Keep reading to find out ways to have a great 17W while serving the Upper Valley and beyond.

Monday, January 30th

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Community Connections:

Check out all current volunteer listings on the Community Connections platform hosted on OrgSync!
  • Save a Life: Give Blood at the 17W Red Cross Blood Drive
    • Tuesday 2/7 and Wednesday 2/8, 11AM-5PM, Alumni Hall;  Every 2 to 3 seconds, someone in the US needs a unit of blood. Learn more here and sign up today!
  • Volunteer as a Group with COVER Home Repair
    • COVER Home Repair has a number of group volunteer opportunities ranging from home repair and weatherization to helping out in the ReCover Store. We welcome you to try for a day, no experience necessary! Check out their community partner page or contact Mary at [log in to unmask].
  • Education Internship Opportunity at Ledyard Charter School
    • Become a volunteer coordinator at Ledyard Charter School and help LCS coordinate volunteers by matching the needs of the school with the services the volunteer can provide. Check out their community partner page for more information.
  • Help Sort Clothes at the LISTEN Thrift Store
    • Help them defeat "the pile" in their White River Junction thrift store. They are looking for volunteers to help sort and price donations, assist customers, and straighten up the store. Groups welcome! Learn more and sign up on their community partner page.
  • Become a Hospitality Assistant at David’s House
    • As a Hospitality Assistant, you’d be the face of David’s House: friendly, welcoming, peaceful, and may also become the source of much-needed emotional support. Visit their community partner page for more info.
  • Volunteer with Adults with Special Needs
    • You can make a big difference in someone’s life! You can be the key to lighting someone’s spark! Spark! Community Center is looking for fun, creative, and enthusiastic volunteers who are passionate about helping adults with special needs reach their goals and maximize their potential while enhancing their social inclusion and integration into the community. Check out their community partner page to learn more.

 

Campus Opportunities:

    • #OurTomorrow Campaign
      • One by one. Campus by Campus. Students are rallying for #OurTomorrow. Join the national conversation and share why service and civic engagement matter. Launching on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the #OurTomorrow campaign will showcase students, faculty, and staff making a difference through a variety of pathways such as volunteering, community organizing and activism, and policy and governance. Learn more here.
    • MLK Young Writer's Project
      • Local K-12 students are invited to participate in a workshop and open-mic/performance led by Young Writer's Project on February 3rd as they explore the idea of "the fierce urgency of now." There will be a workshop at the Howe Library in Hanover at 5pm, followed by an open-mic and performance at the Hood Downtown Exhibition Space at 6:30pm. All are welcome - especially families from the community! Learn more here.
    • $10,000 Experiential Learning Scholarship Opportunity 
      • Application due 2/24; DCAL is now accepting applications to the 2017 Dartmouth STAMPS Scholars Program. The STAMPS Scholars Program invites the most promising second and third year students to design an experiential learning plan, in partnership with a faculty mentor, to build on or respond to what they've learned during their time at Dartmouth. Learn more here.
    • The Peace First Challenge
      • Young people around the world are hungry to be challenged and engaged fully, collectively, and purposefully to improve the world around them- and that call is being answered by the Peace First Challenge. This is a global call-to-action to all young people to join a community of peacemakers dedicated to finding compassionate solutions to the world's problems. When you accept the Peace First Challenge, you are invited to develop your own peacemaking project addressing an injustice you care about, and Peace First will support you by providing you with tools and skills, investing in your ideas and sharing your stories and impact with the world. Learn more here!


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