Centenary College News: Student Activities, Clubs & Organizations: Community Service

2011 Work-Study Job Fair

irism@centenarycollege.edu (Michael Iris, Director of Career Services) — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:46:00 -0400

Join us in the Lackland Center (Outside Cafeteria) on August 30th from 11:30 - 2:00 for our annual Work-Study Job fair where students can meet with hiring supervisors from various departments. Don't miss this great opportunity!

Get some work experience before going out into the working world. A Work-Study position looks great on your resume and your supervisor can also be a great reference in the future when you start applying for jobs.

Volunteers Needed! Back Barn Restoration Project!

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:59:00 -0400

Volunteer help needed!

We are starting a big project in July – the restoration of the Back Barn at the Equestrian Center – and we are looking for volunteers to help with the rebuild.

Here are the details:

• Who: We need YOU! Bring a few friends, family members, your dog-walker, your sports teams, your dentist…you get the idea! As long as volunteers are over the age of 18, they can help with the project. We need 10 -12 volunteers per day; and will provide a lunch and beverages for volunteers.

• When: Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, starting on Wednesday, July 6 and running through Saturday August 27 (barring any unforeseen issues). Start time is 8:30 am, we break at noon for lunch, and we end the day at 4:30 pm.

• Why: The Equestrian Center impacts 140 full-time students, 40 TRAC clients with disabilities, 20 Centenary student instructors-in-training, and 30 community volunteers. Without the Back Barn - the Center’s “command post” - academic and community programs will be jeopardized. With the help of volunteers, a renovated barn will be complete in time for the Fall 2011 semester.

• What else: A foreman from Morris Habitat for Humanity will lead volunteers each day. We will document the progress of the project through photographs that will be displayed on the Project’s Facebook page (Centenary College Back Barn Restoration Project). When the project is complete, all volunteers will be invited back for a ribbon cutting/thank you ceremony.

We need volunteers to sign up today – your help will make this project a success.

For more information or answer to Back Barn questions, please call or email me.

You can also follow updates and sign up on the Facebook page! www.facebook.com/ccbackbarn

THANK YOU!

Simone Knaap
Advancement Director, Special Projects
Tel: (908) 852-1400 ext.2336
Email: knaaps@centenarycollege.edu

Omega Rho: Coupons For the Community

crimim@centenarycollege.edu (crimi) — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:42:00 -0500

As part of a class project, students at Centenary College are teaming up with Coupons for the Community, in support of Omega Rho's annual canned food drive, to benefit the food bank at Trinity United Methodist Church in Hackettstown. What we ask is simple: Drop off your unwanted store and manufacturer coupons, which are in the newspapers you read, at the drop off points listed below, along with any donation of canned goods or non-perishable items.

Drop off Points: 1) The Mail Room 2)Centenary College Front Desk Seay Building 3) The Library 4) Lord's Pantry at Trinity Methodist Church, Hackettstown.

Community service opportunity

edouardc2centenarycollege.edu (Constance Edouard) — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:12:00 -0400

Volunteers are needed to help with a 5K Run/Walk being held in Hackettstown on Sunday, November 7, 8:00--11:00am to benefit the Career & Life Transitions Center for Women. This organization provides counseling, education, and training to "displaced homemakers", who are women that have been out of the job market for years but suddenly have to support their families due to divorce or the death/disability of their husbands.

We need volunteers to do a variety of things, like standing along the race route to direct runners, serving refreshments, etc. Volunteers would need to arrive at 8:00am on Sunday, November 7 at the American Legion Pavilion on Willow Grove Street in Hackettstown. This will obviously be help outside, so they should dress warmly. There will be free bagels, fruit, coffee, etc for everyone. Any interested volunteers should contact me ASAP

Community Service at the Crayola Factory

edouardc@centenarycollege.edu (Constance Edouard) — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:50:00 -0400

Have you ever been to the Crayola Factory? It's a Magical Place, full of life and vibrant colors. Well, guess what? Centenary College will be offering our first Community Service opportunity to visit and give tours in this wonderful world of color. We only have 4 spots available. This will be a great chance to meet some fun people at a fun place and pass that joy down to small children. Our students will be trained on how to give tours to small children, and then they will conduct a tour. In addition to receiving community service hours our students will also be able to take advantage of some great deals and discounts.

When: Saturday, November 6, 2010

Time: Van departs at 9:00 from Reeves Gym

Students Hit the Streets to Perform Community Service

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:38:00 -0400

Centenary College students hit the streets to perform community service
Continuing a long-standing Centenary College tradition and graduation requirement, 470 of the college's incoming freshmen and transfer students hit the streets last Monday to give their time to the Community Plunge.

Started a dozen years ago, Community Plunge is an annual community service event for new students that sends them out to help a variety of organizations and causes.

This year, Centenary students were sent out to serve at a dozen different sites in the area, including The Post House in Chester, Morris County Soil Conservation in Morristown, cleanup of the Hackettstown downtown center, and even as far as the Ronald McDonald House in Philadelphia.

Since 1990, community service has been a required part of the college's curriculum.

"Few can deny the huge value of community awareness to college students and the tremendous benefit their service provides the surrounding areas,'' the Rev. David Jones, vice president for student engagement at Centenary, said in a statement. "It fosters solid relationships and camaraderie between unacquainted students, develops a strong sense of community and global concern among them, and indulges a variety of interests in the participants by offering an array of possible activities. My hope is that this experience will promote a desire to volunteer and serve throughout their lives.''

Alumna Named "Big Sister of the Year" Meets President Obama

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:44:00 -0400

Hackettstown, N.J., July 28, 2010 – Centenary College alumna, Angela Rodriquez, never dreamed that volunteering for the organization Big Brothers Big Sisters would earn her national recognition and the opportunity to meet the President of the United States.

Rodriquez, a 1990 graduate from Centenary, signed up with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Essex, Union and Hudson Counties nine years ago because she wanted to make a difference in young peoples' lives. As an only child, she wanted an experience that was similar to being a true big sister.

"I felt that I wanted to make a difference in someone’s life," says Rodriquez. "The sense of fulfillment that I receive from the work that I have done with this organization is like no other."

Rodriquez’s little sister, Sabriyah Jones, will be attending College in the fall. As a result, Rodriquez will now serve as a Big Sister to Sabriyah’s younger sister, Zahiriah.

There are 5,000 mentors in the state of New Jersey and 250,000 nationally, according to Carlos Lejnieks, President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Essex, Union and Hudson counties. As Big Sister of the Year, Rodriquez recently delivered the keynote address at the Big Brothers Big Sisters Conference in Atlanta. She was interviewed for ABC World News with Diane Sawyer, met Senator Frank Lautenberg and visited the Oval Office and met with President Obama.

"We are so proud of Angela Rodriquez," says Dr. Barbara-Jayne Lewthwaite. "She remains actively involved with her alma mater. She is on the Alumni Association Executive Board and was instrumental in starting a BRAG Chapter (Black Retail Action Group) on campus recently and is Homecoming Co-chair for Class of 1990. She is a leader in every sense of the word who graduated from an institution that values community service."

Centenary was the first College in the State of New Jersey to mandate community service as a graduation requirement. Some of Centenary's community service projects include "Community Plunge," a day-long volunteer opportunity held at multiple locations for first-year students; an initiative to help the homeless in New York City called “Midnight Run”; and a yearly Disaster Relief Project where students from Centenary and Drew University travel to New Orleans to help rebuild areas that have suffered devastation from Hurricanes Rita, Gustav and Katrina.

For more information about Big Brothers Big Sisters, please call (973) 642-BIGS (2447).