregiver or assist with administrative work in the hospice office. If you have a desire to be of service to those in hospice care, we have a desire for you to be a part of our hospice team as a volunteer!

Learn more HERE!

YWCA Prevention Education Volunteer
YWCA is in search of Prevention Education Volunteers. The goal of this role is to provide vital support to the Prevention Education Team while gaining hands-on experience in community program development, networking and cultivation of partnerships, and other non-profit organizational duties.

Learn more HERE!
 
Independent Transport Network of Central Oklahoma
ITN Central Oklahoma is a dignified transportation and delivery option to ensure seniors keep their freedom and independence. We would like to invite you to join our mission and support central Oklahoma elders and visually impaired adults.

ITN offers: 
  • Safe rides for seniors, anywhere- not just medical appointments
  • Deliveries and pickups
  • Assistance with technology like grocery delivery apps and websites
  • Free rides to eye care appointments for our riders
To learn more about volunteering, visit: https://www.itncentraloklahoma.org/volunteer-to-drive

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oklahoma

As the nation’s largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network, Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers (“Bigs”) and children (“Littles”), ages 6 through 18, in communities across the state of Oklahoma. We develop positive relationships that have a direct and lasting effect on the lives of young people.

Their mission is to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. Their vision is for all youth achieve their full potential.

To learn more about BBBS of Oklahoma, attend this week's Alternative Lunch Break on Tuesday, February 23rd or visit their website at https://bbbsok.org/

Housing and Living Fair

Looking for your living arrangements for next school year? Stop by the 2021 Housing and Living Fair  on Tuesday, March 2nd from 10am-1pm around Broncho Lake.

Connect with the Central Pantry

The Central Pantry is an on Campus Food Pantry available for all student, faculty, and staff. To start shopping at the pantry, simply fill out the Client Form on UCORE

Alternative Lunch Break

Join us for the first Alternative Lunch Break of the semester on Tuesday, 2/23 as we learn from BBBS. Registration is open HERE.
 

Single Mom's Resource Roundtable

Join a great group of single mom's on campus for this month's Resource Roundtable.  We will be talking about stress management. Sign up on UCORE.
 

Alternative Weekend

Join us for the first Alternative Weekend of the semester on Saturday, 2/27 as we work with YWCA OKC. Registration open HERE.
 

Big Event
2021

Registration is now open for Big Event Volunteers and Team Leaders. Sign up today to give a day to serve the community that gives so much to us! Learn more on UCORE.