GT Service News

CONGRATS to New Community Service Council Exec

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

It is with great excitement that we announce the new Community Service Cabinet:

Chair: Sydney Shaffer
Secretary: Rob Parrish
Endowment Chair: Nicole Holubar
Publicity/Outreach: K.C. Young

They will serve you well and we can't wait to see what they accomplish!

Male Volunteers Needed @ Camp Boggy Creek

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

If you are looking to not only have the time of your life, but you want to make a difference in the lives of some amazing kids, then Camp Boggy Creek is the place for you. Please visit our website at www.BoggyCreek.org where you will find the volunteer application and sign up TODAY!

What is Camp Boggy Creek:
Camp Boggy Creek is a year round medical camping facility for children, ages 7-16, who have chronic or life-threatening illnesses. We serve over 13 different illness groups including heart disease, HIV, sickle cell anemia, and cancer. The mission of Boggy Creek is to enrich the lives of these children by creating camping experiences that are memorable, exciting, fun, empowering, physically safe, and medically sound. The children and families who come to our camp come absolutely free of charge along with our volunteers. We are a not-for-profit organization, which depends entirely on the monetary generosity of others, as well as on the volunteers who provide the man-power to help make this experience happen for these children.

Our programs include 8 week-long Summer Camping Sessions, which begin in June and run through mid-August. Summer programs allow our kids a week of fun, adventure, and independence: catching their first fish, shooting a bow and arrow, or climbing the "tower" while helping them to create some incredible memories and friendships that will last a lifetime. Volunteers serve as Cabin Counselors, living and playing with our campers for an entire week of fun. We have a TREMENDOUS NEED FOR MALE VOLUNTEERS during our summer camping season. We begin signing up for the summer camp in January of each new year!

Don't miss out on the time of your life!
Camp Boggy Creek, located east of Eustis, FL., is looking for a few good men, ages 19 and older- all guys, dads, brothers, cousins and friends - to volunteer and be a positive role model as a cabin counselor for one or more of our 8 summer sessions (beginning in June and ending mid-August) with boys ages 7-16 years old.

*FEMALES are also needed to volunteer with our female campers!

If you want to:

* experience a life-altering week
* make a difference in the life of a child
* work in a community that believes in teamwork
* meet people from around the world
* gain interpersonal skills and career experience
* be a positive role model
* empower children beyond their expectations
* spend a week changing lives and maybe even your own
* play with kids!

To learn more about this incredible opportunity contact the Volunteer Coordinator at (352) 483-4200 extension 293 or email at Volunteer@boggycreek.org. You may also visit our website at http://www.BoggyCreek.org. Check out the links to our calendar and volunteer application.

Want to get Paid to Play ? ? ? ?
We are in search of energetic and creative staff members who have a strong desire to work with our unique campers at our unique camp. We are currently accepting applications and interviewing candidates for our summer paid positions. If you would like to apply, please complete the attached application, along with the Background Request forms. You can also find the staff application online at www.boggycreek.org. Upon completion, please mail, fax, or email these documents back to us as soon as possible to ensure timely processing. (Our fax number is 352.483.0358.)

Camp Boggy Creek serves children who have chronic and life-threatening illness such as cancer, asthma, HIV/AIDS, sickle cell, and heart disease. Our campers attend Boggy Creek free of charge. While the children are here, the illness stay in the background; we focus on having fun and empowering our campers. We believe in teamwork, community, and expanding lives. Our staff members have the opportunity to experience a life-altering summer, to make long lasting friendships, to meet people from around the world, to learn interpersonal skills, and to play hard with some great kids.

Our summer season will start around May 30th and will end August 19th. Staff members live and work at the camp for the duration of the time (which includes during the week-long staff orientation training and then the following nine week-long camper sessions. This three-month time commitment will be required for employment.

The available paid positions are the following:

Cabin Counselor - the primary care-takers of the campers

Activity Staff - the program facilitators of the activity areas: Aquatics (lifeguards at boating & fishing and pool), Archery, Arts & Crafts, Cooking, Science/Discovery Zone, Equestrian, Music, Nature, Ropes Course/Team Building, Theatre, Woodworking, Video & Photography.

Other Positions - Pride (unit) Leaders, Entertainment Coordinator, Oldest Camper Program Coordinator, Registered Nurses, Dining Hall / Kitchen Staff, and Housekeeping/Maintenance.

All applicants must be at least nineteen years old (or eighteen years of age with one year of college completed by the start of orientation).

Please contact Emily Tracy, the Staff Recruitment Coordinator, at 352.483.4200 ext 285 or via email at etracy@boggycreek.org.

Jumpstart Accepting Applications for Summer 2008

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Jumpstart at Georgia Tech is currently accepting applications for both the Jumpstart Summer program and the regular program that will begin during the 2008-2009 academic year.

The summer program is a new experience that will place students in pre-K classrooms for 10 weeks. Participants will receive a $2,000 stipend as well as an AmeriCorps education award of $1000. We are looking for either Work Study students or students looking for summer employment but not taking summer classes.

Applications can be submitted for early acceptance into the Jumpstart program for 2008-2009. We are accepting a total of 40 Corps members that will complete 300 hours of service throughout the year. These students can be Work Study or non-Work Study, and everyone receives an AmeriCorps stipend of $1000.

If you are interested in either of these opportunities, please apply at www.jstart.org/joinus. For more information, contact Courtney Woods at 404-385-0314 or e-mail courtney.woods@vpss.gatech.edu.

Amizade Offering $10,000 in Scholarships

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Amizade Global Service-Learning is excited to announce that it is offering twenty $500 scholarships to support under-represented student populations in intercultural service and learning broad programs. The 20 scholarships will be available for five summer 2008 service-learning courses:

-Introduction to Global Studies in Ghana.

-Contemporary Issues in Native Communities in Navajo. Nation.

-Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland.

-History of the Holocaust at Auschwitz.

-Introduction to Documentary Film in the American South.

Students who are part of a group that is under-represented in intercultural service and learning programs are encouraged to apply for the scholarships. In the application essay, they should indicate how being awarded a scholarship will help diversify study abroad and other (domestic) intercultural service-learning programs. Scholarship applications are available here.

Amizade is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering communities and individuals through intercultural service and learning worldwide and strongly believes that students of all backgrounds, regardless of social or economic status, should be able to engage in such life changing experiences.

We at Amizade hope students will be able to take advantage of this opportunity. For more information on Amizade, please take 5 minutes to view an Amizade Global Service-Learning course video at: http://www.globalservicelearning.org/programs/video.html.