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March 27, 2010: Calling all volunteers - join us in the first annual BonaResponds International Service Day! This event is open to all - join a group (see some of the planned work sites below), plan your own (see form to the right), or volunteer anywhere!
Join Us!
Wherever you are - you can "join us" in a service day. BonaResponds, Villa Volunteers, Hands On Disaster Response, St. Bonaventure Alumni, Randy's Rangers, students, parents, faculty, staff, community members and others (everyone! :-) - we'd love to have you. Stay tuned for more information and if you'd like to organize an activity, please let us know (see box to right).
Alumni Letter
Volunteer Waiver Form
Work Release Form
International Service Day Brochure
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| Pictures, Videos, and Reflections |
New - as part of this event, we will be pulling together reflections from all around the world in a Voice Quilt. During or after your work day, there will be a number to call in. You will be able to share an update or reflection from your location that will be "sewn together" with all of the other sites to create a quilt.
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| Ideas for Volunteer Projects |
We are looking to have groups participating around the world. Check out the map above. Is your city not listed? Start your own group - big, small, or in between - just fill out the form on the right to put your pin on the map!
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No alumni chapter near you? Not sure where you can volunteer?
You can plan your own activity or look for an opportunity in your area.
Check this out:
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- Help in a soup kitchen
- Paint fire hydrants in your hometown (Be sure to get permission first!!)
- Join in on an ongoing community project
- Maintain a local park or hiking trails
- Make repairs or complete clean-up projects at a neighborhood school
- Contact your department of aging to find someone who could use a hand around the house or yard
- Walk dogs at an SPCA
The possibilities are endless - let us know what you choose!
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We are going to try to get various countries and cities involved. Have a group in Western China, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Belize, we will have Haiti), plus about 20-25 US cities so far.
Imagine tracking Santa. In a way that is the mental image I sometimes have of this. We will be tracking good deeds around the world. As Indonesia quits work, Ethiopia will pick up, as Ethiopia quits, another country will come online. For one day at least it will show how everyone is connected and that we all can contribute no matter where we are, or no matter who we are.
It need not be big nor hard. The work people can do can be as small as helping a neighbor shop or walking dogs at the Humane Society. At the other end of the spectrum, we expect over 100 at a couple of sites (Buffalo and Charlotte).
After the work is done, we are asking people to share their day (via toll free phone, email, pictures, videos, etc...this will serve sort of as a "reflection" which , with the video will make, will bring it all together to show that together much good work can get done.
It is important to know that volunteers need not have any tie to SBU or the US or anything else ...While in Atlanta several Methodist churches picked up the idea and will be participating. In China, a University with almost no ties to SBU will be working. ..all we ask is that they go and do good work.
I think it is going to be VERY VERY cool...and will only grow in time.
But for now I am asking you to get involved:
- Share this (or any variation of it) with people you know, especially internationally.
- Save the date!
- Sign up!
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Each volunteer location will have a group leader. When you sign up, your information will be given to this person in order to share additional details about your site. To reach the group leader with any questions, just click on the map pin for your site to find the group leader's contact information.
Be safe, work hard, and have fun!
Volunteers assume all risk.
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