Working on events

I'm gathering up some volunteers to help with my November events, and I emailed social science professors to push the events in their classes. I've requested information from 30 Hour Famine AND Oxfam.

I have a long to-do list for these things, but they'll be freakin' sweet.

Here's a copy of the email I sent:

Hello wonderful Social Science professors!

I'm writing to tell you about the activities I'm planning for November for my position as Hunger and Homelessness Coordinator on the Service Leader Executive Board. I've got two projects going for this month.

First is a project called "The Tunnel." It's modeled from an activity that Ashland University did last year to illustrate the reality of hunger and poverty. I'll be using the little stairwell in Pyle Center that goes from Margaret Thomas Lounge to the Underground as my "tunnel," and I'm going to cover the walls with statistics, facts, and pictures that relate to world poverty (and national and hopefully local poverty as well). I'm going to plan on having a mini-survey for people to fill out after going through it. I'm not sure at this point if I'll be having set times to take people through or if I'll just have them do it on their own time, but in any case, it will be on display the week of November 12-16 (next week).

Also, on Tuesday, November 27th, I'm planning another Oxfam Hunger Banquet! I'm still in the planning stages of it, so there might be some time or date changes, but the current plan is 11/27 from 5-6:30pm. If students make a donation (minimum $1) for Oxfam, they will receive a service hour for participating. We had a good turnout last semester when I held a Hunger Banquet, and I think with your help we can have another successful event!

If you have any questions or comments, please email me and I'll get back to you ASAP!

Let me know if you are interested in incorporating one or both of these events into your classes as soon as you can, and I'll keep you updated on the dates and times for them. Sorry I don't have concrete details at the time! Also, if you'd like to incorporate service learning into your class, please contact Emily Moroney in the Center for Service and Civic Engagement.

Thanks so much,
Caitlin Reed

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"The Tunnel" is underway... I'll be getting some local homelessness stats from the Homeless Shelter, and I'm finalizing my fact sheets and whatnot, but it'll be great!

More info later.
-Caitlin