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highlighted service opportunities November 5, 2009

Hot Chocolate Outreach

Wednesday & Thursday nights, 6:30pm

It’s that time of year again! Join Warner students and staff and serve hot cocoa to the homeless in downtown Portland. Meet at the Coffee Shop between 6:15 and 6:30pm. The group returns around 8:30pm. Contact Kristi Pratt (kpratt@warnerpacific.edu) or Sarah Wood (swood@ warnerpacific.edu) for more info or questions.

1st Tee of Portland & Portland Youth Golf Association

1st Tee is open to all kids from 8 through 22, but targets economically disadvantaged youth who would otherwise never find themselves on a golf course.  The mission of The 1st Tee is more than just teaching golf; it is to impact the lives of young people by providing educational and mentoring programs that incorporate life skills, character development, family values, and personal growth through the game of golf. 

Volunteer roles outside of golf coaching are available.  WPC students have an immediate opportunity to volunteer with this organization in the following areas:  Administrative (newsletter editing, project research, marketing, and more); Assistant Coaches (this position assists coaches and you do not have to be a golfer); Coaches (not only coaches golf but some coaches do only life skills); and Events Management (administration, registration, set-up and breakdown, etc). 

Please contact Coach Robertson for more information: jrobertson@warnerpacific.edu

North Clackamas Lunch Buddy Program

Lunch Buddies can help a child feel more confident and comfortable around others.  Most Lunch Buddies are in need of someone to be their friend, listen to them and watch them play.  The Lunch Buddy Program focuses on helping children who: have low self-esteem, struggle with friendships, lack social skills, have trouble in school, and come from a distressed family.

The North Clackamas School District Lunch Buddy Program is looking for people to volunteer to spend one hour a week having lunch and interacting with students in their schools.  This can include sharing lunch, playing indoor games or recess, helping with schoolwork, sharing interests, or bringing activities to share from home.

Interested?  Contact: Kay Loeffl, 503.353.5663, lunchbuddyncsd@yahoo.com

You can also pick up a brochure at Heather’s office in Schlatter.

Adoption Mosaic

Adoption Mosaic is a non-profit organization providing educational resources and ongoing support to all those whose lives are influenced by adoption. Our mission is to connect, honor and serve the adoption community through innovative education, practices and support services. We serve all members of the adoption constellation. This includes adoptees, adoptive parents, birth parents, extended family and friends, adoption professionals, and other members of our community. Adoption Mosaic is not an adoption agency, nor are we associated with any agency. We are dedicated to finding creative and new ways to support the adoption community and to raise awareness about adoption issues. 

There will soon be opportunities to volunteer with Adoption Mosaic, whose office is a stone’s throw away from the WPC campus. If you’re interested in getting involved with this organization, please let Heather know at hmclendon@warnerpacific.edu. 

Café au Play

The mission of Café au Play is to create a nonprofit coffeehouse designed to meet the needs of diverse families for a comfortable, accessible space that encourages social interaction, genuine and sustainable support, creative stimulation, and community inclusion.

Warner Pacific is in the process of developing a relationship with Café au Play, down Division St. (across the road from Franklin High).  The café plans to open in 2010, and one of the ways they are raising the money to open their doors is a Christmas Tree Sale.  Warner students have the opportunity to help set up for the event.

The work party for set up at the site will be on Saturday, November 14, from 10am-4pm.

Tasks will include painting signs, hanging Christmas lights, building wooden tree supports, placing fliers in the neighborhood, and cleaning the inside and outside of our site. This is a great opportunity for a group who doesn’t mind getting their hands a little dirty!

There are more opportunities to volunteer at the Tree Sale:

Sat/Sun 10am-7pm: November 28-29, December 5-6

If you’re interested, please contact Heather at hmclendon@warnerpacific.edu

Breakfast at O’Bryant Park
Every Sunday, 7am
On Sunday mornings, you can join a team of volunteers to serve breakfast to the homeless.  The location is O’Bryant Square in downtown Portland, just off the Morrison Bridge.  The group meets around 7am and sets up to serve a warm breakfast to those living on the street. For more information contact Eric Michaelson at emichaelson@warnerpacific.edu

As always, if you have questions or ideas, shoot me an email or stop by my office in Schlatter.  And let me know of other service opportunities you know of or involved with.

“If you don’t like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.”

Marian Wright Edelman