Service at the Northern Illinois Food Bank

Thanks to the great group of volunteers who assisted on Saturday, February 16th for the the February Monthly Service Project at the Northern Illinois Food Bank! We had a great group of 14 students who packaged corn and mixed vegetables for distribution to local families in need. Cumulatively, the group served for over 40 hours. Congratulations on your great work!

To see additional pictures of the project, click on the link: http://picasaweb.google.com/laura.wilmarth/FebruaryMonthlyServiceProject

AIDS Run & Walk Chicago

On Saturday, September 20, 2008 over 7,000 thousand Chicagoans will join the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) in Grant Park to stomp out AIDS by participating in, and pledging to, the eighth-annual AIDS Run & Walk Chicago. The involvement of Chicago area undergraduate and graduate students, as well as their campus organizations, is critical not only to the success of this event, but their advancement as civically engaged leaders in the Chicago community. AIDS Run & Walk Chicago presents a wonderful opportunity to juxtapose service and education at your institution, while raising awareness about the disproportionate impact HIV/AIDS has upon the 13-24 year-old demographic.

With this you and your colleagues are invited to the AIDS Run & Walk Chicago Collegiate Kick-Off Breakfast on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at the AIDS Foundation of Chicago. This breakfast, specifically designed to engage Chicago-area colleges and universities, will provide you with all the details you need to form a team at your school, and discuss any ideas you may have to make AIDS Run & Walk Chicago as meaningful for your students as it is for the AIDS Foundation of Chicago.

Date: Thursday, February 21, 2008
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Location: AIDS Foundation of Chicago
411 S. Wells, 2^nd Floor (Large Conference Room)
Chicago, IL 60607

RSVP by: Monday, February 18, 2008 to Katie O’Malley, komalley@aidschicago.org

If you have any questions regarding the Collegiate Kick-Off Breakfast or AIDS Run & Walk Chicago, please do not hesitate to be in touch with Katie O'Malley at: (312) 334-0935 or komalley@aidschicago.org.

PADS Needs YOUR Help!

PADS (Public Action to Deliver Shelter) is in need of volunteers for a number of upcoming dates. The program provides food and shelter to individuals in need in two areas close to the College: 1) Elmhurst Presbyterian Church and 2) St. Alexis Church in Bensenville.

Volunteers are needed to assist with evening and night programs, including set up and/ or take down of sleeping pads, serving dinner/ breakfast, and monitoring guests during the night. Help is needed on the following nights:

Elmhurst Presbyterian
-February 23rd
-March 8th and 22nd
-April 12th and 26th

St. Alexis
-February 23rd- 24th
-March 22nd- 23rd
-April 26th- 27th

If you're able to help, please contact Dr. Mick Savage in the Center for Professional Excellence at micks@elmhurst.edu.

Elmhurst Great Western Prairie- Work Days

Are you interested in working outdoors? Do you enjoy nature? Is working in a group ideal for you? Then come out to help with the Elmhurst Great Western Prairie! These are the upcoming work days for 2008:

Feb. 16 Brush cutting, some seed spreading

April 19 Brush cutting, clean-up

May 17 Spring planting

June 21 Weeding and seed picking (porcupine grass)

June 28 Weeding (mostly parsnip)

July 19 Weeding (mostly parsnip and ragweed)

Aug. 16 Weeding (mostly ragweed)

For questions or to sign up, contact David Price at dprice@epd.org or call 630-993-8909 or Keith Olson at keitholson@usa.net or call 630-834-7357.