Alternative Spring Break: Help Katrina Victims

[eppur_se_muova]

<comment>It's too late to sign up for this, but I thought wider attention should be drawn to this effort. </comment>

QUICK FACTS

WHO: All UT Students are Welcome!

WHAT: Alternative Spring Break to the Gulf Coast to help with disaster relief efforts in the Hurricane Katrina and Rita affected areas

Interstate 10
Locations: Lake Charles, Louisiana; Metairie, Louisiana (New Orleans); Bay St. Louis, Mississippi; Alabama; Orange, Texas

WHEN: March 3-11, 2006
Depart for Gulf Coast: Friday, March 3rd (around 6pm)
Arrive back to Toledo: Saturday, March 11 (late at night)

COST: Only $200, which includes your transportation, lodging and food for the week (the rest is raised through fundraisers)

SPONSORS: Office of Service-Learning and Community Engagement and TCM Fellowship


more at: http://www.servicelearning.utoledo.edu/events/asb.htm

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ON EDIT: They're having a little send-off ceremony March 3rd, if you're in the Toledo area:

On Friday March 3rd, everyone is invited to come celebrate The University of Toledo Alternative Spring Break (ASB) 2006 send-off. ASB 2006 will include a week full of hard work and altruism for 100+ volunteers from The University of Toledo (including students, faculty, and staff), as well as some members of the community. These individuals will be traveling in vans to the Gulf Coast to help with disaster relief. There are five teams with roughly 20 people per team. Each team will go to one disaster relief site. The site locations are Bayou La Batre, AL; Lake Charles, LA; Metairie (New Orleans), LA; Bay St. Louis, MS; and Orange, TX. The teams will return on Saturday, March 11th. For more information, visit www.servicelearning.utoledo.edu.

We would be delighted if you would attend this event and support the participants who are dedicating their spring break to service and learning. Please join us on Friday, March 3, 2006 at 6pm in the Student Union Ingman Room. The Office of Service-Learning and Community Engagement and Toledo Campus Ministry Fellowship will be hosting the Alternative Spring Break 2006 Send-Off.

ASB2006 SEND-OFF Tentative Schedule (Please be in attendance a bit before 6pm, so that we may start on time)

6pm ASB2006 SEND-OFF @ Student Union Ingman Room

- Introduction: Donovan Nichols, AmeriCorps*VISTA, Office of Service-Learning and Community Engagement

- Remarks: Dr. Daniel M. Johnson, President, The University of Toledo

- Remarks: Representative Marcy Kaptur, 9th District Congresswoman, United State House of Representatives

- Speaker: Dee Baker, Executive Director, Toledo Campus Ministry

- Send-off

- Run to the vans

- Depart for the Gulf Coast

Please let me know if you will be in attendance for the send-off, so that I can get a feel for how many people will be in attendance.

GO ROCKETS!

Donovan T. Nichols
AmeriCorps*VISTA at The University of Toledo Campus and Community Collaboration Leader

[Catherine Vincent]

1. That is a wonderful idea.

If they get several universities to ask their students volunteer for something like this, the area would get some much needed cleanup. I have seen the pictures of the affected areas after the hurricanes and it's so sad.

[amitten]

2. BRAVO!!! Fantastic idea! I know they will get many volunteers.

A big hug to whoever thought of this one!

[MadMaddie]

3. This is great.....!!

[alphafemale]

4. My daughter is doing this with a group from her University

Maybe many colleges are. What great young people! :loveya:

[Catchawave]

5. Opportunity Rocks !

http://www.opportunityrocks.org/message/

[eppur_se_muova]

6. Wow! You should post that in a separate thread, in GD.

Is it just me, or is Edwards looking more and more Kennedyesque?

[Catchawave]

7. Thanks, I think I will

:hug: