Community Service
For anyone interested in organizing a community service event or for organizations seeking volunteers to help out at an event, feel free to contact a Board Member.
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Service Opportunity
Saturday, April 28 at 9:00-11:00am
Garlic Mustard Removal at Como Woodland (Como Park) Description: Garlic mustard poses a threat to native plants and animals in forest communities. Volunteers will assist in pulling garlic mustard in the restored Como Woodland Outdoor Classroom. RSVP to: Laura Hoffman at laura.r.hoffman@gmail.com by Thursday, April 26th
Como Woodland – www.Stpaul.Gov/NaturalResources
MNRPCV 2012 Service Passport
The MNRPCV Service Passport is back! Celebrate 51 years of Peace Corps by completing 51 hours of community service. Log your service hours on your MNRPCV Service Passport (beginning January 2012) and you will be eligible for a drawing at the MNRPCV Annual meeting this September. There will be three winners of the drawing and MNRPCV will donate $100 to a humanitarian organization specified by each winner. Passports can be downloaded here. For more details, contact: Laura Hoffman.
2011 PC-50 Service Passport Program
MNRPCV‘s creative Community Service Co-chairs initiated a special service project in recognition of the 50th Anniversary of the Peace Corps. MNRPCV Members and friends were challenged to perform 50 hours of community service and to record it in a special blue PC-50 Service Passport. The service could take place anytime from January 1.2011 to September 11, 2011 when all Passports were to be collected for a drawing to choose ten winners who would each get $50 for the humanitarian cause of their choice. Here are the PC-50 Service Passport winners and the causes they designated to receive the $50 awards. Congratulations to all.
Jack Bardon (Turkmenistan 2003-05) - Walker Art Center Tour Bus Fun
“The money will be used to provide bus transportation for school children to Walker Art Center so that they can attend the special guided tours as part of their school program.’’
Dan Kane (Moldova 2005-06) - Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption
“Among their projects are supports for needed equipment like: furnace, natural gas and its piping, an oven, refrigerator, dishes, and similar. They also have provided high quality large playgrounds.”
Rachel Evenson (Bulgaria 2000-02) - Children’s Law Center of Minnesota
“Since 1995 Children’s Law Center (CLC) has provided free legal services to Minnesota youth in foster care. With the help of 250 volunteer attorneys, CLC provides these professional legal services to approximately 400 Minnesota foster children every year. CLC is Minnesota’s only privately funded organization that exclusively represents foster youth. Children have the right to have quality representation, and to have a voice when judges and court workers are making decisions about their lives.”
Hank Scheinhost (Eastern Caribbean 1963-65) - Haiti Outreach
“Haiti Outreach builds wells in cooperation with communities in Haiti, They also make small business loans to the people. There are many other services that they provide. I have visited the program in Haiti and was impressed as they don’t just do things or give things or money but they require input and commitment from the people or communities they work with.”
Mike MacDonald (Mali 2003-04) - Compatible Technology International (CTI)
“CTI has spent the past 30 years helping impoverished communities increase their supply of quality food by providing tools that help farmers efficiently store, process and sell their crops.We’ve designed tools to prevent the staggering post-harvest losses that occur in developing countries–where farmers lose 15-50% of their crops, often due to spoilage and inefficient processing methods”.