We invite all members of the MIT Community to join us for the second annual community service day, CityDays IAP!
Friday, January 25, 11am-5pm
First, have a free lunch at Twenty Chimneys. Then, head out into the Cambridge and Boston communities to volunteer with two local organizations:
1) The Greater Boston Food Bank, Boston, works to end hunger in eastern Massachusetts. Volunteers will be inspecting, sorting, and repacking donated grocery products to be distributed to hunger relief agencies.
2) Cradles to Crayons provides poor and homeless children with supplies. Volunteers will be sorting and packaging donations into "C2C KidPacks," individualized packages of essential children's items ordered for specific in-need kids.
Public transportation to/from the service placement will be provided.
To participate, staff members need to gain permission from their supervisors to be released during normal work hours.
Please register by January 22nd!
Contact with questions or comments: Amy Fan and Kristi Gundrum Kebinger, MIT Public Service Center, W20-549, (617) 253-8968, serviceday@mit.edu
This event is sponsored by the MIT Public Service Center through generous donations from the MIT Coop & MIT Community Service Fund.
• Find a great volunteer opportunity at the MIT Community Service Fair! (2/4)
Looking to give back to your community? Build your resume? Acquire new skills? Broaden your horizons? Then come to the Spring 2013 MIT Community Service Fair! Don't miss your chance to meet over 30 local nonprofit organizations and find a great service opportunity!
Monday, February 4, 2013, 1:00-3:00pm
Lobby 10 and the Bush Room (10-105)
This event is open to the entire MIT Community, will have free food, and is sponsored by the MIT Public Service Center. For more information, contact servicefair@mit.edu.
• Register your team for the FSILG&D Community Service Challenge (Deadline: 2/5)
The FSILG&D Service Challenge encourages teams of fraternity, sorority, independent living group, and dorm participants to compete for the Service Cup over a two-month period February through April. Teams are encouraged to serve the community as a community.
In addition to helping community organizations and the populations they serve, participation in the Service Challenge certainly has its benefits for participants. Registered teams have the chance to win Service Cup winner bragging rights, publicity of team service undertakings, access to exclusive alternative spring break funding, $2,000 in service implementation funding for the upcoming academic year, meaningful opportunities for team bonding, and an acquisition of knowledge about the local community.
Register your team for the 2013 Service Challenge by February 6 at 5pm (More information about the Service Challenge can be found on the PSC’s website or by emailing servicechallenge@mit.edu.
• Apply for Alternative Spring Break funding for your Service Challenge team (Deadline: 3/1)
Teams registered to compete in the FSILG&D Community Service Challenge (register here by 2/5: http://web.mit.edu/mitpsc/whatwedo/volunteering/programs/fsilgd/registration.html) may apply to subsidize one alternative spring break (ASB) project for their FSILG or dorm members.
It takes time to coordinate projects with agencies, raise needed funds, and plan travel logistics, so start searching for ASB opportunities now. Don’t let this great chance to engage in community service slip away from you! Full application guidelines can be found at http://web.mit.edu/mitpsc/whatwedo/volunteering/programs/fsilgd/break.html
Submit your project proposal to servicechallenge@mit.edu by March 1. Email servicehallenge@mit.edu with questions.