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Central Service Spotlight--March 8th-14th

Nicole Doherty - Monday, March 8, 2021
 Events   Service 
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On-Campus Service Opportunities

Big Event Volunteer Applications DUE FRIDAY
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 this Friday, March 12th.

Alternative Weekend
Registration is now open for March's Alternative Weekend. Join us on Saturday, March 20th for a day of service with The Urban Mission as we learn more about how they work with food insecurity 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 about local food banks from Project 66.

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

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

Homeless Alliance Campus Clean-Up Day
March 20th, 10:00am-12:00pm
Locations: 1724 NW 4th Street, OKC 73106
 

**Anyone interested in this opportunity MUST create a profile and sign up for the opportunity on the Homeless Alliance volunteer page: https://homelessalliance.volunteerhub.com/

We want our campus to be a beautiful, welcoming space for all who visit – and we need your help! We are seeking volunteers to help us with general clean-up, light landscaping, and general lawn maintenance on the grounds and area surrounding the Homeless Alliance. Due to COVID-19, the Day Shelter currently serves all meals outdoors, which has led to an increase in litter.

Information about this volunteer opportunity:

  • This is an outdoor activity.
  • This opportunity requires physical activity including walking, standing, bending, lifting, and carrying bags of debris.
  • Gloves, trash bags, and some landscaping tools will be provided. Volunteers are encouraged to bring their own rakes, trimmers, and brooms.
Requirements:
  • This opportunity is open to healthy individuals age 14 and up with no at-risk issues, who have not been exposed to the COVID virus, and are not experiencing any symptoms such as fever, cough, and shortness of breath.
Other details:
  • If you are signing up for more than one person, you will need to create a volunteer profile for each member in your party and register for the desired shift.
Contact khaywood@homelessalliance.org with questions.


Sunbeam Senior Engagement Volunteer
You can help support seniors in our community by becoming a Senior Engagement Volunteer! Sunbeam is looking for 100 volunteers to donate their time and talents to join the nonprofit’s Senior Engagement Program. 
What would I do as a Senior Engagement Volunteer? 

  • You will be partnered with a vulnerable senior, due to illness or age, from our community. 
  • You will connect with a vulnerable senior, invest in their well-being, and support them through a variety of opportunities, such as: 
  • Engagement activities - movies, puzzles, physical activities, companionship, etc. 
  • Respite Care - allowing a Caregiver an opportunity to take time for self-care. 
  • Tasks Assistance Activities - dog walking, meal preparation, gardening, etc. 
  • Volunteer at least 1.5 hours per week for a minimum of 6 months. 
  • Attend ongoing training. 
I want to volunteer what do I do next? 
Contact Melva Franklin, Senior Volunteer Engagement Coordinator, at 405.609.8930 or email mfranklin@sunbeamfamilyservices.org. 

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!

Freedom Oklahoma Virtual Field Team
Join the Virtual Field Team with Freedom Okalhoma. As a team, we will regularly make calls and/or send texts to advocate and fight for LGBTQ2S+ justice. The best part is, you can join us from anywhere! These calls/texts will vary each week and could be about educating people on LGBTQ2S+ issues, assisting voters with communicating with their legislators or encouraging supporters to vote. Either way, we’ll be working as a team to advocate for LGBTQ2S+ justice efforts.

Learn more HERE!
 

Homeless Alliance

The Homeless Alliance works to end long-term homelessness in Oklahoma City by building the capacity of the community through collaboration with other agencies, identifying and filling gaps in homeless services, bringing nationally-recognized best practices to the community, and working to build a system that is more efficient, rational, and caring.

The Homeless Alliance operates several housing programs for families with children, coordinates a community effort to house veterans and people who are chronically homeless, operates the IT infrastructure used by homeless-serving agencies in central Oklahoma, and publishes The Curbside Chronicle, a magazine that provides a voice and legitimate source of income for people who are homeless.

The Homeless Alliance owns and operates the Westtown Homeless Resource Campus which includes a Resource Center with offices for multiple nonprofit and government agencies, a housing complex, and a Day Shelter that serves an average of 350 people each day. The Day Shelter serves breakfast and lunch, provides showers, offers access to computers, phone, and mail, and provides access to needed services including mental and physical healthcare, budgeting assistance, legal support, and multiple classes and programs. For those people who can’t go to an overnight shelter because they have a companion animal from which they will not be parted, the Day Shelter removes that barrier by offering a kennel, complete with pet food and access to veterinary services, so that people with pets aren’t shut out of the system of care.

To learn more about Homeless Alliance, visit their website at https://homelessalliance.org/

Service Hour Guidelines

Updated service hour guidelines were recently released online.  Check out the CE Website to review the Service Hour Guidelines.

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 an Alternative Lunch Break on Friday, 3/19 as we learn from Project 66. 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 all about budgeting on 3/24. Sign up on UCORE.
 

Alternative Weekend

Join us an Alternative Weekend on Saturday, 3/20 as we work with Urban Mission. Registration open HERE.

Big Event
2021

Registration closes this Friday for Big Event volunteers. Sign up today to give a day to serve the community that gives so much to us! Learn more on UCORE.