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Greetings!
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Thank you for your continued support of the HandsOn Inland Empire (HOIE) initiative of Inland Empire United Way!
This eNewsletter provides you with an update of the HOIE initiative and its impact, available volunteer opportunities and how you too can be a part of the change!
To learn more about HOIE, please visit our website.
Thank you!
HandsOn Inland Empire
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HandsOn Inland Empire
Volunteer Updates |
Since the start of 2009, HandsOn Inland Empire volunteers have logged in nearly 2,000 hours.
There are currently 279 active agency partners.
In 2008, HandsOn Inland Empire attained over 8,000 volunteer hours worth about $196,411.
There were 2,065 active and dedicated volunteers that participated in two or more projects in 2008, and 34 were trained volunteer project leaders.
With 245 agency partners, HandsOn Inland Empire has coordinated 1,282 service opportunities throughout the community.
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Honoring Cesar Chavez 2009
Throughout the month of March |
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HandsOn Inland Empire encouraged the community to "Get inspired to serve by learning Cesar Chavez's ten core values from which he lived his life."
During the month of March, HandsOn Inland Empire posted descriptions of Cesar Chavez's values and linked each one to a service opportunity that exemplified that value.
The month of March logged in approximately 600 hours of volunteering.
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Service 101
A Successful Start |
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Service 101 got off to a successful start, with 15 volunteers for its first project of the series.
The first project focused on the environmental issue of recycling with a special interest in urban communities. The volunteers gathered at the Renacimento Community Center in the City of Pomona to learn and make an impact on this issue.
Volunteers engaged in a service learning piece for the first 30 minutes which included a carbon footprint practice sheet to give the volunteers an idea of their current impact on the environment.
The volunteers then proceeded to set-up a recycling station for the center, which included decorating recycling bins, decorating the arts and crafts walls and organizing the centers new food pantry.
The response was very positive and the volunteers said the project was very informative and enjoyable as well.
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Make a Difference
Join a Volunteer Team! |
HandsOn Inland Empire has two opportunities for you to volunteer as a part of a team.
Connect with a team of like-minded individuals interested in the same issues you care about with TeenConnect and Service 101.
TeenConnect
This session's projects will focus on youth obesity in low income communities. For more information click here.
Service 101
This session's projects will focus on environment and sustainability. For more information click here.
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| Become a Project Leader
It's easy and FUN! |
Each month HandsOn Inland Empire (HOIE) offers training to our volunteers who are looking for a deeper commitment to service. This fun, informative two-hour training will tell you everything you need to start leading HOIE Projects. It's easy! If you're enthusiastic, enjoy people, like to organize, and want to make a difference here in the Inland Empire, sign up today!Interested in leading a project? To find out what projects we need leaders for click here.
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Teens Make a Difference (TMAD)
What is the Teens Make a Difference Program? |
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TMAD is a program that recognizes the amazing work young people do in their community!
This program is designed for high school students only, and is ongoing although timesheets are due each April 1st in order to participate in the annual recognition ceremony.
You can get started anytime by volunteering and logging hours toward your year-end total on a TMAD timesheet.
Any volunteering at a nonprofit or community-based organization may be included on your timesheet. (Sorry: volunteering at dad's insurance company or babysitting your sister doesn't count.)
Be sure to log ALL your hours and have the volunteer coordinator sign it each time you volunteer.
Libraries, hospitals and participating schools are some of the places where you can give your time and make a difference!
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Join us on Facebook
Stay Connected!
One of HandsOn Inland Empire's goals for the year is to create a sense of community among our volunteers. Our Facebook group will be a way to share volunteer experiences, to meet other like-minded individuals who are creating change in their communities, and most of all to inspire others to serve.
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| HOIE Advisory Board |
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Greg Brittain
Attorney-at-Law
Richard Granados
RDS Insurance Brokers
Lowell King
Operations Officer
Goodwill Industries of the Inland Counties
Peggy Long
Kathy Patoff
Vice President,
Foundation Officer
Union Bank of California
Diane Podolske, Ph.D.
Director, Community University Partnerships
California State University, San Bernardino
Terri Relf
Senior Marketing Manager
Inland Center Mall & The Mall of Victor Valley
Peter Synn
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
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| First Book |
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Register with First Book and be eligible to receive FREE books to place into the hands of children
Inland Empire United Way is partnering with First Book to host one of up to 30 book distribution events across the U.S. and helping to distribute more than 260,000 assorted Disney books!
Books are absolutely FREE to eligible programs that will pick-up, and normally 25-cents per book to have them shipped.
This is your chance! The last distribution event in the Inland Empire was over two years ago, so don't miss out on receiving
FREE, new books for the children you serve! Register with First Book today!
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| California
Volunteers |
Surviving and Thriving During Tough Times
Conference Tour 2009
California Volunteers, in partnership with Bank of America, the Taproot Foundation, and local partners across the state, has developed a series of FREE one-day conferences providing nonprofits access to key training and resources to help them effectively manage - and THRIVE - during the economic downturn.
Registration is FREE and includes materials, coffee/water in the morning, and a boxed lunch.
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| 2009 National Conference on Volunteering and Service |
Taking place on June 22-24 at the Moscone Center - West in the heart of San Francisco, is the world's largest gathering of volunteer and service leaders from the nonprofit, government, and corporate sectors.
For more information and to register, please visit their website.
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Census 2010
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As an official 2010 Census partner, we work to achieve a complete and accurate 2010 Census.
Be a part of the 2010 Census Team! Earn good pay, get paid weekly, work flexible hours, receive paid training, receive reimbursement for authorized mileage and other expenses, and help our community have a successful 2010 census.
For more information, please visit www.2010censusjobs.gov or call 1-866-861-2010. | |
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