Bates Days of Service Events
Past 2011 Service Events
METAIRIE, LOUISIANA
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Toy Drive for Rescues and Adoption Event
Central Bark Daycare Center
Join in the support of animal rescue groups in Metairie area by participating in a Toy Drive for Rescues and Adoption Event. All it takes is putting out a box with a flyer at your work, school, veterinary clinic, favorite dog boutique, library, or community center (after okaying it with people in charge).
Local Leader: Gabriela Munoz ’07
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Habitat for Humanity ReStore
1275 500 West
Salt Lake City
The Salt Lake Valley Habitat for Humanity ReStore is a retail outlet where quality used and surplus building materials are donated by individuals, businesses, contractors, and other organizations who wish to show their support for Habitat. Products are then sold at below retail prices. Proceeds from ReStore help fund the Salt Lake Valley Habitat for Humanity mission of eliminating poverty housing within our community. We will help with cleaning and organizing.
Local Leader: Courtney Fleisher ’94
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Rock Creek Site Cleanup
5200 Glover Rd. NW
The Friends of Rock Creek’s Environment works to promote a healthy and sustainable Rock Creek Watershed through conservation, education and restoration. FORCE is a non-profit organization open to all citizens and works in the Rock Creek Watershed of Montgomery County, Maryland and the District of Columbia. The group began in the Spring of 2005 and has grown quickly into a vibrant and diverse organization of citizens throughout the watershed and beyond. For more information on FORCE, visit their Web site: www.friendsofrockcreek.org.
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Books for Africa Warehouse
715 Minnehaha Avenue East
Books For Africa. A simple name for an organization with a simple mission. We collect, sort, ship, and distribute books to children in Africa. Our goal: to end the book famine in Africa. Books For Africa is the world’s largest shipper of donated books to the African continent. Since 1988, Books For Africa has shipped over 24 million high-quality text and library books to children and adults in 45 African countries. Millions more are needed. It costs $9,800 to send a sea container to most major sea ports of books and computers to Africa. Your donation will enable Books For Africa to send even more books to children in Africa who are hungry to read, hungry to learn.
PHIPPSBURG, MAINE
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Morse Mountain Clean-up
Beach cleanup in Phippsburg at the Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area.
Local Leader: Laura Sewall, Director of Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Nature Consortium – Urban Forest Restoration Project
West Duwamish Greenbelt
Nature Consortium’s Urban Forest Restoration Project is committed to the long-term stewardship and restoration of the West Duwamish Greenbelt. The Greenbelt is the largest remaining contiguous forest within Seattle city limits, consisting of 182 acres in park land and another 300 acres in privately owned land.
Local leader: S. Fisher Qua ’06
MADISON, WISCONSIN
Saturday, April 30, 2011
St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry
2033 Fish Hatchery Road
The St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry is the largest and busiest pantry in Dane County, serving nearly 22,000 households in 2009. This pantry has adopted a customer-choice model of distribution - operating more like a grocery store. The goal of this model is to honor the dignity and ethnic diversity of the people served by the pantry as well as to minimize waste and promote efficient distribution of charitable resources. Volunteers will help by stocking shelves with food donations and acting as hosts to welcome families and individuals to the pantry. Hosts will also accompany customers through the pantry and assist with food selections and checkout.
Local Leader: Hannah Gaines ’03
LEWISTON, MAINE
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Rebuilding Together
Bates College Campus
The L/A chapter of Rebuilding Together repairs and rehabilitates homes in this community. We are dedicated to repairing the homes of those who, due to financial hardship, age, and/or disability, cannot do the work themselves.
Local Leader: Shanna Bruno, Bates Staff
FALMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Falmouth Service Center
611 Gifford Street
Falmouth Service Center’s mission statement: The causes and impact of financial hardship are far-reaching. Therefore, it is our mission to ease stress, reduce hunger, and improve the quality of life for our neighbors in need. An important goal of FSC is to increase self-sufficiency for clients by helping to build networks among clients and agencies and, of utmost importance, between neighbors.