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Congratulations to the 2008 Volunteer
Center Founder's Award Recipients: Winifred Duncan, Virginia
Fiester Frederick, Debbie Gallagher, Deborah Haddad, Mary Jane
Hender, Eleanor Knight, Janet Nelson, Louise Ries, Jackie Smith,
Debra Stepan, Ethel Tincher, and Pat Waldeck.
The Volunteer Center would like to
invite you to join us in honoring our distinguished award recipients
at the 2008 Women of Service & Style
Volunteer Recognition Event. The event will be held on April 18th at the Knollwood Club with
Guest Speaker, Allison Rosati, news anchor NBC 5. To
reserve tickets, send kudos, advertise in the program book, or
sponsor a table to this event, please contact the office at
847.234.8876.
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The Sarah
Mynhier Book Drive
Sarah
Mynhier is an alum
of LFHS who has made literacy her passion. For the past two
years she has led a program to collect and distribute books for
children in neighboring communities - distributing more than 4,000
books to Oak Terrace School in Highwood, North School in North
Chicago, Women's Residential, A Safe Place and the Big Brothers and
Big Sisters organization. This year the Volunteer Center has
taken over the management of the book drive to continue to promote
literacy.
Books
are being collected in cooperation with School District 67 during
the week of October 29th through November 9th at the local
schools. Books can also be dropped off anytime at the
Volunteer Center, where we will continue the program year-round.
Please consider donating new or gently used children's books and
thank you for sharing your love of reading with children in
need. Contact the Volunteer Center for more information at
(847) 234-8876.
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Volunteer Management
Training Series
Work
toward National Certification in Volunteer Management.
The curriculum is designed so attendees may take courses
individually or complete all 6 and receive an Illinois Volunteer
Management “Certificate of Accomplishment” from the Illinois
Commission on Volunteerism & Community Service and the Points of
Light Foundation. Presenter,
Allyson Zak, teaches board development, strategic
planning & volunteer leadership at
Harper
College's Nonprofit Certificate program.
Below is the
calendar for upcoming modules.
All will be held on Tuesday mornings, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon,
at Gorton
Community Center,
400 E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest, IL.
Jan 15,
2008 – Understanding Volunteering
- Overview of volunteer trends in U.S.
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Characteristics of effective volunteer programs
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Volunteer involvement and motivation models
Mar 11,
2008 – Planning Your Volunteer Program
- Learn how to determine appropriate roles for volunteers
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Develop volunteer positions to meet your agency needs
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Identify the key elements of a volunteer program budget
May 13,
2008 – Recruiting & Placing Volunteers
- Volunteer recruitment strategies and messages
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Accessing underutilized volunteers
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Interviewing and screening for placement
Jun 17,
2008 – Orienting and Training Volunteers
- Increase knowledge of the steps in training volunteers
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Increase skills in planning training for volunteers
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Develop plans to improve volunteer training
Space
is limited - sign up now!
Call (847)
234-8876 to reserve your place.
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Are
you looking for an alternative to Saturday morning cartoons? Tune
out that TV, and do some good!
The
Volunteer
Center
is delighted to announce our 2008 Winter/Spring Little
Hands, Big Hearts program
full of volunteering opportunities for children ages K-5.
Thanks to growing participation in the program, we now have
volunteer opportunities at three different sites:
The Garden at Elawa Farm, Westmoreland Nursing
Home, and Lake Forest Open Lands.
Activities will take place at Westmoreland Nursing Home between
September and May and will begin at LF Open Lands in the Fall. A
comprehensive LHBH schedule will be published in August 2007. All
events are held on Saturday morning from 10 to 11 am.
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
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 19,
2008 Turn
Westmoreland into a winter wonderland! Cut out and decorate
sparkling snowflakes with the residents. (Please register by
January 17.)
Saturday,
February 9,
2008 Make homemade Valentines and show our
grandfriends just how much we care about them. (Please
register by February 7.)
Saturday,
March 1, 2008
Old-fashioned fun with paper! Share some simple childhood
pastimes: making paper hats, paper airplanes, paper shoes and paper
fortune tellers. (Please register by February 27.)
Saturday,
April 12, 2008
Color Easter eggs with the residents. Each child may take home
one or two special eggs, and the rest will be used to make four
large arrangements for the dining tables at Westmoreland. Each
family is asked to bring one dozen hard-boiled eggs. (Please
register by April 10.)
Saturday,
May 10, 2008
Make beautiful, Springtime May baskets to hang n the doors of our
grandfriends' rooms. (Please register by May 8.)
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.
***NEW
DATE*** Saturday,
April 26,
2008 Exploring
Native Plants: Celebrate Earth Day & Arbor Day with
planting. Mellody Farm Nature
Preserve is located on the southwest corner of Deerpath and Waukegan
Roads. 350 N. Waukegan Rd.
Saturday,
May 10,
2008 Exploring
Rivers: Help plant native plants along the bank of the Skokie
River. Access to the Skokie
River Nature Preserve is at the west end of Laurel Avenue, west of
Green Bay Road. Park at the end of Laurel and walk on the bike path
across the bridge to the wood-chipped trail on the right.
Saturday,
June 14,
2008 Exploring
Ravines: Join our Garlic Mustard Pull and help discourage
this pest from invading the understory at McCormick Ravine. McCormick
Ravine Nature Preserve is located east of Sheridan Road and south of
McCormick Drive, just north of the old Fort Sheridan.
Saturday,
July 12,
2008 Exploring
Prairies: Plant butterfly friendly plants in a restored
prairie pocket. After the work we will walk the prairie and
search for active butterflies. Mellody
Farm Nature Preserve is located on the southwest corner of Deerpath
and Waukegan Roads. 350 N. Waukegan Rd.
Saturday,
August 2,
2008 Exploring
Animals: The Nature Center has become home to some orphaned
animals. Help clean and feed the animals. Also, help build
backyard habitat for local wildlife. Mellody
Farm Nature Preserve is located on the southwest corner of Deerpath
and Waukegan Roads. 350 N. Waukegan Rd.
Come for as
many of the above LHBH activities as you are able to attend. Please
call the Volunteer
Center
at 847-234-8876 to register your family on a list for any
event you plan to attend so that we may plan for the size of the
group. There is no monetary cost to participants.
This
is a great opportunity to do some local volunteer work as a family!!
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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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