Click here for the UPDATED Service Learning Booklet to find an agency to get involved with!
Remember it is being updated at all times. For additional information, please call Marilyn Lott at (507) 389-5746. marilyn.lott@mnsu.edu
Please go to http://www.co.blue-earth.mn.us/svrc/VolunteerandInternshipOpportunities.php for a list of all the volunteer training opportunities!!
Volunteer Solutions Link http://volunteer.united-e-way.org/gmauw/volunteer/.
Here is some wonderful volunteer/service learning opportunities for students, through a new program titled Girls on the Run!
Girls on the Run is a self esteem enhancing, character building program for young girls in 3rd-8th grade that uses the power of running and movement as a means to teach girls life skills. The 12 week (24 lesson) program has a mission to educate and prepare girls for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living!! We are currently gearing up for our second season of the program and are looking for positive and outgoing women to volunteer as mentor coaches in the program! No running experience required…only a passion for working with youth! The fall season begins on September 21st and ends with a 5k walk/event the week of December 18th.
Here is some program info and the descriptions for Assistant and Head Coaches. The time commitment is 1- 3 hours a week for the 12 week season!
Assistant Head Coach Job Description
Please feel free to print these off and share with students that may be interested or forward this email on! It truly is a PHENONEMAL program that benefits not ONLY the girls involved, but also provides a very meaningful experience for the coaches as well! Those that have been involved continue to coach season after season of this fun and uplifting program!
United Way also did an e-story on the program! Check it out! www.mankatounitedway.org/e-stories.php Please contact me directly with any questions you may have!!
Sheri Sander
Youth Development Director
YWCA of Mankato
209 S. Second St. Suite #314 Mankato, MN 56001
507-345-4629 x 32
sheri@ywcamankato.org
This is an after-school program that uses the power of running to help prepare girls for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living.
This is a 10-12 week program for girls in grades 3 - 5, which meets twice a week, between September 21st and Dec. 18th.
The total program fee is $125.00 (only $6.25 per session). Please note that sliding fee assistance applications are available upon request.
This fee includes a snack for each session, program materials, participant entry in the end-of-season 5K walk/run (3.1-mile) event,
and program t-shirt.
Locations for sessions include Hoover Elementary, Franklin Elementary, Washington Elementary, Roosevelt Elementary, First Congregational UCC, and Centenary Church. All programs meet between 2:45 p.m. and 4:30/5:00 p.m.
For more information, choose one of the following:
Call Sheri Sander at the YWCA of Mankato at (507) 345-4629; Ext. 32; or
Stop by the YWCA of Mankato office at 209 S. 2nd Street; Suite #314; Mankato; or
Register online at www.mankatoywca.org
With several resident and troop camp properties across Minnesota and
Wisconsin, girls can discover nature and wildlife, connect with others at camp, and take action as they build new skills and talents at camp.
River Valleys offers more than 100 different camp program sessions ranging from wilderness trips, canoeing, and horses to international cooking, arts, and sports. Any girl can come to camp - no Girl Scout experience is required. Financial assistance is available. Check out camp and register online today at www.girlscoutsrv.org.
Heather Ballman
Membership Specialist
Mankato Satellite Office
209 S. Second St #314
Mankato, MN 56001
Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys
400 Robert Street South
St. Paul, MN 55107
651-251-1245, 800-845-0787, 651-227-7533
www.girlscoutsrv.org
The annual Rake The Town event will be held on Saturday, October 31. For more information, contact the CEO office or contact VINE directly. Participants can sign up directly on the VINE web-site soon!
This is an after-school program that uses the power of running to help prepare girls for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living.
This is a 10-12 week program for girls in grades 6 - 8, which meets twice a week, between September 21st and Dec. 14th.
The total program fee is $125.00 (only $6.25 per session). Please note that sliding fee assistance applications are available upon request.
This fee includes a snack for each session, program materials, participant entry in the end-of-season 5K walk/run (3.1-mile) event,
and program t-shirt.
Locations for sessions include Franklin Elementary, Hilltop United Methodist Church (near East Junior High) and Crossview Covenant Church (near Dakota Meadows). The Franklin Elementary School program meets on Mondays and Wednesdays in the upper gym between 6:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The Hilltop United Methodist Church program meets on Tuesdays & Thursdays between 3:00 p.m. and 4:30/5:00 p.m.; while the Crossview Covenant Church program meets on Mondays & Wednesdays between 3:00 p.m. and 4:30/5:00 p.m.
For more information, choose one of the following:
Call Sheri Sander at the YWCA of Mankato at (507) 345-4629; Ext. 32; or
Stop by the YWCA of Mankato office at 209 S. 2nd Street; Suite #314; Mankato; or
Register online at www.mankatoywca.org
City Center “songs on the Lawn” Every Thursday from 5-8
Dates 9/10, 17, 24 & 10/1
Needed: People to stand/sit at the event perimeter
(Also need strong guys to help install fence at 25 p.m.)
The Mankato Community Education/Recreation-Youth Enrichment Program is sponsoring a Halloween Party on Saturday, October 31, 2009 at East High School. They are in need of 10-12 volunteers to assist with games, crafts, food booths, etc. The event is from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. All volunteers must have documentation of a background check. We can assist with the background check here at MSU! For more information, or to volunteer, you can call Melanie Schmidt directly at 387-5501 at work, or on her cell phone at 317-5386. You can also reach Melanie via email at mschmi3@isd77.k12.mn.us.
SMILES (Southern Minnesota Independent Living Enterprises & Services) Open House is from 4:30 – 6:00 PM on Wednesday October 28th at the Mankato SMILES office located at 709 South Front Street; Mankato. Everyone is welcome!
A Community Halloween Party is being held at the Beans Plus Child-Care Center at 2101 Rolling Green Lane in Upper North Mankato as a fund-raising event for the ECHO Food Shelf. The party is on Saturday, October 31 from 2 :00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Volunteers are needed to serve as greeters, direct participants through the event, accepting the participants’ donations for the ECHO Food Shelf, handing out Halloween bags, serve as game station attendants (there will be 10 different games and 3 volunteers are needed per game), etc. For more information, contact Irene Leiferman via email at beansplusevents@msn.com.
Brief directions to the event: On Highway 13, continue past the UPS Building going North for about π mile. Beans Plus Child-Care Center is one of the last buildings on the right-hand side of the street next to Masterpiece Studios.
VIC volunteers and interns offer services in a wide variety of opportunities. Our goal is to match volunteers with positions that offer win/win options. We offer positions that will give volunteers and interns an opportunity to gain meaningful experience in Corrections. In return, Community Corrections and our clients receive your input and expertise on many different topics. We have positions available in adult and juvenile facilities, as well as in probation.
A list of majors and correlating opportunities for volunteering are listed below. However, we encourage you as a potential volunteer to call and tell us about specific gifts, talents, knowledge, skills and abilities so that we can help tailor volunteer positions to utilize those strengths and the time availability that you have!
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