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Application deadline: Addison County Shepherd Internship Program
Still looking for summer employment? If you want to make a difference in the fight against poverty, develop personal and professional skills, gain experience working across difference, and take the next step in your career exploration process, consider applying for the Addison County Shepherd Internship Program! The ACSIP selects Middlebury College students for paid 10-week internships with the Charter House Coalition, DREAM, John Graham Homeless Shelter, Open Door Clinic, and United Way of Addison County. Learn more about internship sites and the application process here. Applications are submitted through MOJO. Don't wait: the application deadline is tonight!
Social change in post-3.11 Japan
Jason Bartashius gives a talk today at 4:30 PM in the RAJ conference room theorizing disaster relief volunteerism in post-3.11 Japan as an avenue for social inclusion. Whether you have disaster relief experience or you wonder how people come together after unthinkable crisis, don't miss Jason's talk today!
Apply to the SCB Flex Fund
The Service Cluster Board wants to help you serve others! Whether you need to purchase games to play with Porter Hospital residents, gas to make it to the National Conference on Ending Poverty in DC, or turkeys to cook at the local shelter, the SCB Flex Fund can help finance your plans. Find the Flex Fund application here. Email scboard@middlebury.edu for more information. Head to Shelburne Farms with VSO
Have you seen the photos from VSO's food packing trip? Come join VSO this Friday to stack firewood at Shelburne Farms! Besides the beautiful drive to Shelburne, get some volunteer fun this Friday 3/14 from 4 - 7 PM. RSVP required, so email vso@middlebury.edu! Help young families at PCC
Addison County Parent/Child Center is an award-winning not-for-profit that supports young parents and their children. Among other things, PCC provides food, day care, and high school equivalency classes from their office across the street from Middlebury Union High School. They have a longstanding volunteer relationship with the College's student body and depend on student volunteers for many of their most critical support systems for local families. Whether you're interested in a one-time gig chopping vegetables or a sustained weekly commitment looking after the little ones, PCC could use your help! Contact Becky Bertrand for further information and opportunities.
Volunteer with Midd Buddies
Midd Buddies is a group of student volunteers that visits Middlebury Union High School a couple times a week to hang out with an awesome group of students in the Diversified Occupations Program, a regional special education program for high schoolers with specific academic, vocational and behavioral needs. Midd Buddies seeks additional volunteers who are energetic, outgoing, and enjoy engaging with teens, whether through basketball, Frisbee, helping practice for talent shows or playing board games. Contact Faith Whang ‘15 to learn more and get added to the volunteer list!
Academic Outreach Endowment (AOE) Grants of up to $4,000
Deadline, April 1st
Check out the Academic Outreach Endowment funding opportunity at go/aoe if you are interested in pursuing a project that meets the following criteria: (a.) helps address a community-identified need, (b.) involves direct collaboration with one or more community partners, (c.) relates to a course or courses you’ve taken or will take, and (d.) involves a faculty advisor. If you have questions after reading the website, contact Tiffany Sargent, Director, Community Engagement.
Help staff the Sustainable Living Expo
The Sustainable Living Expo is an annual day-long exposition that hosts hundreds of exhibits, presentations and workshops promoting sustainable living in the Champlain Valley. This year's SLE will be held Saturday 3/29 at Middlebury Union High School. They expect more than a thousand visitors this year! They need volunteers for everything from setting up Friday night, greeting people at the front table, assisting exhibitors, monitoring workshops, directing traffic, and supervising little ones in the children’s playroom. Volunteers will get first-hand experience at event planning, meet new people, have fun, and get a free Expo t-shirt! If you would like to be an Expo volunteer, email the manager of ACORN, Lea Calderon-Guthe.
Community Friends Feature of the Week
Enjoy reading, swimming or outside activities? Community Friends, a campus-based one-on-one mentoring program that matches Middlebury students with Addison County children ages six to twelve, is seeking a big sister for a ten-year old girl who is in need of “someone kind and loving." Interested? The only requirements to become a CF mentor are enthusiasm and the willingness to build a meaningful, consistent relationship. You would meet with your mentee for two hours a week, flexible to your schedule. For more information about CF and how to apply to become a mentor, please visit their website at go/cf or email them at comfriends@middlebury.edu.
Questions?
If you have questions about any of these volunteer opportunities or you want to learn even more opportunities to get involved with the communities above, contact Ashley Calkins, Associate Director of Community Engagement.
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