TV-6 Canathon!

We are once again partnering with TV6 for their annual Canathon. Their collection efforts span across 10 Upper Peninsula counties, and all food collected in a community stays in that community. Last year they raised approximately 111,000 pounds of food, with about 2,040 pounds raised on campus. The NMU Volunteer Center wants you to help us collect even more food this year! Look for the purple collection boxes throughout campus, starting November 9 through December 3. Help feed a hungry neighbor!



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News and Information

The 2010 Special Olympics Michigan Winter Games is quickly approaching! It will be Friday and Saturday, January 15 and 16. Interested in helping out? Please visit our Special Olympics 2010 page for more information and a schedule of events!

A huge thanks goes out to all who participated in our Halloween Blood Drive on Thursday, October 29. At our event, there were 74 pints collected and 105 attempts! Thanks to Alpha Phi Omega, Student Nurses Association, UP Regional Blood Center, Jim Koski at Q107, and everyone who came out to donate!

Is your organization, residence hall or house, or maybe just a group of friends interested in a long-term volunteer project? Is your agency looking for a group of dedicated student volunteers? Sign up for our Community Partnership Program! The CPP matches community agencies with student groups of similar interests, such as Habitat for Humanity with the Northern Michigan Constructors. If interested, fill out the appropriate request form and bring (or send) it to us!

Want to volunteer on your own, but not sure where to go? Click on our Volunteer Opportunities link, and you will find a variety of places around Marquette looking for volunteers, ranging from health care to the environment!

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2009-10 Stats

Total Hours This Year:  14,203
Top OrganizationsHours
Northern Michigan Constructors856
Halverson Hall323
Student Leader Fellowship Program311.35
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Volunteer of the Month

The NMU Volunteer Center and Casa Calabria would like to congratulate Volunteer of the Month Meghan Connell! She is a senior, majoring in Psychology-Graduate Preparation. Meghan keeps very busy, giving her time and energy to many different projects. Recently she coordinated the first ever Lemon Run with her campus organization, Alex's Lemonade Stand. Her efforts brought over 180 participants, raising over $2,300 for childhood cancer research. Meghan also helps as a camp counselor at One Step at a Time, a camp for children with cancer. She helps with Special Olympics camps and Winter Games, is on the Relay for Life Committee, and is a member of both the Student Leader Fellowship Program and Student Psychological Association. Her service for others is inspirational, and we would like to congratulate Meghan by awarding her with the NMU Volunteer Center Volunteer of the Month for October.

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Know an outstanding volunteer?! Nominate them for our November Volunteer of the Month! Nominations are due to us, by phone or email, by Friday, November 20. Tell us some great things they have done for our community, and they could get recognized in the NorthWind and earn a gift certificate to the Casa Calabria!


THANK YOU MADD VOLUNTEERS!

This year's Make a Difference Day: So Easy a Caveman Can Do It was a great success! Over 1,100 volunteers completed about 167 projects throughout Marquette County. Those are outstanding numbers, and we couldn't have done it without our amazing volunteers. So a huge thank you to all who helped...you truly made a difference!

If you have pictures of your group participating in Make a Difference Day, please send them to volctr@nmu.edu.