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Make A Difference Day 2008

jpacker3 — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:41:30 CDT

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Hunger Bowl 2008

Aturnage — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:49:02 CDT

October is Hunger Awareness Month

In order to help raise awareness about hunger on a local and global scale, we are excited to announce the first annual HUNGER BOWL.

The Hunger Bowl is an opportunity for groups, clubs, organizations and teams to help us battle both local and global hunger. This friendly (and extremely important) competition will take place between October 7th and November 7th. The focus will be on helping local food banks, Meals on Wheels and other community partners who focus on dealing with the issues of hunger in Clinton County. Globally, student groups will also have the opportunity to raise money for organizations who directly impact the struggle of world hunger.

Interested groups/organizations/clubs/teams must register on the threaded discussion below.
For information contact Sam at SSinger@lhup.edu or Brandon at BWilson@lhup.edu

Block Party

Aturnage — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:47:38 CDT

Come out and join us September 20th at Hoberman Field for a block party sponsored by West Branch Drug and Alcohol Abuse Comission.
This all day event gives the community a chance to come together and help raise awareness for everyone of the problems.

We will be needing volunteers to help work a booth. Activities will include facepainting, sidewalk chalking and other activities directed toward the education and entertainment of the youth of Clinton County.

If you are interested please contact Kim at KCox@lhup.edu

Sleep Out

jpacker3 — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:17:30 CDT

Held at Triangle Park, this fall's sleep out with focus on the issues facing hunger in the region.
With the help from lock businesses and the students of Lock Haven University we hope to raise the awareness of this important and difficult problem

The Sleep-Out for hunger will start Saturday, November 8th and run into the morning of the 9th. Games and activities will be running throughout the night. Also, at Sleep-Out, this year we will announce the Hunger Bowl winners!

If you are interested in participating in Sleep out, contact Sam at SSinger@lhup.edu or Brandon at BWilson@lhup.edu

Winter In The Barns

jpacker3 — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:19:24 CDT

Winter In The Barns is an all day event that will be held on Saturday, October 18, 2008 from 9 AM to 4 PM at the Clinton County Fairgrounds. In the barns provides the community members to meet up with local craft vendors and do some shopping. Food, Entertainment, S'More making, Horseshoe pitching, Gingerbread Barn builiding and other activities are lined up for this event.

Our goal is to provide a children's corner in which children will be engaged in arts and crafts activityies and other seasonal activities. it is our hope to put together a number of activities and events to keep the little ones entertained while the parents shop.

There will be volunteers needed in the next few weeks with prep work and setting up Winter in the Barns

Contact Laura at LNovak@lhup.edu or Lizzie at LKingang@lhup.edu or stop by 103 Raub Hall for more information.

Monthly Events

jpacker3 — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:47:04 CDT

With classes starting back up the opportunity to volunteer is increasing.
Listed below are a few of our upcoming events

If you are interested in these events you can do several things
1. Stop by the MountainServe Office in 103 Raub Hall
2. Email Justin at jpacker3@lhup.edu
3. Visit the wiki page for the activity and post in the discussion thread
4. Directly contact the person running the program

***SEPTEMBER***

20th

Block Party

Hoberman Field

Drug-Free Activities for Children

Contact Kim at KCox@lhup.edu

27th

Farm City Family
Fall Festival for the whole family
9 am to 4 pm
Contact Dylan at DCawley@lhup.edu

***OCTOBER***

18th

In the Barns
9-4
Winter Festival for the whole family
Contact Laura at LNovak@lhup.edu

25th
Make a Difference Day
Contact Ian at ICarrow@lhup.edu or Tasha at THartley@lhup.edu

***NOVEMBER***

8-9th
Sleep out for Hunger
Triangle Park
Contact Sam at SSinger@lhup.edu or Brandon at BWilson@lhup.edu

If you have any questions regarding the events listed above, or would like to sign-up to volunteer please do so in the Conversation Thread below.

To sign-up for an event please visit the LHUP Volunteer homepage and click Join Now. For your username please use the first part of your LHU email account.
For example, if your email is mnovak1@lhup.edu your username will be mnovak1.

You will then be able to post the event you are signing-up to volunteer for along with your availability. If you have any other questions please post them below for other students to see!

Kids in the Kitchen at John Yost Center

jpacker3 — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:19:57 CDT

Kids in the Kitchen is an exciting program at the John Yost Center. Once a week, children learn about a different culture. They learn to make a meal which is commonly served in that country.

This program builds cultural awareness, enhances life skills and addresses health and safety issues.

Volunteers assist and teach the children. Kids in the Kitchen is every Tuesday from 3:30-5:00 p.m. at the JYC.

If you have not volunteered at the JYC before, stop by the office to fill out paperwork

If you are interested in volunteering for this program please contact Kimber Walters at KWalters@lhup.edu or sign-up in the comments section below. If you have any questions or comments you may post them as well. If you are unable to make a contribution on the page, please call the MountainServe Office at 570-484-2498.

Kimber is also available if you need a ride to the JYC

C.A.P.E. Program

jpacker3 — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:16:16 CDT

C.A.P.E is starting up September 15th, 2008

If you are interested in volunteering with the C.A.P.E program stopped by the office at 103 Raub Hall or contact Cody at BBliss@lhup.edu

Children
Actively
Protecting
the
Environment

C.A.P.E. is an environmental educational program put on for youth at the John Yost Center. Children gain more insight about the natural environment, while working on improving their literacy skills.

C.A.P.E is not only an educational program, but mentoring as well. Volunteers are encouraged to work one on one with the children. If you enjoy interacting with the youth through work, play and teaching, this would be a valuable experience. C.A.P.E. meets at the JYC every Monday from 3:30-5:00

If you are interested in volunteering for this program please sign-up in the comments section below. If you have any questions or comments you may post them as well. If you are unable to make a contribution on the page, please call the MountainServe Office at 570-484-2498.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Clinton County

jpacker3 — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:36:24 CDT

232 East Main Street, Lock Haven, PA 17745

To learn more about the BBBS program feel free to

contact Erin Rutt at 570-893-7036.

2008 Monthly Activities

If you are interested in volunteering for any of the following activities, please sign-up in the Thread at the bottom of the page.

If you are interested in Big Brother/Big Sister program, but are not a member, you are still able to volunteer at the activities

Weekly Event
Friend and Friend Fitness
Every Tuesday and Thursday
5:30-6:30
YMCA

***September***

5th-6th Camping Overnight @ Black Moshannon State Park

Departing from the courthouse @ 5 p.m the 5th

Departhing Black Mo around 3:30ish the 6th

Any questions you have please feel free to contact Erin Rutt @ bbbs@clintoncountypa.com

Volunteers are also needed for Saturday Activities

13th Horseback Riding

In Wellsboro

*More Details to Follow*

20th Horseback Riding

In Wellsboro

*More Details to Follow*

22nd Monday Game Night

At Riverview Park

5 pm to 7 pm

26th Swimming Lessons

At the YMCA

5 pm to 7 pm

***October***

11th Cornmaze/Hayride
Mountorsville
*More Details to Follow*

20th Pumpkin Carving
At Riverview Park
5 pm to 7 pm

24th Swimming Lessons
At the YMCA
5 pm to 7 pm

If you would like to sign up for any of the activities, please call 893-7036 or email bbbs@clintoncountypa.com Hope to see you there!!!!

Podcasts

jpacker3 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:09:32 CDT

MountainServe Podcast Page

Episode One: New Beginnings

This is our very first episode. Students from Tecnologico de Monterrey- Campus Zacatecas in Zacatecas, Mexio, which is a LHUP international partner school, participated in a service- learning project while taking an Ethics course at LHUP. The Tec students were interviewed by Melissa Novak, a PACC VISTA member, and Brandon Wilson, a student leader with the MountainServe Center. The interview is 4 1/2 minutes long.

Episode Two: Lock Haven Aids Project
Patti Smith a part time prevention educator of the Aids Project here at Lock Haven is interviewed giving a detailed interview about prevention, services her branch offers, those affected and effected by HIV/Aids, as well as her personal experiences on the job. The interview is 32 minutes long.

The Second Mile

jpacker3 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:54:49 CDT

The Second Mile is a nonprofit organization serving the youth of Pennsylvania. At The Second Mile, they are committed to helping young people achieve their potential as individuals and as community members and providing education and support for their parents and youth service professionals.

Listed below are the Up Coming Events for the next year in Clinton County
if you are interested in volunteering contact Erin Rutt at Erin@thesecondmile.org or by call her at 570 893 7036

Sunday, September 14th
Kick Off Picnic
2-4 pm
Hanna Park

Saturday, October 25th
Swimming day
11 am-1 pm
YMCA

Sunday, November 16th
Fall Harvest Festival
2-4 pm
Zimmerli Gym

Sunday, November 30th
Holiday Happenings
2-4 pm
Zimmerli Gym

Sunday January 25th
Bowling
2-4 pm
Clinton Lanes

Sunday February 8th
Spring Sensations
2-4 pm
Zimmerli Gym

Saturday March 21st
Swimming
2-4 pm
YMCA

Sunday April 5th
Participation Picnic
2-4 pm
Sieg Conference Center/Riverview Park

Saturday April 25th
Carnival
2-4 pm
Thomas Field House

AIDS Project

jpacker3 — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:57:19 CDT

Patti A. Smith

HIV Prevention Educator

8 North Grove Street

Lock Haven, PA 17745

570-893-1740

Fax 570-893-1745

Services Offered to all Lock Haven University Staff, Students, and Employees

If you are interested in volunteer options please respond on the thread below.

Free

Confidential and Anonymous

HIV Testing

Risk Reduction Plan HIV Counseling

Health Fairs

Outreach Handouts, Condoms, Safer Sex Kits

Targeted Presentation Programs

Volunteers always welcome please see below for more details,

Training Required

Call 570-893-1740 for more information

Volunteering is a GREAT feeling!

If you have never been tested for HIV- now is the time!

Blood free testing using OraSure Specimen with an oral swab

The test takes approximately 20 minutes

Testing is confidential and can be taken anonymously

1 in 3 HIV positive people don’t know they are infected

What Do You Know?

GET TESTED NOW!

Questions? ??? Call Patti 570-893-1740 (calls may be anonymous) Or email your questions to pattismith3@comcast.net

Dear Prospective Volunteer: Thank you for your interest in volunteering for The AIDS Project! How to become a Volunteer for The AIDS Project: Ask yourself the following questions: “Am I able to commit to 5/10 hours per month of service for one full year?” “Am I interested in performing such duties as office reception, general clerical functions, transporting clients to medical appointments, possibly training to become a HIV test counselor, helping others reduce their risk for HIV transmission, assisting with agency fundraising activities, or staffing an education table at public health fairs?” “Am I able to participate in a comprehensive training program that will enable me to perform volunteer duties at The AIDS Project?” If you honestly answered “yes” to the above questions then you would be a great asset to The AIDS Project! Please review the attached application form. If you would like to commit to being a Volunteer at The AIDS Project, please complete the form and return it to The AIDS Project, 8 North Grove Street, Lock Haven, 17745. Please provide a current address, phone number, and email address so we may contact you when the next training will begin Participation in the training. The volunteer training will be held two evenings per week. September 15, 16, 22, 23, 29th 5:30pm – 8:30 pm. Training location is: EVER GREEN COMMONS 300 Foundation Drive, Lock Haven Unless otherwise notified. Attendance is expected at every session. Questions: contact Patti Smith 893-1740 or email pattismith3@comcast.net THE AIDS PROJECT Our training consists of 15/18 hours of group training sessions. Training topics include:

The AIDS Project’s expectations of volunteers
Introduction to The AIDS Project and services offered by the agency
HIV/AIDS basic information
How HIV is transmitted
How HIV transmission can be prevented
How to provide risk-reduction counseling for the prevention of HIV transmission
Sensitivity training on the multi-cultural issues affecting HIV prevention and
Treatment
Treatment of HIV disease
Psychosocial issues of living with HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS statistics
Fundraising opportunities
Information on becoming HIV test counselor
Confidentiality training
Plus many more opportunities to serve those infective and affected with HIV/AIDS

If interested see Justin Packer in the Mt. Serve Office for an application or Email at jpacker3@lhup.edu
Or contact Patti Smith (570) 893-1740 at the AIDS PROJECT @ pattismith3@comcast.net

Susque-View Elder Care Home

mnovak1 — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:57:22 CDT

There are a variety of volunteer opportunities offering the flexibility of times.

Susque-View Home & Health Center is dedicated to meeting the needs of our community as a leading regional resource for comprehensive progressive healthcare. By providing excellent quality care in a vibrant, healthy environment, we seek to help our citizens live to their highest potential. Susque-View Home & Health Center will use resources in a cost-effective and community responsive manner. Working with our physicians, staff, volunteers, and other health professionals, we will continue to explore new programs and opportunities in response to the needs of our community.

Inpatient Services

Susque-View Home, Inc. has long been known for its Inpatient Services involving diagnosed medical care to the elderly however we also provide preventative rehabilitative care, long-term and short- term rehabilitative care to individuals of all ages. Residents of Susque-View are admitted on the basis of need for care provided, the environment most appropriate for the resident, and the availability of accommodations. We strive to help our residents make Susque-View Home as familiar and accommodating to them as their own homes. Residents are encouraged to personalize their rooms with the use of pictures, furnishings, TV's, memorabilia - whatever they need to make them feel content and comfortable throughout their stay.

Just a reminder. The time posted is the time the actual program starts. Volunteers should arrive 1/2 hour prior to the start time. If anyone is able to help for any of the following events, please have them contact me so we are aware.

Volunteer Opportunities

February 11th - 2:00 pm Wheel Chair Square Dancing
February 16th - 2:00 pm LHU Community Christian Choir
March 8th - 8:30 - 3:00 pm Craft show
Every Sunday - 2:00 pm Church Service

Contact: Lisa Brown at 893-5945
Contact: Teresa Fortney 893-5941
tfortney@susqueviewhome.com

For more information please post your interests or questions in the threaded link below or email jpacker3@lhup.edu.

Clinton County Cleanscapes

mnovak1 — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:48:28 CDT

Students from Zacatecas, Mexico taking classes at LHU over the summer participated in a service project...check out the video below!!!

Starting in 2006, Clinton County CleanScapes of Clinton County has secured 2 grants totaling $11,000.00 to remove man-made debris in the West Branch Susquehanna River over a 2 year period. If you find a site in Lycoming or Clinton Co. - floodplain or in the river itself, please contact me so I can add it to the cleanup list.

Progress Report 2000-2008 ¤ Volunteer & contractor cleanup events: 66 ¤ Community members that have joined CCC events: 1,142 ¤ Man-made debris removed from our area: 831 tons (1,745,100 lbs.) ¤ Discarded tires collected & recycled: 4,611 ¤ Metal collected & recycled: 17 tons (36,036 lbs.)

Upcoming Debris Removal Events in the PA WILDS - Spring & Summer 2008
¤ April 16 – Charles Estate, Chapman Twp., Clinton Co.: Weekday event w/DCNR
¤ April 26 – PPL Pine Creek Rail Trail Connector, Castanea Twp., Clinton County
¤ July 19 – 5th Annual West Branch Susquehanna River & Roadway Event, Woodward Twp., Clinton County
¤ Aug. 16 – 2nd Annual Pine Creek & West Branch Susquehanna River Cleanup, Jersey Shore, Clinton & Lycoming Counties

For more information please post your interests or questions in the threaded link below or email jpacker3@lhup.edu.

Global Citizenship

Aturnage — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:36:03 CDT

MountainServe Center for Global Citizenship
Learning by Serving Where the Ground is Uneven

LHUP has credit and non-credit bearing opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students to engage in service- learning. The students serving in these places and partnerships engage in these initiatives for a number of reasons, often blurring the lines between service performed for classroom learning, theses research, scholarship requirements, clinical skills building, and personal commitment. This education and the development of global citizen scholars are too important to be contained by a single classroom.

The future of our common humanity depends on how well our students learn the lessons our places; whether those places are in the Northern or Central Appalachians, the Sierra Madre Occidental, the High Atlas or the profoundly changed landscape of the Mississippi and Louisiana Gulf Coast; are teaching them. MountainServe invites you to come and join us in serving, learning and listening to the stories and lessons that come to our students from places where the ground is incredibly uneven.

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Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.
- Marian Wright Edelman

103 Raub Hall

Lock Haven University of PA Lock Haven, Pennsylvania 17745

Office Number: 570-484-2498

Fax Number: 570-484-2991

Director: Anne-Marie Turnage

Email: aturnage@lhup.edu

Click Join Now to become a member of the MountainServe Community Service Website. Note: For ease of communication please use the first part of your LHU email as your Username. For example, if your email is kjennings@lhup.edu your username will be kjennings.

Community Tutoring Program

mnovak1 — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:46:29 CDT

The MountainServe Community Tutoring Program (MCTP) was created during the spring of 2004 to bring tutoring and mentoring services to Clinton County’s young people. As originally envisioned, the program was to serve primarily school aged youth in Lock Haven and the surrounding areas. Since that time agreements with additional community partners has lead to adult tutoring and working with toddlers and preschoolers as well.

In order to most effectively meet the needs of Clinton County, the program is designed to facilitate both tutoring and mentoring services to varying degrees. MCTP is first a tutoring program that is intended to assist young people and adults with academic learning. However, many of Clinton County’s young people are in dire need of positive role models, and we believe that mature college students with the proper training and professionalism can serve that purpose.

The sheer number of age groups served, the variety of tutoring sites as well as the dual tutor/mentor role of many tutors creates some difficulty in providing effective tutor training. We believe that in order to effectively meet the demands of tutoring such a vast range of individuals that we should strive to instill in our tutors a sense of the importance of being reliable, flexible, professional, and well prepared. We want our tutors to exude confidence and poise. We believe that tutors can only serve as positive role models and be effective aids to learning if they receive an abundance of training and understand their roles.

In order to fulfill these objectives, we require that all tutors receive an hour of training prior to entering a tutoring site. During that time, a lot of ground is covered, and it is essential that the facilitator of training be prepared, organized, and energetic enough to maintain the tutors’ attention. It is also important to make sure that all facets of the training are covered in detail so that the tutors may enter their sites confident and ready for their new positions. Best of luck!

If you are interested in applying for a tutoring position please fill in the attachment at the bottom of this page and bring it into the MountainServe office located in Raub 103. If have any questions please do not hesitate to post a comment at the bottom of this page, be sure to add your name, email and a brief message as to your interest.

Melissa Novak
Tutor Coordinator, MountainServe
mnovak1@lhup.edu