Are you interested in getting involved with volunteering?
Would you like to get to know the Ypsilanti community?
Are you looking to meet other EMU students who are passionate about service and social change?
If, so, VISION invites you to join us for our 12th annual COMMUNITY PLUNGE, a day of service in the Ypsilanti community.
Tuesday, September 7
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
meet in Student Center Ballroom
To sign up, click here.
Additional information about Community Plunge can be found here.
Can’t sell your old textbooks? Donate them to a good cause!
Habitat for Humanity will be collecting used textbooks until April 22. Drop-off locations include the Student Center and Residence Halls.
If you’re interested in volunteering to collect books from drop-off locations on any of the days between April 8 and April 22, please contact vision@emich.edu or call us at 734.487.1313
Are you passionate about social justice? Turn your passion into action by serving as a leader for one of VISION’s volunteer programs!
Our volunteer coordinators and project leaders plan service and educational events, collaborate with student organizations and campus departments, and serve as liaisons with community organizations.
We’re excited to have you on our team! Complete your 2010-11 application here!
Next week is a very busy week for VISION and there is plenty of opporunities to get involved!
Green Week is from March 15-20. Every day has an event while some days even have two events. For more information about what is going on and where to be at go to emich.edu/VISION/GreenWeek.
Come out and join VOICE in “Beyond Words: Poverty, Perceptions, and Privilege” March 17th and 18th as we discover aspects of poverty that impact EMU students. No need to drive, just come over to the Walton/Putnam Lounge anytime between 4:30pm to 9:00pm and gain awareness about poverty in an interactive way.
How will you get involved?
Hey EMU: Purchase a 2010 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr T-shirt in support of our week-long celebration. 100% of the proceeds will be going to Haiti Relief through Doctors Without Borders. To purchase, stop by VISION, 346 Student Center. Shirts are $10.
VISION invites you to participate in this year’s MLK Day Service Project: the ONE WARM COAT DRIVE. Bring in any new or gently-used coats or cold weather accessories, which will be donated to the Ypsilanti Housing Commission at the conclusion of the drive.
Please bring items to campus by January 18. Collection bins will be located in the following buildings: Student Center • Halle Library • Marshall • Welch • residence halls (except Buell and Downing). For more information, contact the VISION Volunteer Center, 487.1313 or vision@emich.edu.
VISION is currently seeking team members to join our service planning committe for National Make a Difference Week. Please e-mail us at vision@emich.edu to get involved!
Help local service oganizations paint a swing set, stock shelves at a food bank, take inventory of supplies at the women’s shelter or plant, garden and clean-up grounds at the senior center. It’s an opportunity to feel good and take pride in our community. It’s also a great way to learn about the world we live in. Sign up here: Community Plunge 2009
With Spring Break fast approaching, The students and volunteers of Alternative Spring Breaks in the VISION office are making the final preparations and raising funds for this years plans. A student owned & operated organization will be running a day of games & events to help ASB raise funds. Please Join the “Gorilla Tactics Gamer’s Union” on Jan10th in the Student Center Grand Ballroom. 100% of all the funds raised will go to ASB! Please view the attached word document for more details.
To contact Alternative Breaks: vis_asb@emich.edu or 734.487.1313
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gtgamersunion@gmail.com
Need a game? Have some questions?
We got you covered like orbital blast!
(734) 217-2677
Recently the students of EMU have begun to prepare for the upcoming Alternative Spring Break program. Last week the students who would be participating met for the first time in the Student Center to prepare for their journeys. This first large group meeting had everyone introducing themselves and getting familiar with the people they will soon be spending their spring breaks with.
While this may have been the first time the groups would be meeting, the coordinators for the program have been working nonstop all year to insure that this years ASB runs as smoothly as it has in the past at EMU. These wonderful volunteers at EMU are the core of the ASB program and without them these trips would not be possible.
Alternative Breaks, if you do not know, is a program that provides students with a fun and educational alternative to the typical spring break options. Instead of jetting off to some tropical location with friends to party, the students of ASB will be productively using their time to help impact the lives of other in the country. The trips are completely alcohol and drug free and for good reason, these are EMU students going on these trips, and of course they must represent the university to the fullest. This means staying completely sober the entire time, however, some things about a spring break will never change and you know these students will be having an incredible time.
This year the students will be traveling to different locations around the country to participate in different activities designed to benefit the communities the students will be in. These trips include; two disaster relief locations, an environmental, animal rights, and AIDs awareness and education trips.
The room on the first day everyone met was filled with eager anticipation as the students waited to find out where they would be going. All that can be said about the reveal process is that it was quite amusing. This year also will see the introduction of a new idea: two completely all fraternity and sorority trips. The campus Greek community has always been represented well on these trips so not surprisingly this new idea has been put in place.
The individual groups will continue to meet throughout the year until the time of their trips and some of these meetings start as soon as this week. We wish all the students the best of times as they learn new things and bond while providing much needed services, and of course there will be many updates.
By John Fenton
