Harvard Club of Washington, D.C.

Community Service Wiki

 

This wiki is for members of the Harvard Club of Washington, D.C. to share information on community service opportunities they support and would like to share with other club members.

 

Viewing the wiki is open to everyone. All contributions must be from current members of the Harvard Club. For more information, please contact Community Service Co-Chair, Amanda Gregory at amandagregory@gmail.com.

 

 

Upcoming Harvard Club of Washington, D.C. Community Service Events

 

Sign up for any of our service events by emailing amandagregory@gmail.com

 

Sunday, February 20, 2011

8:45am - 12pm

DC Central Kitchen - meal prep

 

Sunday, March 20, 2011

8:45am - 12pm

DC Central Kitchen - meal prep

 

 

 

• Looking for volunteer opportunities? Check out recommendations from other club members, or make your own recommendations at http://hdc-community.pbwiki.com/Volunteer+Opportunities+for+Club+Members
• Know a community service organization that would like applications from Harvard undergraduates for summer 2009 internships? Submit your recommendations at http://hdc-community.pbwiki.com/2009-internship-list . Undergraduates who get selected for summer internships can then apply to the DC club for a Summer Community Service Fellowship for funding.

 

 

• Community Club - Tutors Needed
• Volunteers tutors are needed to work one-on-one with DC public and charter students enrolled in the Community Club tutoring, mentoring, and college access program (www.communityclub.org).  Community Club meets at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church (NYAPC), located at 1313 NY Avenue, NW, from 6:45 pm to 8:15 each Thursday during the school year.  Since 1962, Community Club has helped DC public and charter school students, primarily in grades 7-12, improve their academic skills, prepare for college and career, and become successful adults. Our tutors often become role models and offer sources of stability in students' lives, and many foster relationships with their students that extend beyond Thursday evenings to special outings and attendance at school events.  Tutor/student pairs often form lifelong friendships.
• To Volunteer or for Additional Information: Please contact Susannah Harris at susannah@communityclub.org or Tom Karr ‘84 at tom@communityclub.org.

 

• Tutors/Mentors for NHT/Enterprise

  NHT/Enterprise has worked for over ten years in Washington, DC to help tenants preserve affordable housing under the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA).   The group needs tutors to provide up to four (4) hours of direct tutoring  and or mentoring assistance for underperforming DC youth in Grades 1-8.  If you are interested, send a copy of your resume to Devin Tucker at dtucker@nhtinc.org.  Please write “After-school Volunteer Tutor” in the subject line.  Volunteers will start their placements in September 2009.

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• Calling Harvard Club attorneys for pro bono work on foreclosures. As you all know the metropolitan area has not been exempt from effects of the sub-prime housing crisis, in fact, two counties in Maryland have been among the hardest hit. In response, two organizations offering pro bono legal services, Civil Justice and Pro Bono Legal Services of Maryland have organized weekly workshops for homeowners on foreclosure prevention, and counseling for those in default. These workshops have been very well received, and have assisted a number of homeowners in renegotiating affordable loans with cooperating lenders. These workshops have also helped to identify entities engaged in predatory lending practices.Both Civil Justice and Pro Bono Legal Servcies of Maryland would welcome additional help from members of the Maryland bar. It involves a few hours of training (for which you receive CLE credit), and then a few hours on a Saturday or Sunday morning counseling homeowners ( you will be paired with more experienced counselors). The training is very useful, and the counseling has proved very valuable to homeowners. If there is sufficient interest among members of the Maryland bar who are Harvard affiliates, we will arrange a special training session which would allow individuals to become part of the growing pro bono counseling effort in Maryland. Please respond to this e-mail to let us know if you would like to participate. Should you have any questions, please contact Mary Ann McGrail, 202-577-4368. We hope you will want to take part!

 

 

• Sponsor a Harvard Book Prize at a local high school. The Harvard Book Prize is one of the highest awards given to a high school junior and helps attract some of the best-qualified applicants to the college. It's easy to sponsor a book - the club will contact the school and make all the arrangements. For more information, contact Deborah Gelin at 202-223-6161.book prize form.doc

 

• Community Service Opportunities recommended by Harvard Club members. Email me your suggestions, ireneswu@yahoo.com

• (1) Clean Kits. (Buckets, mops, bleach, rubber gloves, hand towels, sponges, heavy-duty trash bags, laundry detergent and various cleaning agents) (2) Personal Care Kits (Toothbrushes, toothpaste, dental floss, shampoo, conditioner, soap, shaving cream, razors, aftershave, combs, and skin care products) (3) Repair Tools(shovels, rakes, hammers, saws, nails, drills, extension cords, ladders, safety glasses, wet-dry vacuums, work gloves, masks, pump sprayers, and heavy-duty ropes) (4) Baby Supplies (Baby wash and lotion, diapers, diaper rash cream, wipes, and formula) Send items to: From Rene Rocque Lee. Maya Angelou Public Charter School (MAPCS) needs YOU as a Volunteer Tutor. At MAPCS (Shaw Campus), school is personalized. Students’ needs are met through individualized attention. The evening tutoring program provides students with one-on-one help on homework, projects and educational planning. Working in small study communities with students allows tutors to get to know the students’ strengths and weaknesses, personalities and interests. Tutoring sessions are an important part in the student’s day, and tutors become an important role in the student’s academic success. Tutoring sessions are held three nights per week, but we ask that tutors commit to attend just one of these evenings (the same night each week). Student success depends on tutors’ punctuality and consistency. MAPCS volunteers act as both tutors and mentors while providing instruction, guidance and support. With consistent attendance and participation, tutors will get to know a young person well and at the same time provide important advice and encouragement. Prospective tutors must submit a volunteer application, complete a background check, and attend one orientation/training session; all sessions take place at 1851 9th Street, N.W. For more information, please visit our website at www.seeforever.org. Adrienne Glasgow, 202-939-9080, glasgowa@seeforever.org. Gillian Moise, 202-939-9080 ext. 201 (posted July 2008) See attached application.

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  MAPCS Tutor Recruitment Flyer.pdf

 

 

 

Photos from recent events

• DC Central Kitchen, April 18, 2010

 

• Capital Area Food Bank, April 3, 2010

 

 

• DC Central Kitchen, September 20, 2009

• HAA Global Day of Service.  Anacostia Watershed Society Trash Clean-up.  May 9, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• HAA Global Day of Service.  DC Central Kitchen.  May 9, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• So Others Might Eat, Taking a break after serving lunch, March 15, 2009
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• So Others Might Eat, Serving breakfast, February 8, 2009
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• From Patrick Jackson. The needs following the landfall of hurricanes Gustav and Ike are as large as Texas itself. As communities throughout the Gulf Coast and beyond recover from these devastating storms help is needed for thousands of people still struggling to survive. (1)Monetary donations can be made to United Way 2008 Hurricane Season Recovery Fund (www.liveunited.org/recoveryfund), the Louisiana Association of United Wayshttp://www.launitedway.org/hurricanedonate.html), the United Ways of Texas (http://www.uwtexas.org/donate) or individual disaster-related funds at local United Ways in the affected areas. (2) Explain to your friends and neighbors the importance of supporting a region that – in many instances – has been forgotten by the national media. We believe many people outside of the Gulf Coast do not realize how desperate the conditions are and the challenges that remain for thousands of people. (3) Finally, consider opportunities to volunteer. Getting cash donations in tough economic times can be difficult. So organizing community or church groups to prepare and send requested items to the Gulf Coast might be a way you can support the recovery efforts.

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• Posted below are requested items and addresses to send the supplies. The needs are great and we appreciate whatever assistance you can manage – small packages from individuals and larger donations – perhaps organized by a coalition of people, are all welcome.
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Warehouse: 1950 North MLK Drive Orange , TX 77630

Contact: Major John Queener

Cell: 409.883.4232

 

Warehouse: 3901 IH 10 E Orange , TX 77630

 

Contact: Janie Johnson

Cell: 409.883.2322

 

Warehouse: 215 East Pinhook Road , Lafayette , LA 70501

Contact: Sarah Berthelot

Cell: 337.654.5780

Work: 337.706.1221

 

 

Warehouse: Emergency Interiors 324 Union Street , Opelousas , LA 70570

Contact: Ray Mitchell

Cell: 337.331.5554

 

Warehouse: 1717 Tehoupitoulous Street , New Orleans , LA 70130-1818

Contact: Nicole Saulmier-Timmons

Cell: 504.827.6802

Work: 504.957.9774

 

 

We hope that you will consider helping __t__he affected communities during this time of need. Please feel free to share this information with others who might be in a position to contribute. Your help at any level will be deeply appreciated.

 

 

 

 

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• From Mark Finks. Calvary Women's Services My friend Kris Thompson, executive director of Calvary Women's Services, asked me to share that Calvary is looking for some new board members. Here is Kris's contact information: Kris Thompson, Executive Director, Calvary Women's Services, 110 Maryland Avenue, NE #103, Washington, DC 20002, 202.548.0595, www.calvaryservices.org, kkthompsondc@aol.com. (posted June 2008)

 

• From Neeraj Bhat. Be a Mentor with CPE! Capital Partners for Education (CPE) is looking for energetic and dependable volunteers to mentor local high school students. CPE is committed to improving the futures of local, low-income youth by helping them receive a quality education, graduate from high school and attend college. CPE is the only youth organization in the Washington Metropolitan area that provides students with a combination of private high school scholarships, adult mentors and academic support and enrichment opportunities. CPE currently supports 126 students at 21 local private high schools. Our mentors are matched with students based on shared interests, personality and geographic proximity. CPE mentors must be college graduates, at least 21 years old and willing to commit to a two-year mentoring relationship, meeting with their student once per month, calling/emailing their student once per week, and being a reliable resource and friend. CPE mentors serve as reliable and consistent role models, advisors and resources for CPE students; help students fulfill their academic potential; and help students develop socially and broaden their awareness of their community and the world at large. For more detailed information on the organization, students, program components and mentoring, please see the CPE website (www.cpfe.org). If you click on "Become a Mentor," you will find a description of the mentoring program and the benefits of mentoring a CPE teen. Our mentoring brochure and applications are also available online. If you have additional questions, please contact Kelli Neumeyer, 202.675.8433 x222 (kelli@cpfe.org). (posted spring 2008)

 

 

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• Anacoastia Watershed Society. Planting trees near RFK stadium. November 15, 2008

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• Satuday, October 18, 2008. Huntley Meadows Park, Arlington VA.

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• Saturday, September 13, 2008. Capital Area Food Bank
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• Friday, August 1. DC Central Kitchen.

 

 

 

• Sat. Apr 26. Hands On DC

 

 

 

• Saturday, January 26. DC Central Kitchen

 

 

 

Lunch, afterward. Without the hairnets.

 

 

• Saturday, October 20. Clean-up at Huntley Meadows Park.

 

• Saturday, September 15. Annual Book Sale for DC Public Libraries, Martin Luther King Library

 

• Tuesday, May 29, 4:45-6:30pm. Distributing food to homeless people with Martha’s Table.

 

Helping you keep your New Year’s Resolution to give back to the community this year. The Community Service Committee is making it easier to give back to others this year: