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Do you have an exceptional volunteer who deserves recognition, but don't have the
resources or venue in place for hosting a special celebration?
For the past three years, The Volunteer Center of LF/LB has provided
this venue— hosting "Women of Service & Style"—a
beautiful awards luncheon for women in the community who made
volunteering a part of their everyday lifestyle. Now, as Lake County
Cares, the event will be known as the "The I Care
Awards"-- an elegant dinner honoring men, women and youth on
April 24, 2010 at the Exmoor Club in Highland Park, Illinois. The
same intimate format will allow agencies and individuals to
recognize the extraordinary volunteers who have impacted their work
and lives in a very personal, and uplifting setting. Now accepting
nominations for the I Care Awards. Nominations must be submitted or
postmarked no later than February 5, 2010.
Download
i Care Awards Nomination Form (PDF Format)
History
For the past three years, the Volunteer Center of Lake Forest and
Lake Bluff has hosted "Women of Service & Style" a
volunteer recognition luncheon honoring women in the community who
have made volunteering a part of their everyday lifestyle. Over the
years, 35 extraordinary women have been honored.
Past Honorees Include:
2009
Mary Andersen, Dr. Seema Bhatia, Anne Carlins, Sharon Golan, Ellen
Humphrey, Mary Beth Jones, Megan Jordan, Mary Gorter Krey, Judy
Krueger, Jean Morse, Mona Strenger, Barbara Weller, Dawn Weston
2008
Winifred Duncan, Virginia Fiester Frederick, Debbie Gallagher,
Deborah Tyler Haddad, Mary Jane Hender, Eleanor Knight, Janet
Nelson, Louise Ries, Jackie Smith, Debbie Stepan, Ethel Tincher, Pat
Waldeck
2007
Peg Ciccarelli, Susan Coburn, Debbie DeJean, Lena Hall, Margaret
Hart, Lauren Jacobs, Patricia Lynch, Barbara Monsor, Debbie Saran,
Jan Shields
The
Volunteer
Center
is delighted to announce our 2009-2010 Little
Hands, Big Hearts program
full of volunteering opportunities for children ages K-8.
All
events are held on Saturday mornings from 10 to 11 am.
Children K-3 must be accompanied by an adult; children in
grades 4-8 may be dropped off and picked up. See below for our
schedule of programs at Westmoreland and Lake Forest Open Lands.
Westmoreland
Nursing Home
660 N. Westmoreland Road,
Lake Forest
Regarded
as a "highlight of the month", the residents of
Westmoreland Nursing Home have welcomed our young volunteers for the
past five years. Whether it's receiving a sweet smile, sharing
an interesting conversation, or playing a game of Connect 4, our
"grandfriends" always look forward to seeing the kids from
LHBH.
All
events are from 10:00 to 11:00am in the Activities Room on the first
floor of Westmoreland Nursing Home. Children must be
accompanied by an adult. All supplies and a light snack will
be provided.
Saturday,
January 23, 2010
Craft
Day! Bring your creative side to help make decorations to
brighten our grandfriends' doors and rooms.
Saturday,
February 20, 2010
Summer
in the winter? Let's warm up the days of winter with beach
themed activities and music.
Saturday,
March 20, 2010
Color
Easter eggs with the residents! Each child may take home one
or two special eggs and the rest will be used to make large
arrangements for the dining tables at Westmoreland.
Saturday,
April 17, 2010
The
second annual bean bag toss tournament! Join us for this and more
fun and active games with our grandfriends.
Saturday,
May 15, 2010
Armed
Forces Day! Celebrate the red, white and blue with many
patriotic activities including making American flags.
Saturday,
June 5, 2010
Welcome
summer with an ice cream social and wheel our grandfriends outside
to enjoy the sunshine.
Lake
Forest Open Lands
Volunteers
will spend the first 5 minutes receiving a short introduction about
the type of work they'll be doing that day and why it is
important. The day will end with a 5 minute recap of what they
accomplished. A short story may sometimes be included.
Volunteers may occasionally receive a "gift" or
"project" to take home with them such as a bluebird house
kit. Workdays could be moved indoors if raining. Some
type of craft and story could be provided in place of outdoor
work. Ideal number of volunteers per program: 12 children ages
K-5 with a parent. Min 5/Max 20
All programs are 10:00am
to 11:00am and are subject to change. Contact Michael Hahn,
Restoration Ecologist, with any questions at mhahn@lfola.org
or (847)707-9878. Directions and maps can be found at www.lfola.org.
Advance registration required. Please sign up for
Open Lands programs by the Thursday prior to an event.
Little Hands Big Hearts programs will resume in spring 2010.
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Professional
Development Workshops and Volunteer Management
Training Series
Mark
Tuesdays for Training!
Our trainer,
Allyson Zedler Zak has developed a series of five new
professional development workshops focused on topics that are
relevant to non-profits today. Allyson will also be teaching four of
the POLF/HON volunteer management training workshops that are part
of six required for a certificate of completion. Below is the
calendar of 2010 workshops and training.
All will be held on Tuesday mornings, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon,
at the LakeCountyCares office,
400 E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest, IL.
**Volunteer Management Training Series Workshops
Work toward receiving a Certificate of Completion in Volunteer
Management. See the workshops asterisked below.
NEW!January 26
How to Identify and Recruit Board and Committee Members
— Raise your organization’s level of board governance. Learn
how to identify board members who think strategically and act
regularly on behalf of your agency. Learn how to craft a job
description, and develop a process to bring people onto your board
so they will be productive quickly.
NEW!March 16
Tips to Help You Work Smarter, Not Harder — Get ideas
from other volunteer managers on topics like recruitment, data
management, recognition, supervision, evaluation, time and stress
management, and share some of your own best practices.
NEW!May 11
How to Incorporate Professional Volunteers Into Your
Organization — With more corporations encouraging their
employees to volunteer, learn how to identify the right job,
attract the right person and get more accomplished.
**June 8
Recruiting and Placing Volunteers--Learn the steps to
effectively recruit and place volunteers, develop and apply the
steps, plan how to improve volunteer recruitment and placement.
**August 31
Training and Orienting Volunteers—Increase your
knowledge of the steps in training volunteers to perform their
service effectively and enjoyably and develop plans for improving
volunteer training
NEW!September 21
Board of Directors Planning Session for Executive Directors
and Board Presidents — Take two hours and develop a plan to
improve your Board of Director’s work by taking a quick
diagnostic test, breaking into two groups and then coming back
together working as a team to develop a specific plan for your
board.
**October 19
Supervising Volunteers—Increase your knowledge
of the steps in supervising volunteers and the ability to design
and use strategies for volunteer supervision.
NEW!November 9
Using Your Volunteer Program for ‘Friend-raising’ —
All good fundraising programs start with community networking and
engaging volunteers. Learn how to sow the seeds now with
volunteers in order to grow them into future donors. Understand
some ways to create programs and communications that strengthen
your volunteers’ ties to the organization.
**December 7
Evaluating Your Volunteer Program--Address the steps to
plan for and improve the evaluation of your volunteer program.
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LCC Member agency workshop rate: $50, Non-member rate: $60
Member agencies receive one complimentary workshop
To register
please e-mail info@lakecounntycares.org
or call (847)
234-8876 for inquiries.
Directions to Gorton Community Center:
From
Rt 41/Edens or Rt
43: Take Deerpath east thru town. At stop sign just east of RR
tracks, go south (right) onto McKinley. Go one short block to Gorton
on left, at corner of Illinois & McKinley. From I294:
Exit Rt 60
( Town Line
Rd ), go east
to Rt 43 or Rt
41, then north (left) to Deerpath. Proceed
as above.
Free
Parking: in lots on east side of
McKinley, near Gorton, or on street, north side of
Illinois
only.
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