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Date: 2009-12-24, 1:02PM CST
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I am an actor who played Oliver "Daddy " Warbucks in a local production of "Annie" a couple of years ago. Ever since that show closed, I have missed that little girl Ilike you can't believe. I am hoping to fill that void by acting as a surrogate grandfather for a girl between 5 and 10 years old. Could your daughter benefit from having a POSITIVE, APPROPRIATE relationship with a grandfatherly figure in her life?
I have approached a number of volunteer/mentoring programs. They all tell me that they will match me with a male, but not a female.
I am not weird, I am not suggesting anything improper. I am just a guy who is getting old, who has love in his heart to share.
I can tell more about me when you respond.
Location: NW subs
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December 7 - December 27, 2009
February 1 - February 21, 2010
Ayurveda is a 5000 years old Indian health care system that is widely practiced even today. "Ayur" in Sanskrit means "life" and "Veda" means "science". It is a perfect Science of health and longevity. This holistic science is the knowledge of complete balance of the body, mind and spirit, including the emotions and psychology, on all levels. It includes in its consideration, longevity, rejuvenation and self-realization therapies through herbs, diet, exercise, yoga, massage, aromas, tantras, mantras, and meditation. According to Ayurvedic tradition, health is the balance of elements air, earth, fire, and water, and illness is an excess or deficiency of any particular element. Ayurveda treats illness at its source, rather than at the level of symptoms, and helps an individual to take responsibility for their own health and well being. Ayurveda is also known as 'Ashtanga Veda' (the word literally means 'Eight branches of knowledge') as it is divided into eight specialized branches. Yoga is a complete science of life that originated in India several thousands of years ago. It is the oldest system of personal development in the world, encompassing the entire body, mind and spirit. It is the union between a person's own consciousness and the universal consciousness. The classical techniques of Yoga date back more than 5,000 years. The word Yoga means "to join or yoke together," and it brings the body and mind together into one harmonious experience.
International volunteers will be learning the Basics of Yoga and Ayurveda in these three weeks of the project. Every day, there will be topics covered by a professional master (the person in charge of yoga and ayurveda classes), which will be practiced by the volunteers. Yoga will be practiced every day. Apart from this, the volunteers will also help at the herbal garden and the nearby school. Furthermore, the volunteers will support a local school in need of simple renovation work. The volunteers will also interact with the children teaching them basic English and Mathematics, Health and Hygiene awareness, environmental protection, etc.
Phu Tho SOS Children's Village was built in Viet Tri City in 1999 following the model of the famous SOS International. There are now about 168 orphans living in 15 families with the care from the village mothers and staff. The orphans come from 5 different provinces in the north of Vietnam at the ages between 1-18 years old. They are provided with housing, full care and education. Being orphan or abandoned, children are quite shy and they need more confidence to be involved with regular life in the community as normal children. Volunteers will spend time with the children and help improving their English, organizing games and other activities for them. Volunteers will also help redecorating the houses and classrooms, planting vegetable, cleaning the area. Volunteers will also join the families to get closer to the children’s life and try to build up wider horizon for the children and encourage them to learn better for brighter future.
May 17 - May 29, 2010 May 31 - June 12, 2010 June 14 - June 26, 2010 June 28 - July 10, 2010 July 12 - July 24, 2010
I am looking for friendly individuals who are willing to be around kids and can sacrifice a weekend and a T-shirt for a cause such as this. Fans of Bakugan are requested. If you know little about Bakugan, you can find out more at Bakugan.com. Under 18 is okay, just get your parent's permission.
I have gotten the go-ahead from Spinmaster to do this petition. You must be good in social situations as I want to take advantage of this opportunity and not blow it. If you accept, I will send everything you need except for a clipboard, T-shirt, and pens. This will include the pages for signatures, a sticker for the clipboard, an Iron-on shirt patch and instructions, and even a laminated badge with your name (Or an alias, if desired). If you are able to help me in my goal of collecting signatures from Bakugan fans for his petition, I will gladly vouch for your abilities.
Access to a Fax machine or a scanner is needed to send copies of the signatures to me.
It's a simple and unoffensive cause, and if you have any questions you may feel free to ask. Again, Fans are preferred.
In addition participants are required to complete 3 additional lung health exams including physical exam, electrocardiogram (EKG), blood and urine tests, chest x-ray and a breathing test and bronchoscopy procedures lasting 3-4 hours each and 5 visits to provide routine blood and urine tests lasting 30 minutes each.
Compensation: This study pays $180 upon completion of initial testing and $220 upon completion of 3 follow up visits.
If interested please email the following information:
1. Name
2. Age
3. Current Smoker (Y/N)
4. # of Years Smoking
5. Valid Phone Number
6. Valid Email Address
We will be contacting you via telephone to schedule and confirm appointments, so please provide a VALID phone number. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.
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Please call 312-238-0726 for more information and to find out how you can take part in this research study.
Participants must meet the following criteria:
• Have a history of spinal cord injury
• Be unable to bear weight independently
• Be able to undergo a MRI (no pacemakers, metallic implants, or spinal implants)
• Be able to attend 3 assisted weight bearing exercise sessions per week for 24 weeks
(6 months duration) at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 345 E. Superior, Chicago, IL.
Participants will be compensated $25 cash per visit for transportation expenses and/or parking.
No experience is necessary--choose a position to fit your current skills or learn something new.
All trainings are provided; classes run in January.
Volunteers are asked to donate 20 hours between January and April.
About 30 community sites are available throughout Illinois.
Volunteer positions available as...
Tax preparers:
Work one-on-one with clients to file federal and state tax returns and provide counseling on tax credits and forms.
Tax site assistants:
Perform essential non-tax-preparation activities, including client greeting and screening, translating and/or administrative duties.
See why over 1,200 volunteers dedicated last winter to serving 33,000 families statewide! Join us today. View training schedules, find a site near you, and register to volunteer at www.economicprogress.org/volunteer.
To volunteer as a tax site assistant:
• Register on our website: www.economicprogress.org/volunteer
• Attend a 3-hour training class in January to learn how our sites operate.
• Choose from about 10 sites throughout Chicago.
• Donate 20 hours between January and April.
Kundapur is a town situated on the west coast of Karnataka near the beach, and very close to the Western Ghats (a mountain ridge). The Western Ghats is India's prime zone for bio-diversity, known for the number of animal and plant species in this region. International volunteer projects have been running for many years in this region and there is now a very strong network of local partners and local volunteers. Volunteers have cooperated with a large number of schools, orphanages, institutions for special education and the local authorities to develop projects that are meaningful for the development of this rural town. The international volunteer projects will focus on rural development, environmental protection and children. The volunteers will spread awareness about environmental protection and solid waste management to schoolchildren. They will also be involved in activities such as creative education and teaching basic English and Math through games, art and songs with the children from the local schools, including disabled kids (physically and/or mentally). The work might include some physical work for the renovation and betterment of the schools (painting, building a playground, etc.).
Age range: 18 and over
February 15 - February 28, 2010
March 8 - March 21, 2010
Location: Kundapur is situated 100 km north of the city of Mangalore, 300 km from Panjim (Goa), and 450 km from Bangalore. Kundapur is accessible by bus/train from Mangalore, Bangalore, Panjim (Goa), and Mumbai. There are international and domestic airports in Bangalore, Goa, and Mumbai.
December 5 - December 19, 2009 March 20 - April 3, 2010
Bali Island is a densely populated island, with population more that 3 million people all together. The population is almost all Indonesian, 95% are of Balinese Hindu descent and could be describe as ethic Balinese. Bali is also a tiny, extremely fertile and dramatically mountainous island. It is only 140 km by 80 km. The tourism boom, which started in 1970s has brought many changes and has helped pay for improvement in roads, telecommunication, education and health. Though tourism has had some marked effects, Bali’s unique culture and custom has proved to be remarkably island. Bali disabled School was founded with the aim to cater for the needs of disabled children and youth in Bali and the surrounding areas. Moreover, this school is also aimed to encourage and motivate the disable children and youth to struggle for their future. We would like to host foreign volunteers because we believe that their interaction with the children, during education and vocational classes and other therapeutic activities will be of great benefit as our students have little or no chances to meet and live with people from other cultures. The intercultural dimension that their presence will generate will also be welcomed and valued by the local staffs. The support that the volunteers will give to our teaching staff, particularly those teaching English, will be invaluable.
The role of the volunteers will be assisting local teacher in classes like teaching basic conversation in English, helping teacher in giving training on physical activities of the disabled students like making simple handicrafts, playing, doing simple sport etc . Volunteers' influence on students is expected to create a sense of knowledge of other realities of the disabled kids and other cultures in a way that improves their own perception of themselves and what they can achieve. Also to open the mind of international volunteers that the disabled students also need attention to face their future. It will also give opportunity for the international volunteers about the treatment that should be done by the families of disabled children.
December 21, 2009 - January 2, 2010 January 11 - January 23, 2010
January 25 - February 6, 2010 March 22 - April 3, 2010 August 16 - August 28, 2010
November 1 - November 13, 2010
Vietnam Friendship Village is a treatment/care centre for Agent Orange victims located in Ha Tay Province, which was opened in 1993 to treat children and veterans suffering from the effects of Agent Orange. The children, whose fathers or grandfathers were exposed (causing chromosomal damage) or who were contaminated from their mother’s milk, suffer from a range of difficult conditions. While staying in Vietnam Friendship Village, children and veterans are nourished and are provided with free medical care. The children, who may stay there for several years, receive not only basic education, but also some forms of job training.
The Organic Gardening Project was launched in 2004 with the goal of creating islands of a harmonious approach to agriculture within areas of environmental and human devastation - increasing awareness of the consequences of war and, at the same time, demonstrating positive strategies for healing and living. At this moment, the farm is providing about 60% of the village’s consumption of vegetable. It is expected that it will cover all the needs and there will be products left for sale to raise funds for the village.
Volunteers will help with clearing the site, preparing soil, weeding, planting vegetables and fruit trees, cleaning a fish pond and redecorating the flowers in the garden. Additional activities may include planting trees, moving bricks for construction, collecting garbage and playing with the children or exchanging with local volunteers or farmers.
Discussions among the volunteers about Agent Orange, Vietnamese culture, and other social issues will take place during some of the evenings. In the project from January 25 to February 6, 2010, the volunteers will focus on preparing Tet New Year Festival for the children in the Village. The work then includes redecorating the houses and making of Chung Cake – a traditional cake for this holiday in Vietnam.
Special requirements: Interest and motivation working with children in difficult situation.
To learn more about the international volunteer workcamps go to: www.cadip.org/workcamp.htm or give us a call: 617-502-0400 (US); 604-628-7400 (Canada)
Salem Orphanage Home was founded in 1992. It is based in Kisumu which is the third largest city in Kenya. Kisumu has a population of approximately 300,000 and is located on Lake Victoria almost on the Ugandan border. In Kisumu, there are many orphans who, without help, would have no future. Salem Orphanage is a home to about 130 orphans who lost their parents (usually to AIDS) and street children from the slums. There are primarily boys, due to the "preference" for girls as household labor help, and the difficulty for boys to stay at home if their mother marries someone other than their father. At Salem they are loved and cared for well, but the need is still so great.
Volunteer work: Volunteers' major duties include: • Responsible for day-to-day coordination of the Home to ensure efficient performance of the organization operation • Cooking for the children, washing the children's clothes and counseling • Teaching the children sports, drama and theatre • Farming and making “jikos†(cooking pots) The volunteers will be working from Monday to Saturday. The number of hours will be decided by the Home management. Special requirements: The Orphanage requires volunteers with counseling and teaching skills; preferably teachers in Math, English or Science and teachers for early childhood education and nursery schooling. However, we have an open policy and applicants with other ideas to share are also welcome to apply and will be considered. Volunteers need to contribute/initiate ideas and by that would be promoting the growth of the Orphanage. This is an opportunity for the volunteers to work at a community/grassroot level in capacity building and training in self-sustainability. Language: English Duration of the project: The program will run for a minimum of 1 month and a maximum of 6 months. The program is running throughout the year. Orientation: Orientation meeting will take place in Nairobi before proceeding to the project.
November 25 - December 11, 2009 December 16, 2009 - January 1, 2010
January 6 - January 22, 2010 January 27 - February 12, 2010
February 17 - March 5, 2010
The "Sirenito Macho" project was founded by the Mayo-Carmona family (a local family) in which has been implicated progressively local people and international volunteers to help to protect and preserve different marine species such as the marine turtle nesting in the coastal line of the state, specifically in the region close to Marquelia town. Thus, by collecting eggs from the females and by taking care of them during the whole process of incubation up to the birth of the baby turtles, volunteers and local people contribute to the preservation of these species. Through different activities throughout the year the "Sirenito Macho" project helps to prevent the turtle eggs being stolen, ensuring the turtles' reproduction in permanence in the zone. Through these activities the organization looks also for increasing the conscience within the local population and local and federal authorities about the importance of preserving these species as well as about ecological matters. It promotes as well a deep cultural exchange between the local people and international volunteers.
The volunteers will carry out different tasks to help preserve two different kinds of marine turtle (Lepidochelys Olivacea and Dermochelys Coracea) by collecting the eggs that the females lay down in the zone and putting them into a yard at the "Sirenito Macho" camping. They will take care of them up to the baby turtles' birth and help to lead them to the ocean and release them. They will also help to collect statistical data and will patrol the zone where the turtles nest by night. They will have, finally, the opportunity to help cleaning the beach.
The official language of the workcamp is English. Some Spanish would be appreciated. Age range: 18 and over
The international volunteer project is organized together with Mkwachunyi community. The members of the Mkwachunyi group are constructing water storage tank to harvest rain water for domestic use. Orientation will be conducted for the volunteers about the objectives and expectations of the program. The volunteers will be involved in construction of water tanks for the group members, which involves different activities such as concrete mixing, plastering, floor renovation and roofing. Sometimes the volunteers will also spend time with the children, talking and playing with them. Leisure activities: Excursion at Taita Hills, visit to local beaches in Mombasa. The visits are done during the weekends. Cultural exchange: There will be cultural presentations where all the volunteers will have an opportunity to present their countries and cultures. Volunteers will be free to choose presentation methods like story telling, singing, dancing, drama, speeches, etc. Qualifications: No particular expertise or skills required. Participants should have a positive attitude, be ready to adopt and enjoy simple living conditions, be flexible and patient, and be able to do physical work. However, specialized skills and expertise (such as masonry, architecture) will be used accordingly. Age range: 19 and over Location: Voi is located in the South of Kenya, approximately 6 hours drive from Nairobi. Transport to the project site will be by public means (road is dusty). The closest Hospital is 45 minutes drive, Markets, Post Office, Banks (ATMs), Internet and other social facilities are located in Voi, 45 minutes drive from the camp site. The terrain is hilly and the weather is hot during this time of the year.
Art volunteers are needed to assist the art teacher. The volunteer should be able to commit to one full day a week, from 8:30 to 2:45. The position will begin the day after Labor Day, September 8, 2009.
Responsibilities might include:
Organization of art materials
Keeping art materials clean and in workable condition
Cutting paper
Preparing children’s art work for display
Hanging children’s art work in the halls
Assisting students with difficult tasks
Assisting the classroom art teacher where needed
If you are interested in this volunteer position contact Barbara Myers at 773-427-7872 or barbart@sbcglobal.net.
For more information on Hibbard School visit our web site at www.hibbard.cps.k12.us.
We need to things to deliver on that mission...
1) Storage space for furniture or shared space with another nonprofit (would be tax deductible up to market value)
A. Family garage
B. Extra storage space not being used
C. Extra building you're holding onto until the economy is better :)
2) Commercial truck donation
**REMEMBER you will receive a tax deduction letter and can go on this years taxes if you donate before the end of 2009!
If you or someone you know may have access to either of these items please send us an e-mail.
Also, we'd love to have you volunteer with us. Just e-mail us below.
Los Participantes Deben:
Tener el asma persistente no controlado, identificarse como puertorriqueño y ser matriculado en una escuela primaria o secundaria.
Los Participantes Recibirán:
Familias de niños puertorriqueños recibirán una de dos intervenciones. La mitad de las familias recibirán información por correo sobre el asma y la otra mitad recibirán visitas en sus casas con promotoras de salud que van a educar las familias sobre el asma, reduciendo provocantes y mejorando el uso de medicamentos.
Todas las familias recibirán análisis de la piel para determinar alergias en los niños y evaluaciones de casa para identificar provocantes.
Las familias recibirán compensación por su tiempo a colectar información.
Nuestra Meta:
El Proyecto CURA aspira a ayudar niños a controlar mejor el asma.
El Proyecto CURA es una colaboración entre la Universidad de Rush, Centro Cultural Puertorriqueño Juan Antonio Corretjer, el Near Northwest Neighborhood Network (NNNN), La Comunidad de Bienestar de Humboldt Park y el Sinai Urban Health Institute.
Para más información, favor llamar al
Teléfono: 312-563-4735
Email: Joann_Lugardo@rush.edu
Participants Should:
Have persistent uncontrolled asthma, identify as Puerto Rican, and be enrolled in an elementary or high school.
Participants Will Receive:
Families will receive one of two interventions. Half of the families will receive mailed information on asthma and the other half will receive home visits from community health workers that will educate families on asthma, reducing asthma triggers, and improving medication use.
All families will receive allergen skin testing for the children and home assessments for asthma triggers.
Families will be reimbursed for their time when data are collected.
Our Goal:
The CURA Project wants to help Puerto Rican children get better control of their asthma.
The CURA Project involves partnerships between Rush University, Puerto Rican Cultural Center, Near Northwest Neighbor-hood Network (NNNN), Greater Humboldt Park Community of Wellness, and the Sinai Urban Health Institute.
For more information about participating, please contact the CURA staff at
Tel: 312-563-4735
Email: Joann_Lugardo@rush.edu
I am a local Chicago artist and I am seeking a donor to HELP WITH SHIPPING COSTS for a number of large art pieces that were collaborated on with a local Schindler's List Survivor. The art will be sent to a Holocaust museum in Jerusalem within walking distance from Oskar Schindler's tomb, but the art needs help getting there safely. Here is a chance to get your name on the small list of those who helped bring this very special survivors story to life (or you can remain anonymous) and brought to the surface for our generation and the coming generations. This is even more important with the latest advent at Auschwitz concerning it's sign being damaged and stolen. Generations to come are forgetting faster than history should allow, it is our duty to help, and this last step is all the is needed to tell this compelling story.
We are people from all walks of Life who gather in spirit each day of the week at 12 Noon for A Moment Of Silence.
At this time we put aside differences and conflicts and open our minds and hearts to The Spirit Of Peace.
Some of us pray, some meditate, and some do both. Others simply pause in silence for a moment or two. Each follows his or her own Inner Direction.
It is our hope that by taking this time together, wherever we each may be, we will help bring peace and unity to ourselves, our families, communities, and cities.
As a whole, we are not associated with any particular political or religious philosophy or way of life. We come from from many backgrounds with a common vision of peace and good will for all.
As more people participate in a daily, heartfelt moment of silence, surely The Spirit Of Peace will grow and increase among us. Perhaps, if our numbers become large enough, we may one day help bring peace to the World.
We invite you to join us at 12 noon and look forward to being with you in heart and spirit.
Together we an make a difference.
Blessings And Best Wishes To You
P.S. If you know of others who would like to participate, please give or send a copy of this letter to them.
If you are looking for intercultural exchange possibility in winter, this is your chance. The volunteers will be working in support of the primary school in the town of Taskesti in the north west of Turkey. The volunteers will be painting and white washing indoor walls, doors & windows of the primary school. The school has 20 classrooms, teachers’ room, director’s room, corridors, labs, and ceiling to be painted.Volunteers must be aware that the weather will be cold. The work is inside and the working and living areas will be heated. Accommodation: Volunteers will stay in a prefab dormitory in a separate building, walking distance from the school. Rooms have bunk beds. Sleeping bags are necessary as the weather will be cold outside. Extra blankets will be available. Food will be supplied in the school.
Orientation: There is an orientation meeting in Istanbul on January 28th. All volunteers have to attend in order to get to know the other volunteers, to get information about the project, about Turkey and its culture, and to travel to the camp site altogether. The project starts the day after, following an overnight bus trip (5 hours). Location: Taskesti is a small town of Bolu province in the north west of Turkey, at an altitude of 600 m above sea level. Thus, the environment will be snowy. The next city is Bolu and the next town is Mudurnu which is famous for its traditional houses. Project language: English
In addition participants are required to complete 3 additional lung health exams including physical exam, electrocardiogram (EKG), blood and urine tests, chest x-ray and a breathing test and bronchoscopy procedures lasting 3-4 hours each and 5 visits to provide routine blood and urine tests lasting 30 minutes each.
Compensation: This study pays $180 upon completion of initial testing and $220 upon completion of 3 follow up visits.
If interested please email the following information:
1. Name
2. Age
3. Current Smoker (Y/N)
4. # of Years Smoking
5. Valid Phone Number
6. Valid Email Address
We will be contacting you via telephone to schedule and confirm appointments, so please provide a VALID phone number. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.
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Bipolar depression is a disorder with few treatment options. Until recently, its treatment has typically been based on unvalidated practice guidelines. We propose that long-term combined therapy with a mood stabilizer and an antidepressant may be superior to a mood stabilizer alone in preventing recurrent symptoms.
Participants who complete the study will receive compensation.
At the end of the study, patients will have the option of receiving additional treatment for three months at no charge, during which time they will be assessed monthly. For subjects who decline the three months of free follow up care, a referral to a psychiatrist will be offered.
You may be eligible to participate in this study if you: Are 18 years of age or older and have no history of alcohol or drug dependence within the last 3 months. This is a partial list of eligibility requirements. To inquire about your eligibility, please call the contact number provided. If you wish to inquire via e-mail, please include the title of the study in your message.
Locations in Chicago and in Skokie.
Clinical Trial Investigator Name: John Zajecka, MD
• Feeling down, sad, blue, hopeless or low self-worth
• Crying spells
• Trouble sleeping or sleeping too much
• Unexplained low energy or fatigue
• Difficulty concentrating
• Loss of interest or pleasure in activities
• Changes in weight or in appetite
• Wondering if life is worth living
John Zajecka, MD is conducting clinical research in major depression and bipolar depression. Eligible participants will receive study-related medical and psychological evaluation, study procedures, visits and investigational medication at no cost. Full confidentiality. Participants must be age 18 or older. Locations in Chicago and Skokie.
For more information and a confidential telephone interview, please call The Treatment Research Center at Rush. (312) 980-6356
Organic gardening and forestry activities in the Solheimar Eco-village
April 1 - April 15, 2010 April 29 - May 13, 2010
Sólheimar Eco-Village, founded in 1930, is the first community in the world where the so-called able and disabled people live and work together. Inspired by the theories of Rudolf Steiner, Sólheimar has focused on cultivating both the individual and the environment and it is the first community in Scandinavia to practice organic farming.
Today, Sólheimar (the home of the sun) is a charming village of about 100 inhabitants, renowned for its international, artistic and ecological atmosphere, which prides itself on its varied cultural, social and sporting activities. The village is only a one-hour drive from Reykjavik. The volunteers will mostly work in the Ölur Forestry Centre (the only organic reforestation centre in Iceland) and in the Sunna Organic Cultivation Centre. During the project, other tasks may arise depending on the needs of the community. The work in Ölur, and in the village as well, will mostly consist in building paths and planting trees in Southern Iceland Farm Forest. In Sunna we will be planting vegetables, eradicating weeds and other gardening work. Project language: English Age range: 18 and over
To learn more about John Burros and his campaign for State Representative in Illinois’ 9th district, visit www.johnburros.com. To get involved, respond to this posting or follow the instructions on the website. No prior experience is required.
Illinois deserves a clean government and a clean environment, and we need your help to do it. Join us, and be the change you want to see in Illinois!
General area of responsibility:
Will teach essential aspects of medical office/physician office administration including the following courses:
Medical billing
Medical coding
Medical insurance
Medical terminology
Electronic medical records
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Health Sciences or a related field or Associate degree in Medical Office Administration\Certification in medical billing and coding.
Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
Working knowledge and utilization of word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software applications.
Motivating students to actively participate in all aspects of the educational process, including but no limited to class discussions and assignments.
Responding in a clear and well-expressed manner to the students’ questions.
Providing regular, accurate, and timely student-specific assistance, feedback, and support to students relative to their performance.
Keeping archives of student work and maintaining and reporting student participation, evaluations/grades as appropriate.
The lodging instructor will teach:
The fundamentals of hotel management.
The development of the lodging industry in the United States.
Different functions within hotels and other hospitality establishments.
Food and beverage operations.
Use of computer/information technology in various work stations in hotel and hospitality industry.
Management concepts and decision-making process, by focusing on industry opportunities and future trends.
The online survey takes approximately 60 minutes of time to complete.
If you have any questions about the study or your participation in the study, you may contact the researcher by email at grobello@sfsu.edu or you may contact the researcher's advisor, Professor Howell at rhowell@sfsu.edu.
Those eligible to participate are:
-Young women between 16 and 22 years old who have or have had an eating disorder AND
-At least one immediate family member
-Interviews will be conducted separately and will last approximately one hour
-Participation is voluntary and all identifying information will be kept confidential
**ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ENTERED INTO A DRAWING TO WIN A $50 TARGET GIFT CARD!**
We are looking for general office help for a few hours each Saturday. Duties include general upkeep (clean bathroom, vacuum floors) and some light filing and clerical work.
In exchange we can offer natural medical care - chiropractic services and massages. The basic exchange works out to about $35/hour, but would be paid in services, not cash.
For the right person, this can quickly become a paid position, with additional hours.
TET Festival is Vietnamese traditional New Year Holiday (following Lunar Calendar) which usually falls into mid January – mid February. This is the time for family reunion and visits to friends and relatives. Like the Christmas and New Year in western countries, people here prepare a lot for this holiday, from renovating their houses, making cakes and a lot of food and drinks. However, in the orphanages, children do not have enough to prepare for their holiday. Most of them stay in the orphanage or centers over the Tet, only some of them go back to their home villages. Thus, there is need to prepare something for those children, so they still have good time and enjoy such big holidays. In Ho Chi Minh City area, an international workcamp will be set up to prepare Tet holidays in Ky Quang Orphanage and Chua La Orphanage. Volunteers will help renovating the houses, cleaning the site and making Chung Cake (traditional cake for children in Tet). Study part: Disadvantaged children in Vietnam Special requirements: Interest and motivation working with children in difficult situation Leisure activities: Vietnamese Day, International Day, self-organized city tour and excursions, etc. Project language: English Location: Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City Age range: 18 and over
How can you help? We are looking for people interested in volunteering for events, committees, and our day-today operations. We are seeking volunteers who wish to be an active committee member and help to officially launch CFRC and thereafter. This will provide a unique hands-on opportunity to help build a non-profit from the ground up.
Committees include:
- Community Outreach and Advocacy Team (COAT)
- Volunteer Outreach and Coordination
- Fundraising and Event Planning
- Technology and New Media
- Finance
If you want to give back this New Year, we’re holding informational meetings to learn more about each committee on:
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 at two locations.
Chicago North: Panera 600 W. Diversey Pkwy. Chicago, IL 60641
Chicago Downtown: Au Bon Pain 122 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago 60603
Please RSVP your attendance at volunteer@mycfrc.org
There will be additional dates in January if you are unable to attend on January 6.
If you have any questions or would like to learn more about volunteer opportunities, please email volunteer@mycfrc.org.
Volunteers play an important role in CFRC’s work to provide furniture to individuals and families in need. We welcome all volunteers.
Guaymas city has been suffering in the last years unusual weather phenomena. This year the hurricane Jimena has lashed the city of Guaymas leaving an important level of rain. 2009 is the year when it rained the most (in the last 50 years) and this caused an important damage to the population of Guaymas and to the city. The hurricane affected people of all backgrounds, leaving a lot of people in the middle of nowhere since they lost everything they had. Everything was affected, public buildings, leisure areas, houses, schools, there was no place that was not affected. This international volunteer project is organized in order to help in the reconstruction of the city of Guaymas with the support of motivated volunteers. There are many things to be done since there were several areas seriously affected. We need help to clean beaches, to rebuild sportive spaces, to clean up parks and community spaces, to fix roads, to help in rural communities by giving health workshops. After the hurricane, the children affected don’t have a place to continue their studies, they lost everything they had for their education: material, furniture, the roof collapsed and the walls were damaged because of the water and humidity. For that reason, at this first stage, the goal of the project is renovating and reconstructing two schools damaged by the Jimena Hurricane, so the children affected can return to their educative activities as soon as possible and in a clean and healthy environment, appropriate for their development and with the support of the international volunteers. This project will benefit 25 families for the first school and 180 families for the second school. Volunteers will help with the reconstruction of the two schools affected. They will help with reconstruction activities such as painting walls, reforestation, and cleaning the schools. They will contribute to renovate these structures through scratching and painting walls, and will also do some artistic work such as painting murals on the walls of the schools with the help of local volunteers with landscapes and thematic appropriate for the children. The volunteers will also help planting trees and reforesting the affected area, making and putting signals and signs. Age range: 18 and over
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children (ages 3-17) at the Chicago YWCA
Toys will be collected now through December 22th at the following locations:
La Bella Unisex Salon
6969 N Clark St
Chicago, IL 60626
(773) 761-7280
Walgreens
Store Manager Martino
635 Chicago Ave.
Evanston IL 60202
(847) 864-8120
Milwaukee & Elston McDonalds
6125 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago IL 60646
Phone: 773-631-7817
Fax: 773.631.6878
Manager: Aaron Gutierrez
Places people can stop by and drop donations until the 22nd, Happy Holidays!!!
The project is organised together with Magongo Santana friends of environment youth group. The group is involved in promoting environmental issues. They make a living by collecting garbage from different households. They sensitize the community on issues such as waste management and HIV/AIDS. The group needs support in terms of organizational development and technical expertise. Orientation will be conducted for the volunteers to understand the objectives and expectations of the program. Volunteers will be involved in environmental conservation, which involves several activities such as garbage collection, clean up,tree planting. The volunteers will also take part in fundraising, HIV/AIDS and sanitation outreach programs for the local community.. Age range: 19 and over Location: Mombasa is located in the Southern part of Kenya, approximately 8 hours drive from Nairobi. Public transport is available. The closest hospital is 5 minutes drive; markets, post office, banks (ATMs), Internet and other social facilities are located in Mombasa, 20 minutes drive from the camp site.
The major goal of this study is to improve understanding of the underlying causes and mechanisms of schizophrenia, especially during its earliest phases.
Volunteers of many kinds are needed to help researchers achieve these goals. If you have schizophrenia, you can participate in research studies at Northwestern University.
Participation will involve a no-cost MRI (Magnetic Resonance) scan, plus 8-10 hours for interviews and cognitive testing. Every participant in the study will receive compensation for his/her time.
Parents of Individuals with Schizophrenia: A Research Study
Principal Investigator: Matthew J. Smith, Ph.D., MSW, MPE
The major goal of this study is to improve our understanding of the physical health of mothers who have a child between 9 and 40 years of age who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Your sons or daughters between the ages of 9 and 40 years old with a diagnosis of schizophrenia or your other children who do not have schizophrenia may also qualify for one of our studies.
Participation will take 30-45 minutes and you will be compensated for your time.
We plan to address the needs of visually-impaired people in Madagascar at three levels.
1 – Identify cases of cataract in rural and urban communities and make direct referrals to partner hospitals. We will recruit and train “key informants,” community members who volunteer to work as eye health screeners in their local areas. Teams of informants will be supported by medical assistants and nurses in assembling field eye screening camps, providing minor eye care services and referring patients with curable blindness to local eye surgeons.
2 – Early intervention and preparation for children 0-5 years of age. We will offer twice weekly visits to homes of visually-impaired children, and provide specialized training to develop the child’s remaining senses, teach living skills and prepare them for formal education. Once our organization has developed sufficient funding and structure, we plan to found a preparatory school for blind children in Antananarivo, with a focus on training for matriculation into sighted secondary school.
3 – Training adolescents, teens, and adults in life skills. We will approach the visually-impaired in their communities and teach them white cane techniques, daily living skills such as cooking, house work, and shopping independently, and self-sustaining small-scale agriculture. We will also provide counseling services to those who are discouraged with their impairment.
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Who We Are:
Alexei Ku is a researcher at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He has a passion for the people of Madagascar and has worked in field hospitals and schools in the Antsirabe region.
Martin Niry lives in Madagascar and has worked in the field of education for the visually-impaired for the past twelve years. His expertise includes community based rehabilitation services, childhood education, finance, and accounting. He clearly sees a need for change and wants to make a difference in his country through MERCI.
Holiniaina Rokotoarisoa is partially-sighted and lives in Madagascar. As a child, she was judged as incapable of studying alongside sighted students, and was thus excluded from mainstream education. She was later accepted to a private school to continue her education, where she continued to struggle to find the resources to study effectively as a visually-impaired student. Having succeeded in educating herself, Holiniaina is driven to improve the situation for children with visual impairment in her country.
Karin Broske is blind and lives in Norway. Facing the realities of living as a visually-impaired person in society has inspired her to help others through her knowledge of adaptive computer technology and life skills education.
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We are currently in the embryonic stages of development, and plan to submit for incorporation as a non-profit organization in January. Our formal proposal & budget has been presented at the International Institute of Social Entrepreneurs (IISE), under the auspices of Braille Without Borders.
At this stage, we are recruiting volunteers with legal, accounting, fund-raising, grant-writing, and other non-profit experience (or those who are excited about and dedicated to our concept and aims) to form our Board of Directors.
We welcome your input and would love to get to know you and see how we can work together to launch this group.
We foresee a great future for our organization and a great impact of our programs on the lives of those in Madagascar who cannot see their breathtaking homeland.
November 25 - December 11, 2009 December 16, 2009 - January 1, 2010 January 6 - January 22, 2010 January 27 - February 12, 2010
The program for protecting the Marine Turtles is run since 1996 together with the Michoacan University and the local people of Colola Beach. This year again the international volunteers will work with the people of Colola village to protect the sea turtles. There are two kinds of turtles that arrive on the beach, the Negra (Black Turtle) and the Golfina (Olive Riddle Turtle). The people involved in the project help by collecting eggs, burying them in the turtle camp, taking care of the baby turtles and doing some work collecting statistical information. In this frame, a group of international volunteers will be involved in the project as members of the staff, which means that the volunteers will be very involved in the project and the work. The goal of this project is to protect the turtles and to help run the conservation activities of the turtle protection program, promoting international cooperation and solidarity. The main work consists in collecting turtle eggs, burying them again in a secure place, and transporting the baby turtles safely to the sea. This will be carried out at night since the turtles do not get out of the ocean during the day (because of their natural predators, it is safer for the turtles go out of the ocean in the dark). Together with the people from Colola Village, the volunteers will seek for the turtles and take care of the eggs and the baby turtles. Local people, who are very friendly, work with the group and explain them what to do. Very motivated volunteers who really want to get involved in the work for protection of the turtles are needed for this project. There are also some extra activities to be done with the local people in order to help improve the town such as setting names to the streets of the town or helping to arrange a multi-use playground for the children, and maybe some cleaning work, but this depends on the volunteers' initiative. The people of the town are very open to participate in other activities that the group of volunteers can propose, so any ideas will be welcome. Language: The official language of the project is English. Some Spanish would be appreciated. Location: Colola is a small town located on the Michoacan State coast, between Maruata and La Placita towns. It's a remote place that offers an excellent opportunity to be close to nature, on a virgin beach, with no tourism around. The closest city is Tecoman at 200 kilometers, but other villages such as La Placita that are closer (45 minutes by bus) can offer Internet connection.
Happiness for the poor in the Lunar New Year's days
January 18 - January 29, 2010
Volunteer project: Tet (Feast of the First Morning) is the Lunar New Year of Vietnamese people. It is the most important traditional celebration each year in Vietnam. Vietnamese usually spend one or two weeks to visit their families, friends, and relatives, and beautiful places. They also go to pagodas and temples to pray for happiness, luck, success, good health, etc. with holy meanings for the New Year. They also make and enjoy very delicious food and cakes, especially “Chung” cake which is square sticky rice cake that all Vietnamese make only for Tet. However, there are still poor people and street children who do not have money for buying or making “Chung” cake. The international volunteers will join a group of local people and volunteers to make "Chung" cake for the poor people and then give them out as happy gifts for the Lunar New Year. "Chung" cakes need to be cooked for 12 hours. The volunteers are expected to help about 300 people on this special occasion. They will also take part in preparing and decorating houses of the poor people. The volunteers will organize special parties and give gifts to street children and children with HIV/AIDS to wish them a Happy New Year. Age range: 18 and over
More information about the CADIP's Volunteer Program in Vietnam: cadip.org/volunteer-in-vietnam.htm, t: 617-502-0400 (US); 604-628-7400 (US)
March 2 - March 14, 2010 March 15 - March 29, 2010 April 19 - May 2, 2010 May 31 - June 13, 2010
In Reykjavik you can easily feel the pure energy at the heart of Iceland‘s capital city - whether it springs from the underground boiling thermal energy or radiates from the green scenery surrounding the city. Think of the qualities of a great city - fun, space, clean air, nature, culture - and Reykjavik has them in spades. Reykjavik offers both the features of a modern and innovative society and the marvelous traits of a pristine and unique landscape.
The population of the Reykjavik Area is about 200,000. Reykjavik is spread across a peninsula offering a panoramic view of the mountains and the Atlantic Ocean from nearly every part of the city. The world’s northernmost capital is framed by the majestic Mt. Esja, which keeps a watchful eye on the city, and the blue waters of Faxafloi Bay. On a sunny day, the mystical Snaefellsjokull glacier towers over the western horizon, while mountainous moonscapes spread to the southeast.
The volunteer work during this project will mostly consist in embellishing the downtown area and helping the local authorities improve the city’s look and atmosphere. Tasks will include cleaning tags and painting old houses. We will be mostly working outdoors giving a hand to the environmental department in taking care of the parks and green areas in the heart of Reykjavík. In addition to that, we might also clean the coastline in the city area. Project language: English Age range: 18 and over
• Create, plan and implement a fun and effective strategy to increase computer donations and recruit volunteers for its area operations.
• Generate press coverage that will encourage local companies to donate.
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