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The Community Service Center functions as a clearinghouse for students service
projects. Founded in 1988, the mission of the CSC is to support volunteer projects that
GRINNELL COLLEGE
address poverty-related issues, promote positive social change, and develop cross-cultural
understanding. While empowering both students and community members to take action,
service projects educate volunteers about pressing social issues. These projects develop a
sense of civic responsibility in the participants and strengthen ties between the college
and community.
COMMUNITY
OLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
SERVICE
CENTER
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DAVIS SATURDAY ENRICHMENT PROGRAM-Help with
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Children
an enrichment program for children in grades K through 4. Activities
such as music and storytelling are designed to promote learning about
ALTERNATIVE HAPPY HOUR-Travel to Des Moines to
other cultures. Approximate time commitment: 1 1/2 hours on
share experiences with children from low-income families. A car
Saturdays. Contact Subhesh Pakrashi, 236-5486.
leaves the Forum parking lot every Friday at 4:15pm and returns
SPRING 1993
by 9:30pm. Contact Jessica Goodman, x3658.
GRINNELL COMMUNITY DAY CARE--Assist with
OPPORTUNITIES
activities for day care children. Approximate time commitment: 2
BEST BUDDIES--Be a buddy to a teen from the Grinnell
hours per week. Contact Elizabeth Smith, x4085.
community who has mild mental retardation. Buddies see each
other 2 or 3 times per month, and participate in activities they
GRINNELL GIRL SCOUTS--Work with girls ages 5 to 17 as a
both enjoy. Best Buddies is a national organization with a local
troop leader, co-leader, or assistant. No previous Girl Scout
chapter here in Grinnell. Applications are due in the early fall.
experience is required, and both men and women are welcome to
Contact Amanda Harshbarger, x3498.
volunteer. Time commitment varies with degree of involvement.
Contact Susan Bowles, (800) 342-8389.
1127 PARK STREET, 269-4247
CAMP SUNNYSIDE RESPITE WEEKENDS--Assist with
activities for physically and/or mentally challenged children at
HEAD START--Assist teachers with classroom activities for pre-
Camp Sunnyside near Des Moines. Respites run from Friday
schoolers. Head Start is a federally funded program for children from
username: CSC (AVAX)
afternoon to Sunday afternoon. Contact the CSC, x4247.
low-income families. Contact David Friedman, x4007.
DAVIS BUDDY PROGRAM--Work to provide a bridge
MENTORING PROGRAM--Work one-on-one with an at-risk
Amy Eilert, Coordinator
between the community and the college students by being a big
Grinnell Middle School student who faces obstacles which might
Susan Cox, Assistant
buddy to a local at-risk 4th grade child. The student and the
keep him or her from graduating from high school. This program
Tammy Cohen, Assistant
buddy work out what times they will meet. Approximate time
requires about 3 hours of time per week that are spent on both
commitment: 3 to 5 hours per week. Contact Carly Parry,
recreational and academic activities. Applications are available every
x3582, or Elisabeth Bailey, 236-4875.
fall. Contact Lisa McCauley, x3642, Carminda Cuadro, x3341, or
Erin Turner, x4123.
Adults With Special Needs
Senior Citizens
Women
CENTRAL IOWA RESIDENTIAL SERVICES, INC. (CIRSI)-
CARING ADULT CENTER--Provide activities and support
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ALTERNATIVES/SEXUAL
Volunteer to be a special friend to a person with mental retardation.
for older persons who need assistance maintaining a healthy,
ASSAULT CENTER-Coordinate a support group within
This project works one-on-one, and requires a fairly high commitment
independent life. Volunteers are encouraged to come on a
Grinnell for battered women and sexual assault survivors, work
level. Approximate time commitment: 2 visits per month. Contact
regular schedule, but are welcome anytime the Center is open:
on the crisis line, advocate for children's rights, or help with
the CSC, x4247.
Monday-Friday from 10am to 3pm. Assistance is also needed
shelter maintenance. DVA provides 20 hours of training. Contact
with publicity, newsletters, and art/design projects. Contact
the CSC, x4247.
JASPER COUNTY CARE FACILITY-Join the Special Friends
Margi Ness, 236-6481.
program and visit with developmentally disabled adults each
JEANNE BURKLE WOMEN'S CENTER-Join the program
Tuesday. A car leaves the Forum parking lot at 6:30pm. Contact Jeff
GRINNELL SENIOR CENTER--Help with activities or
committee to plan and participate in Center programs. Help staff
Stadler, 236-4081, or Mary Cooper, x3813.
special projects at the Senior Center. Volunteers are needed for
the center Monday-Friday from 11:30am to 1:30pm. to provide a
weekly shifts during the hours of 8am to 4pm. Contact the
relaxed meeting place. Babysit for programs, or work with one
POWESHIEK COUNTY CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER-
CSC, x4247.
time events. Contact Holly Mahling, x3562, or Margi Ness, 236-
Help mentally and developmentally handicapped adults with daily living
7376.
and pre-vocational skills. Volunteers are needed anytime between 9am and
NURSING HOMES AND MAYFLOWER RETIREMENT
1pm daily. The time commitment is flexible. Contact the CSC, x4247.
COMMUNITY--Spend time with elderly people who live in one
of Grinnell's two nursing homes or in the Mayflower Home.
POWESHIEK COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER-Volunteer
Activities include talking, playing games, etc. Special events
Tutoring Projects
to be a part of Friends Unlimited and help with social activities at the
will be planned as ideas arise. Contact Melanie Leavitt, x3187.
clubhouse, a program for chronically mentally ill adults. The time
ADULT LITERACY PROGRAM--Tutor adults in basic English
commitment is flexible. Contact the CSC, x4247.
and mathematics skills. Help recruit adults and publicize the
UNIFIED SPORTS/SPECIAL OLYMPICS-Play basketball and
Social Services
program. Volunteers usually work about 2 hours per week. Contact
volleyball with mentally and/or physically challenged teammates in order to
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES--File, organize,
Tammy Cohen, x4119 or the CSC, x4247.
further sports skills, develop friendships, and have fun. This program
and help with front desk work. The time commitment is flexible,
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE-Tutor non-native
meets for 1 1/2 hours on Sundays for 6 weeks each semester. Contact
but usually around 2 to 3 hours per week. Contact the CSC,
English speaking students in a variety of academic subjects.
Kathy Lange, x3897, or Amy Lubelchek, x3227.
x4247.
Tutoring takes place at the schools, once or twice per week for 30 to
45 minutes. Contact Twila Rosenow, 236-6324.
JOB RVICE--Help out with desk work and other agency
Poverty
jobs. The time commitment is flexible, but usually around 1 to 3
AFTER SCHOOL FOREIGN LANGUAGE (ASFL)-Work to
hours per week. Contact the CSC, x4247.
increase global awareness by introducing foreign languages at the
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY--Renovate houses in the
MICA (MID-IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION)--Help in the
elementary and middle school levels, once a week for 45 minutes
Poweshiek county area which are then sold at cost to low-income
food pantry, work with low-income families, or provide child
after school. Share your knowledge, perfect your own abilities, and
families. Help with fundraising, family selection and support, and
care. Contact the CSC, x4247.
introduce students to a new culture. People of all languages,
construction. Contact the CSC, x4247.
backgrounds, and abilities are welcome. Contact Jessica Goff,
SECOND MILE--Sort, size, and mend clothing for the
x3910, Stephanie Amold, x3544 or Jeremy Giltner, x3782.
POVERTY ACTION NOW--Volunteer on Saturdays at the
clothing closet. Help with the Christmas Sharing program or
GRINNELL-NEWBURG SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS
Catholic Worker, a community of hospitality for homeless people in
with other special projects. One time volunteers are often
Des Moines. A car leaves the Forum grill at 10am, and returns to
needed. Contact the CSC, x4247.
PROGRAM--Tutor area elementary, junior-high, and high school
students in a variety of academic subjects. Help with after-school
campus around 4:30pm. Contact [HOMELESS] over the vax.
programs, or serve as a classroom aide. Sessions take place at the
secure
schools during times that the tutor and the student arrange. Approxi-
Peace
mate time commitment: 2 hours per week. Contact the CSC, x4247.
Health
NATIVE AMERICAN INTEREST GROUP-Tutor children at
IOWA PEACE INSTITUTE--Help with mailings, conduct
tours of campus, translate foreign languages (Russian, German,
the Mesquakie Settlement on Thursday evenings. Tutoring sessions
GRINNELL GENERAL HOSPITAL-Volunteer in any number of
Japanese, and Chinese), organize library materials, work at
usually last about 3 hours per week. Contact Katya Ricketts, 236-
areas, ranging from direct patient contact to support services. For current,
conference registrations, or help with photography, food
8749, or Jessica Roff, 236-4382.
specific opportunities, contact Flaine Noe, 236-4467.
preparation, or computer work. Contact Judy Hall, 236-4880.
From the Participants
Head Start volunteer: "(College students) just see older people
and students; children have a different perspective. It's
Community
interesting to talk to other people with different outlooks."
ESL tutor: "It's most important that students get away from the
Service Center
college campus in order to get a different perspective."
An adult literacy tutor: "Working one-on-one with a person
from the town of Grinnell was a refreshing experience; also,
watching my tutee make progress was immensely satisfying."
A day-care center volunteer: "I enjoy working with children
Grinnell
and have found that hugging little babies is a good stress
buster."
College
A special buddy: "I think the [buddy] program can be quite
beneficial for the kids involved. Attention and care definitely
Alternative Happy Hour program participants.
make all the difference in the world to a child's self-image, and it
is from there that he or she will develop."
Affiliations
Unified Sports volunteer: "The project allowed the people from
Grinnell College is a member of Campus Compact: The Project
Jasper County Care Facility to have direct one-on-one contact
for Public and Community Service.
with the college students and to have fun. Everyone became
Campus Compact is a coalition of college and
friends and learned a lot about each other."
university presidents established to create public
service opportunities for their students and to develop
Domestic Violence Alternatives and Alternative Happy Hour
an expectation of service as an integral part of
volunteer: "[These programs provide] significant involvement
student life and the college experience.
with important issues, raise awareness and an understanding of
(Excerpted from Campus Compact's statement of purpose)
the value and operation of community service/volunteer
organizations, and cultivate a desire to be involved in other
Cover: Heather Glenn '92 with Odessa Kerr at Head Start.
service activities."
Crop Walk participant: "[I volunteer] just to stretch my heart.
I
have been very busy this semester, but I will definitely continue
my volunteer work next year."
Community Service Center
1127 Park Street
Grinnell College
P.O. Box 805
Grinnell, Iowa 50112-0810
515-269-4247
Volunteer Opportunities in
More Than 30 Programs
Service Tradition
Adults With Special Needs
at Grinnell
CIRSI
Jasper County Care Facility
Poweshiek County Career Development Center
Poweshiek County Mental Health Center
Student commitment to social responsibility has been a large
Special Olympics/Unified Sports
part of the college's history. After the Civil War, when the
college was a center for abolitionist activity, Grinnell became
Children
known as the center of the Social Gospel reform movement.
DON
Alternative Happy Hour
This concept of social justice moved many Grinnell alumni to
Best Buddies
make significant contributions to social reform. FDR'S New
Buddy Program at Davis Elementary School
Deal Administration included Grinnellians Harry Hopkins,
Camp Sunnyside Respite Weekends
Chester Davis, Paul Appleby, Hallie Flanagan, and Florence
Grinnell Community Day Care Center
Stewart Kerr.
Grinnell Girl Scouts
Head Start
Today the college's mission statement includes "Our graduates
Kinship
should be equipped to pursue successful careers, a satisfying
Mentoring Program
personal life, effective community service, and physically active
Saturday Enrichment Program at Davis Elementary School
and intellectually satisfying leisure. The college should
graduate citizens who will make voluntary public contributions
Homeless People
wherever possible, especially in local community affairs."
Habitat for Humanity
Students Helping the Homeless
Origin and Purpose of the CSC
Senior Citizens
Grinnell's Community Service Center (CSC) opened in 1988
Caring Adults Day Care Center
through a $30,000 three-year ACTION grant awarded to the
Chore Service
college's Career Development Office. The CSC functions as a
Katie Tash '89 with a Jasper County Care Facility resident.
Friendship Manor
clearinghouse for individual and group volunteer projects. The
Grinnell Senior Center
center is staffed by a coordinator and two student assistants,
Students Helping the Homeless-The late Mitch Snyder,
Mayflower Home
and advised by a board of faculty, administrators, community
homeless advocate and leader of the Community for Creative
St. Francis Manor
representatives, and students.
Non-Violence, spoke at Grinnell in 1987. His words motivated
several Grinnell students to contact homeless shelters in Des
Social Services
In the second year of operation, 350 students volunteered for
Moines to find out how they could help. Every Saturday student
service projects. In addition to coordinating volunteer place-
volunteers travel to Des Moines to work in the shelters and to
Department of Human Services
Job-Service
ments, the CSC publishes a newsletter edited by a student
interact with the homeless people. The group states its purpose:
Mid-lowa Community Action
assistant. At the end of the year, the center sponsors a picnic
Our group believes that change comes through
Second Mile
for all volunteers and community service agency representa-
knowledge and that knowledge is gained through direct
tives.
experience. Our group's priority is breaking down
stereotypes and preconceptions about poverty and
Tutoring Projects
The mission of the Community Service Center is to support
homelessness.
Adult Literacy Program
volunteer projects that address poverty-related issues, promote
English as a Second Language (ESL)
positive social change, and develop cross-cultural understand-
Native American Interest Group, (NAIG)
Grinnell-Newburg School Volunteer Program
ing. While empowering both students and community members
NAIG, a Grinnell student organization, began tutoring at the
Native American Interest Group Tutoring Project
to take action, service projects educate volunteers about
Mesquakie Settlement in 1988. Members joined a program,
pressing social issues. These projects develop a sense of civic
founded in 1974, by lowa State University. Volunteers tutor
Women
responsibility in the participants and strengthen ties between the
middle-school children every Thursday evening at the Tama
Domestic Violence Alternatives
college and community.
settlement. Tutors develop ties with the students, reinforce the
Jeanne Burkle Women's Center
importance of education and cultivate a love of learning in the
Several student groups, active prior to the opening of the CSC,
children.
benefit from the renewed awareness of needs and volunteer
opportunities and from the support of CSC resources.
Mortar Board-Mortar Board is a scholastic/service group
whose members are seniors with strong academic records and
a commitment to service. Previous projects have included
nursing home visitation programs and tutoring of local middle-
school and high-school students.