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Greetings!
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Thank you for your continued support of Inland Empire United Way's volunteer initiative, HandsOn Inland Empire (HOIE)! This eNewsletter provides you with an update of available volunteer opportunities and how you, too, can be a part of the change!
Click here to learn more.
Thank you!
Volunteer Initiative, HandsOn Inland Empire
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| Volunteer Update |
Volunteers have worked over 1,072 service hours worth about $24,334 in the months of September and October.
- 3,051 active and dedicated volunteers
- 137 trained volunteer project leaders
- 289 partner agencies
- 410 registered teams
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Season of Service: Fall
Family Fun and Funky Celebrations! |
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Our fall project series is focusing on providing social time for families at local non-profit agencies.
Projects will occur at 3 different shelters within the Inland Empire in the months of September, October, and November.
Each project provides sustenance, fun and companionship for the families and children.
This Saturday, volunteers will interact with the children and families and lead them in making fun holiday crafts!
Season of Service Winter coming soon!
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HOT Projects
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Volunteer During the Holidays
Our volunteer initiative, HandsOn Inland Empire, makes it easy for you to find projects that specifically serve our community during the holiday season.
Enjoy volunteering for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Click here to see volunteer opportunities that will make the holidays brighter for those in need in the Inland Empire.
Quarterly Clean-UpsInterested in helping the environment? Join us and the Inland Empire Resource Conservation District for our quarterly clean-ups throughout the community. The first clean up in the series will take place in November. Sign up today!
Knot for Love
Make a difference and learn a new skill. Volunteers are needed to create security blankets for children. The blankets will be done in a style called knotting. Sign up today! |
Introducing 8 AmeriCorps VIP Members to the Community
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Eight AmeriCorps VIP members have been placed at host sites throughout the community to develop volunteer programs and harness the desire to serve and directly impact communities in need.
The AmeriCorps Volunteer Infrastructure Project (VIP) is designed to address the significant challenges faced by California communities due to the recent economic downturn, and Inland Empire United Way's volunteer initiative, HandsOn Inland Empire, is one of eight hubs in California hosting AmeriCorps members as part of the AmeriCorps VIP.
The eight host sites include: Boys and Girls Club of Fontana; Desert Communities United Way; Desert Manna Ministries; Inland Empire United Way's Education & Health Initiative, KidSmart; Inland Valley Hope Partners; Pacific Lifeline; Reach Out West End; and United Way of the Inland Valleys. These non-profits will focus specifically on providing services to children and their families.
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| Recognizing an Outstanding AmeriCorps Member |
Thank you, Rhea!
For the past year we've had a dedicated AmeriCorps member, Rhea Stumm, as part of our team. Throughout her term of service, Rhea has remained dedicated to creating innovative volunteer opportunities and experiences for residents of the Inland Empire. She has successfully launched our Season of Service Series, our Teen Volunteering & Recognition Events, and created various projects including "A Flowering Garden at the Castle" and "Add it Up." Rhea has been such an asset to our team and has truly assisted us in providing quality service programming to local communities. Rhea's term of service will be ending in early December and her projects will be taken over by our new AmeriCorps member, Denise School, who can be reached at dschool@ieuw.org or (909) 980-2857 ext. 223. |
| Become a Project Leader
It's easy and FUN! |
Each month our volunteer initiative, 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 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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Our Sponsors
Thank you!
Anheuser Busch
Build-A-Bear Workshop
Starbucks Coffee
Target
Union Bank of California
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| Volunteer Initiative Advisory Board |
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Greg Brittain
Attorney-at-Law
Christy Campbell
Enterprise Rent-a-Car
Dr. Rick DeBruyne
Lincoln Community Church
Richard Granados
RDS Insurance Brokers
Lowell King
Goodwill Industries of the Inland Counties
Paul Knopf
Pomona Unified School District
Peggy Long
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Diane Podolske, Ph.D.
California State University, San Bernardino
Terri Relf
The Macerich Corporation
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| Give a Day, Get a Day! |
In 2010, Disney wants to inspire one million people to volunteer a day of service to a participating organization in their communities and celebrate their good works by giving each of them one day admission to a theme park at DisneylandŽ Resort or Walt Disney WorldŽ Resort, free.
As part of the HandsOn Network, HandsOn Inland Empire will be participating in this program starting January 1, 2010.
Complete details to be posted soon.
You must pre-register and sign up for eligible volunteer opportunities as they become available. Ticket quantities for this program are limited. Must be at least age 6 to participate. Other terms and conditions apply.
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| Did you know? |
HandsOn Inland Empire offers diverse opportunities for individuals to serve local communities including our Alternative Sentencing Program.
In conjunction with the San Bernardino County Courts, this program places individuals, who are court mandated as part of their sentence, at nonprofit organizations to provide voluntary services.
These volunteers average about 6000 hours of service per month which provides about $136, 200 worth of impact within San Bernardino County.
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| Census 2010: "It's in our hands" |
Just 10 questions can change your community. Be counted in 2010.
Link for more information.
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