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UPCOMING EVENTS
April 19
5:00-6:30PM Carl A. Fields, Room 104
7:00 - 10:30PM McCosh 10
April 21
7:00 - 10:30PM McCosh 10
April 26
Beyond the Academy Series: Community Reaching in-PU Reaching Out 12-1:20PM, Whig Hall Oakes Lounge
April 27
Princeton Preview Pace Center Open House 1-2PM, 201 Frist Campus Center
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April 18, 2012
Civic Engagement & Public Service Newsletter
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Thursday, April 19, 5:00 - 6:30PM Carl A. Fields Center, Room 104
Beginning at 5:00 pm, Dr. Kakenya Ntaiya will speak about her involvement with the Kakenya Center for Excellence, a school that she established in her village in Kenya, based on the belief that education empowers and motivates young girls to become agents of change in their community and country. Joining Dr. Ntaiya will be Ellyn Ito, founder of Seeds to Sew International, a nonprofit that partners with the Kakenya Center to develop basic skills training programs to increase economic opportunities for women and girls. At the conclusion of the program, Dr. Ntaiya and Ms. Ito will join the audience in an informal reception to have further conversations. Light refreshments will be served.
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ICCF Kickoff, Donors Choose COO
Friday, April 20, 2:00PM Frist 307
Donors Choose is a leading education nonprofit that provides a web platform where donors anywhere can give teachers in low-income U.S. schools grants for classroom supplies and field trips. The COO of Donors Choose, César Bocanegra, will kickoff the Inter Club Community Fundraiser, a 10-day civic engagement program co-organized by the Pace Council for Civic Values (PCCV) and Princeton's eating clubs.
Directly after the event, the PCCV will host a small activities fair for social entrepreneurship and education groups for students to learn how they can continue to be involved in these causes. Refreshments will be served. Please click here for more details on all ICCF events.
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By Friday, April 20
Help us reach our goal of 1,000 Facebook "likes" by May 1 and learn more about the Pace Center and how you can be civically engaged!
How? "Like" the Pace Center page, post on our wall, or "check-in" by April 20, and your name will be entered into a drawing. With a maximum of one post and one check-in per day, we will "score" your hits in this way:
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We will award 3 winners, with prizes including $10 from Bent Spoon, Starbucks, or Small World.
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USG Hosting Clash of the Colleges: It's Time to Serve
Month of April
One hour of service equals one point for your college. The winning college will get a trophy, a free party, cake, refreshments, and a banner to sign and publicly display. The top five students who complete the greatest number of hours in the winning college will be awarded a personal trophy. To help your college win, check out http://tinyurl.com/timetoserve for details and log hours at http://ccc.tigerapps.org.
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Congratulations to "Send Hunger Packing" - 2nd Place Community Champion Award
Congratulations to the members of SVC's "Send Hunger Packing" project which took the 2nd place Community Champion Award, awarded to those who have gone above and beyond in time commitment and dedication to community serivce. SHP will be honored at a special award dinner on May 1st and have the opportunity to donate $1000 to the charity of their choice which they have identified as The Mercer Street Friends food bank.
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Internship - The Young People's Project Summer Math Institute
Deadline: May 12, 2012
Intern this summer with the Young People's Project (YPP) and Center for African American Studies. The intern will be trained and employed as a College Math Literacy Worker (CMLW) and work on the M.I.T. campus in Cambridge, MA. For more information and to see a job description, email Leide Cabral at gba@typp.org.
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Class of 1961 Foundation Seeking Community Service Project Proposals
Proposal deadline: Rolling
The Class of 1961 Foundation seeks proposals from undergraduates and faculty who are interested in implementing a community service project, in the fields of education, health, or the environment, in the U.S. or outside the U.S. Proposals must meet the Class' goal of "...making a meaningful contribution to the people and habitat of the country and the world in a manner that reinforces the value of the Princeton experience." Class of 1961 members are a fundamental component of a project but are not required in developing and submitting a proposal. (Identification and selection of '61 involvement will be the responsibility of the Foundation.)
For more information on the Class of 1961 Foundation Community Service Project and proposals, visit the Class of 1961 website or email Pres@Princeton61.org.
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Class of '72 and 2012 - Donate at Reunions 2012
In honor of its 40th reunion, the Class of 1972 is partnering with the Class of 2012 to hold several large donation efforts during this year's Reunions. Attendees are encouraged to donate their gently-used eyeglasses, jewlery, and bicycles, for New Eyes for the Needy and the Boys and Girls Club of Trenton & Mercer County, which serves approximately 2,300 youths per year.
Collection boxes for the eyeglasses and jewelry will be available at the '72 Reunions registration table, and at the Pace Center and USG offices, located on the 2nd floor of Frist. Tax deduction forms will be available. For more information about donations and specifically bicycle donations, contact Barbara Julius '72 (bmjulius@princeton.edu) by May 25. |
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