I. Past week volunteering
A. Bruce went to Unity House, played cards with
some of the residents
B. Lisa attended the Advocacy Training at Loaves
and Fishes where she
learned about social services available in the Ithaca
area and heard a
speaker about mental health issues
C. People also volunteered at Loaves and Fishes
II. We broke up into groups according to the various on-campus
events
being worked on this semester
A. Sleepout - Mike, mjm62
1. Benefit concert,
Bruce and Mike are on it. let us know if you have any prefs
2. Day of service,
gonna spruce up red cross, Jesse's got it covered
3. Speakers:
Michael Stoops, Maurice Hinchey, Mike is coordinating
4. Candlelight vigil,
Amanda's all over getting some religions represented
5. Panhandling, need
to make & get cans, put on coalition logo, any takers?
6. Getting sleeping
bags so we stay warm, Julia's taking care
7. Publicity, gots
to go crazy, Amy is gonna design a poster
8. Are there any profs
you want to invite? email Mike, mjm62
B. Ithaca Hunger Banquet - Lauren, llf6
1. In conjunction with the
Public Service Center
2. Will be working to organize
the details of the event
C. Food and Clothing Drive Committee - David, db75
D. Spring Celebration Luncheon - Christina, hw47
1. In conjunction with the
Red Cross
2. Will need people to help
organize, prepare the food, serve the food
during the Luncheon, clean
up, delivering the food, etc.
3. We are planning
on soliciting non-perishable goods at various dormatories by going door
to door.
4. The food drive
committee is interested in helping out with this project also.
5. Sheryl will be
asking AOPi sorority to help out with this project.
E. Short term Project - Christine, cmm34
1. The coalition was contacted
by a man last week who was in danger of
being evicted from his apartment
- he had heard that the coalition
sometimes financially helped
people out in similar situations
2. Christine and David paid
his landlord $300, however learned that this
money would only keep the
man in housing for two more weeks
3. This group will work
with this individual to help arrange a long term
solution to his housing
problems
F. Food distribution project: Christina,
hw47, will be presenting our proposal at the Cornell Dining Senior Staff
meeting on
Tuesday, March 6th.