General Studies Lounge

The General Studies
"Great Thanksgiving Give-Back"
Food Drive,
Volunteering
and
GS Family Dinner

Food Drive in the GS Lounge
Help us fill the box for City Harvest, a local organization that picks up and drops off food to soup kitchens and food pantries around the city.

Volunteer on Thanksgiving Day before
we all appreciate our own GS Family Thanksgiving.
We will be helping Meals on Wheels
in various capacities - preparing,
serving, and delivering meals.

When:
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Broadway Presbyterian
601 West 114th Street on Broadway
New York, NY 10025
Times to volunteer are:
9-12 Food Prep
12-2 Serving
2-4 Serving and Cleanup

If you are interested please contact
Kastle Olson - keo2109@columbia.edu
To volunteer write Thanksgiving Volunteering in the subject line
and include your name, your email address, phone number and
let us know if you will be attending dinner.
Contact: Kästle Olson at keo2109@columbia.edu

Volunteer in Harlem at
PS 76’s Halloween Party
on All Hallow’s Eve.
Located just past Morningside Park, PS 76 is an elementary school that is a part of the Columbia community, and an institution that works very hard to ensure the education and welfare of its children. On Friday, October 31st they will be hosting a community Halloween Party complete with face painting, trick or treating and a Haunted House!

Volunteer for an hour or for the whole night – the party begins at 6:00 pm and goes to 10:00 pm. Volunteering starts at 3 and goes to 11 (somebody’s got to clean up all the wrappers and silly string).

Here’s the clincher, we need to know who is volunteering by Noon, Friday October 24th in order for them to set the even up properly.
Please only volunteer if you intend to come and please come in costume.

To volunteer write PS76 Halloween in the subject line and include your name, your email address, phone number and hours from 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm that you would like to help.
Contact: Kästle Olson at keo2109@columbia.edu

Colleges Against Cancer

and

Relay for Life

It's a shocking statistic: 1 in 3 three people will get cancer in his or her lifetime. “Colleges Against Cancer” is the team of people who organizes and fundraises for the Columbia University Relay For Life. Relay For Life is a worldwide fundraising event, and is considered to be the largest not-for-profit fundraiser in the world. Over the past 5 years, we at Columbia have fundraised $324,000 for the American Cancer Society, a group that dedicates its work towards cancer research, outreach, and education programs. 

Help our colleges in the fight against cancer.

Contact:

Rathi Srinivas rls2131@columbia.eduLisa Lewis lisamlewis22@gmail.com

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“America Reads” at Community Impact reaches out to Harlem school children to promote and inspire a love of literacy and learning through classroom reading activities and projects, homework assistance, innovative field trips and close mentoring relationships.

   Volunteer* in one of five programs at four different Harlem schools.  Each program provides an educational environment that facilitates learning through positive after school and in school experiences.

*Work Study available

Contact: Tiffany Y’Vonne – beingthechange@gmail.com

               Marybeth Corazzini – mc557@columbia.edu

 Grant Houses

Teach children from grades 3-7, helping them achieve grade level literacy skills through a variety of challenges with individual attention for each student.

-          Monday through Friday 4-6 (field trips on Fridays)

-          Contact: Christopher Vargo – cjv2103@columbia.edu

  P.S. 76 Phillip Randolph School - After School Program

Teach 2^nd grade students to love literacy by engaging them in the learning process through weekly themed lessons, all culminating on a related field trip on Fridays.

 - Monday though Friday 3-6 (field trips on Fridays)

-          Contact: Anstasia Easterling ale2105@columbia.edu or Rosalyn Shih rosalynshih@gmail.com

 P.S. 76 Phillip Randolph School – Daytime Program

Work one on one with K 2^nd and 4^th graders as a mentor encouraging positive literacy experiences.  Choose a minimum of one hour a week to work with one or two children.

 - Monday through Friday 9-3

 - Contact: Kästle Olson keo2109@columbia.edu or

Will Berlin wpb2104@columbia.edu

  P.S. 154 Harriet Tubman School

Team teach an afterschool class of third graders.  Design and implement creative, literacy based lesson plans and provide homework help while serving as a positive role model.

 - Tuesday through Thursday. 3-5

 - Contact: David LoVerme djl2111@columbia.edu

 P.S. 180 Hugo Newman School

Working as a classroom assistant, building relationships and offering targeted assistance to students and logistical support to their teacher, helping to “fill the gaps” in the classroom.

 - Monday through Friday

 - Contact: Emma Hulse ech2103@columbia.edu

Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ci/groups/AmericaReads.htm

To reach the Community @ Large Committee: gssc-calc@columbia.edu

C@LC is the arm of the student council that thinks globally and acts locally. We aim to foster active participation in our community-immediate and otherwise. In other words, we want to give life to your volunteer projects, show you how to get involved and inspire you to do so. Find out more About Us and our members.