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NEW 05-14-2012: Dyslexia Center needs volunteers
UNA Students,
Dyslexia Center of the Shoals in Florence, Alabama, is seeking students who are interested in serving as volunteers for our organization on an ongoing basis. We hope to find UNA students who are passionate about dyslexia and will join with us in reaching those affected by dyslexia in Northwest Alabama.
Our goal is to provide language therapy and resources to dyslexic individuals and to provide training for tutors and teachers as well. It is estimated that less than 20% of dyslexics pursue higher learning, although their intelligence is usually above average. This group includes some of the brightest in our sociey, yet so few go on to college! Many dyslexic individuals have creative gifts in strategy, architecture, art, music, dance, sports, math, and technology, etc., and we feel they should have the opportunity to learn and develop their gifts in higher education. There are many famous dyslexics (http://www.thepowerofdyslexia.com/) who were able to find their way - many have a painful story to tell.
If you are interested in joining our cause or if you or someone you know is affected by dyslexia and seeking assistance, please call 256-764-0444 or email us at dyslexiashoals@aol.com. For more information about our organization, our Board of Directors, and our mission statement please go to www.dyslexiactrshoals.org.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Melissa Edmonds
Executive Director
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NEW 05-10-2012: Volunteers Needed for United Way 211 Information & Referral and Success by 6
United Way of Northwest Alabama is looking for volunteers to assist with 211 Information and Referral and Success by 6. For more information on any of the volunteer opportunities please call United Way of Northwest Alabama at 256-764-5892. For information about 211 Information and Referral ask for Peggy-Sue Griffin or for Success by 6 ask for Emily Baker. Thank you in advance for all your help.
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05-07-2012: Volunteers Needed for United Way Day of Caring
We are looking for organizations to adopt projects for our Day of Caring on May 22nd. Projects that still need volunteers are:
- Arc of the Shoals needs assistance in building shelves, painting offices and rooms, building a partition, installing a dry erase board and landscaping. Volunteers need to have carpentry skills and tree cutting skills. Need 15 volunteers for approximately 8 hours.
- Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center needs assistance painting. Need 6-8 volunteers for approximately 8 hours.
- Rape Response needs assistance in moving furniture, removing old carpet and replacing it. Need 3-4 volunteers for approximately 4-6 hours.
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Success By Six is having a supply shower ("Early Learning" drive focused on collecting school supplies, books,
& other early learning materials for children 0-6). They need several volunteers for the day.
If you or your group is interested in helping, please contact:
Karon Grubbs
Director of Resource Development
United Way of Northwest Alabama
118 E. Mobile St. Ste. 300
Florence, AL 35630
256-764-5892 Main Line
256-412-2122 Cell Phone
256-764-0088 FAX
www.uwnwal.org
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NEW 05-02-2012: RSO Tables for SOAR & Big Deal
REMINDER:
RSOs can register for the RSO Fair Tables for SOAR and for The Big Deal. Go to http://una.orgsync.com/Forms and find the form under Registration. Please read the description for the details of times/dates/etc. Please submit registration form by May 11, 2012. No late registrations will be taken.
So far, the following RSOs have reserve their tables:Alpha Delta Chi
Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Alpha Tau Omega
Alternative Break Board
Black Student Alliance
Christian Student Fellowship
Circle K International
Collier Library
Delta Chi
Delta Sigma Theta
Diorama
Fashion Forum
Habitat for Humanity
Kappa Sigma
LaGrange Society - Big Deal Only
Lions Paws
Listerhill Credit Union
MEISA
Panhellenic
People's Trust Bank
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
Phi Gamma Delta
Phi Mu
Phi Theta Kappa
Pi Kappa Alpha
Secular Student Alliance
Sigma Chi
Society of Physics Students
The Center for Writing Excellence
The Flor-ala
The Lion's Den Game Room
The Sportsman Club
UNA Athletics
Zeta Phi Beta
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04-20-2012: Light the Night 2012
UNA Student Organizations,
I have a very special volunteer opportunity available that directly impacts the Shoals community. The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society hosts an annual Light the Night walk throughout the United States and Canada every fall and this year will be the 14th year for the walk to take place in the Shoals. LLS uses Light the Night to raise funds for blood cancer research and direct patient services. Last year, the Alabama/Gulf Coast chapter was able to give over $800,000 to patients and their families in the form(s) of financial aid, counseling and other services. Along with this, LLS researchers are closer every day to finding a cure for blood cancers. For a personal story of how this has helped patients, please visit the attached link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzQHG-hOHxY
Blood cancers consist of Leukemia, Lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease, Myeloma, etc. Every four minutes a person is diagnosed with a blood cancer and every ten minutes someone dies from it. The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is here to help beat that statistic.
How can YOU get involved in the fight against cancer? Form a walk team! Get your campus organization(s) to put together a walk team to fundraise and participate in the walk! There is no limit to the number of people on a team. Your participation and representation at the walk will not only be seen by LLS, but by the entire Shoals community. Last year, the Shoals walk raised over $62,000 and our goal for 2012 is $65,000. This goal is easily within reach with your involvement! The 2012 Shoals Light the Night walk will be on Saturday, October 6th at Wilson Park in downtown Florence- in UNA’s backyard! Sign-in will begin at 5:30pm and the walk will start at 7:00pm. I am also honored to inform you that one of our Honored Heroes for the walk this year is UNA student, Shelby Fink! Shelby has agreed to share her story about her fight against cancer with the Shoals community.
I hope that you will join me in supporting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society during the Light the Night walk this year! I know this is a lot of information to take in, so please feel free to contact me with any questions! I have included the Light the Night website for more information! www.lightthenight.org/al
Walk as if your life depends on it. Walk because someone’s life does.Bethany Oliver
Bethany.oliver@lls.org
(256)415-7746
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04-13-2012: Volunteers needed for MDA Lock-Up
10 volunteers are needed to work the annual “LOCK-UP” event held by the North Alabama Muscular Dystrophy Association. on April 26 from 8:30am to 4pm at the Kennedy-Douglas Arts Center.
This event includes business leaders, CEO, Executives, business owners, etc. from the Florence Community that are “arrested” by Florence City Police at work and brought to 'jail' where they will enjoy food, networking and transportation back to work in a limo. These community leaders have raised their 'bail' money ($3500 each!) to help support MDA and this is a day time social event to celebrate that.
Some examples of the jobs volunteers will perform: Registration, Jailbird Photo booth, Host/Hostess, and Money Room Assistance.
Volunteers are needed from 8:30am to 4pm (you are NOT expected to work the entire time!) and are expected to wear khaki pants and tennis shoes; MDA will provide t-shirts.
If you are interested, please contact Elizabeth Grimes at bgrimes@mdausa.org or 256-288-0127.
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03-19-2012: Citywide Clean-Up on April 14
Organizations, scouts, businesses, or individuals can help pick up littered streets, at the Fourth Annual Citywide Volunteer Clean-up Day. Volunteers will be supplied with vests, bags, gloves, breakfast, and lunch. Groups can call ahead for a designated area or meet us at the Florence-Lauderdale Coliseum on Saturday morning.
Earth Day activities will continue with Florence-Lauderdale Tourism’s “Down to Earth” festivities in Wilson Park from 11:00am-4:00pm. See performances by Steve Trash as well as hands-on activities and local vendors’ displays.
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03-15-2012: Volunteer with the American Red Cross and WAFF 48
Interested in volunteering? WAFF 48 and the American Red Cross are partnering on two upcoming events and need your help!
WAFF 48 American Red Cross Volunteer Fair
Thursday, March 22nd
11am-3pm
Limestone County Senior Ctr.
912 West Pryor St, Athens
Athens, AL
WAFF 48 American Red Cross Volunteer Fair
Tuesday, March 27th
11am-3pm
First Baptist Church
213 North Jackson Avenue
Russellville, AL
Possible duties…
-greeting people
-handing out flyers
-snapping pictures
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03-14-2012: New Birth Ministries Tutoring Volunteers Needed
New Birth Ministries mission is to offer tutoring services, free of charge, to local students, grades 1-12. We offer enrichment in Reading, Writing, and English skills. Be a friend, a resource, and supportive role-model for a youth. In one hour per week, you can make a difference!
Want to teach young children?
Develop a special relationship with an individual student by tutoring a youth. The students are in first through twelfth grades. Help them to enrich their English, Writing and Math skills.Interested in making a long-term impact?
We strive for a one on one relationship between the tutor and the student. We would like for our tutors to build a long term relationship by working with the same student throughout the school year. We also offer group activities throughout the year. A calendar will be in the tutor packet.Would you like to help if you had the time?
New Birth Ministries encourages you to help school students with homework on Wednesday evenings from 5:30-6:30pm. One tutor, One hour, One day a week will change the life of One child.Are you looking for a way to give back but aren’t sure what is the best fit for your talents?
Not to worry! Contact Toni Reed, our Tutor Coordinator, at toni4kids@gmail.com or (256) 394-7033 to arrange a tour and informational meeting. She will take you through the options and help you find an opportunity that works for you.
All volunteers are required to fill out an application.
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03-05-2012: Oxfam America is now accepting applications for its 2012 CHANGE Initiative!
CHANGE is Oxfam’s national student leadership program for rising sophomores and juniors. It provides leadership and advocacy training and prepares students to promote social change locally and globally. CHANGE Leaders are exposed to the international development issues that inform Oxfam's work, and apply their skills and creativity to run Oxfam campaigns on campus.
CHANGE Leaders:
- Have access to expert skills based training, resources, materials and year-round support from Oxfam staff;
- Establish connections and share knowledge with college students from the US and beyond;
- Form positive attitudes and establish connections between their local and global communities;
- Recognize their own leadership identity;
- Develop confidence and the skills to effect positive, lasting social change, and
- Are part of an active and growing, global network of peers and alumni working on social justice issues.
Applications are due April 2, 2012. Selected students participate in a week-long training in Boston, July 21-27, 2012, which is organized and paid for by Oxfam. Students must agree to work with a student club and implement an Oxfam campaign on campus during the 2012-13 academic year, as well as communicate regularly with Oxfam staff about their work. Each year 50 students are selected from US-based colleges and universities across the U.S. To learn more about the CHANGE Initiative, visit www.oxfamamerica.org/change.
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02-28-2012: Society of Physic Students
Congratulations goes to Taylor Garber from the Society of Physic Students! Taylor won 2nd place in the Physics Talk competition at the Alabama Academy of Sciences conference held at Tuskeegee University on February 22-24!
Also, congratulations to Mary McDaniel, Josh Oglesby, and Jonathan King. They all did a great job at the competition!
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02-28-2012: Model United Nations
Congratulations to Model United Nations on their success at Midwest Model United Nations in St. Louis, MO!
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02-13-2012: Congratulations to Flor-Ala & Diorama
Congratulations!
In October 2011, Diorama was awarded 9th place nationally in the Associated Collegiate Press Best of Show competition.
This past weekend, the following Flor-Ala staff members won awards at SEJC 2012:Lucy Berry—1st place for special events reporting for her work on how UNA students were impacted by the April 27 tornadoes
Alex Lindley—1st place in the on-site copy editing competition
Jordan Bradley—2nd place in the on-site media history test competition
Malisa McClure—3rd place in the on-site news photography competitionThese students placed among some of the largest schools in the southeast, including Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, etc. -
02-10-2012: OrgSync Trainings
Dear RSO Officers and Advisors...
OrgSync offers virtual FREE training sessions every week on Tuesdays at 3 p.m. and on Fridays at 11 a.m. All they ask is that you sign up ahead of time. They can help you with using the tools and features that UNA OrgSync offers.
Go to http://www.orgsync.com/resources/events, click the date, click read more and it will bring up the registration link.
Tammy JacquesDirector of Student Engagement -
12-13-2011: Congratulations to Model United Nations (Model UN)!
Congratulations goes to Model United Nations for their success at their first Southern Regional Model UN conference in Atlanta. UNA's group represented United Arab Emirates (UAE). At this conference, hundreds of students from all over the country—all representing UN member-states—worked together to formulate policy responses to issues of global concern including security, human rights, trade and development.
Before the trip, each of the student pairs had to submit a position paper explaining the UAE’s policy views and their suggestions for how the UN could respond to their committee’s assigned topics. Two out of five of their position papers were scored far above the threshold for awards and the remainders were scored well above average.
Once the students arrived in Atlanta, they managed to make the Emirates into a global political force in each of their committees: getting on the speakers list, dominating the resolution drafting process, and becoming signatories and even sponsors of many of the drafts that would become some of the few resolutions finally passed through each committee.
Congratulations to Model UN on such a successful showing at their very first conference! Students who may be interested in Model UN should contact the President, Jordan Brasher at jbrasher@una.edu, or the Advisor, Dr. Leah Graham at lgraham1@una.edu.
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11-11-2011: Congratulations to SOAR Team 2012!
Please join me in congratulating the 2012 SOAR Team!
Family Orientation Counselors
Casey Dugger
Samantha HammondSOAR Counselors
Will Riley - Head SOAR CounselorAnna Barrera
Jordan Brasher
Kaitlin Chappell
Anna Beth Ferguson
Samantha Fotovich
Julia Henderson
Matthew Jones
Brittany Jordan
Kaci Savage
RJ Stein
De'Aren Trannon
Jacob Wallace
Chase Wise
