Service Updates!

COMMUNITY LINKS: search local agencies for volunteer opportunities

· CNU APPROVED VOLUNTEER SITES click here
· VOLUNTEER CENTER OF THE VA PENINSULA click here

PLP SERVICE: upcoming trips, outings and events

· BINGO at the Newport Nursing Home
Description:
PLP Student volunteers will play BINGO with elderly residents. Duties include game callers and game helpers. Volunteers are asked to bring a small (non-edible) item to give away as a prize.
Details:
Sunday, November 16
Depart Campus: 1:20 PM (must arrive on site by 1:30 PM)
Return to Campus: 3:20 PM
Transportation: carpool
Service Hours: 2 hours (off campus/local)
Dress: casual (CNU GEAR If you have it)
Contact:
To sign up, please e-mail Chris Fox – christopher.fox@cnu.edu
Space is limited to 14
A confirmation with additional details will be sent to your e-mail address

CAMPUS SERVICE: volunteer opportunities

No events scheduled at this time

LOCAL/OFF CAMPUS SERVICE: volunteer opportunities

· Nelson Elementary Holiday Craft Fair and Children’s Workshop – NEW
Description:
R.O. Nelson Elementary School is looking for volunteers to help them with their 10th annual Holiday Craft Fair and Children’s Workshop. Children can choose from over 30 different gifts to handcraft for family and friends for the holidays. Volunteers would primarily help the children make their crafts.
DEADLINE TO SIGN UP IS NOVEMBER 14
Details:
Saturday, Dec 6
9:30 a.m. (volunteers arrive) to 2:00 p.m.
R.O. Nelson Elementary
Volunteers are provided with tickets for food and drink
Dress: CNU Attire
Contact:
Wendy Stuck
stucknva@earthlink.net
757-886-1402

· YMCA Family Volunteer Day – NEW
Description:
The Victory Family YMCA needs volunteers to decorate and fill boxes with food that will be donated. Help also needed to collect donated food items. It is a family fun event for the entire community.
Details:
Saturday, Nov 22
9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Victory Family YMCA – 101 Long Green Blvd. Yorktown, VA 23693
Contact:
Donna Blake
dblake@peninsulaymca.org
757-867-3300

IN THE NEWS: news, updates and announcements from your PLP, campus and local community

· Relay for Life – SAVE THE DATE!!
The CNU Colleges Against Cancer would like you to SAVE THE DATE: Christopher Newport University’s 4th Annual Relay for Life on April 4, 2009 from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.

Note: please remember this event when scheduling your organization’s events. We hope Relay for Life can bring all organizations together and we would love your participation and support!

· CNU Habitat for Humanity Chapter
We are looking for students interested in starting a campus chapter for Habitat for Humanity here at CNU. This would allow us to work alongside the local Peninsula HFH and give us priority registration for next year’s spring break trip. Having a campus chapter would allow us to take more students on the spring break trip. Those interested should contact Chris Fox – christopher.fox@cnu.edu.