2008 Woodie Awards
Getting Into the Streets
Annual Service Set For Apr. 21st
By Shaemus Gleason
4/18/07 - Features
The 7th annual "Into the Streets" community volunteering event will be held this Saturday, April 21, from 8:30AM to 1PM at the Student Center, open to all CSM students and faculty with no experience required. Teams or individuals will be assigned to locations throughout Jefferson and Golden County.
Assignments, gear, and breakfast will be provided in the student center at 8:30AM. In addition, there will be T-shirts available on a first-come first-serve basis.
Registration forms should be emailed to tamiller@mines.edu, or dropped by student activities by Friday April 20th at the latest.
Into the Streets is one of the CSM community's main contributions to National Volunteer Week, a week set aside to pay respect to the volunteers in our communities and trying to get involved in volunteer opportunities ourselves.
"Into the Streets is a great opportunity for students who want to volunteer but do not have a lot of time or can't commit to a long term program," according to Jennifer Doane, the Assistant Director of Student Activities.
While National Volunteer Week was started as a presidential decree, "Into the Streets" is "a student-developed, student run program, whose success depends on students' willingness to give four hours of their time on Saturday morning," according to Doane.
There are a variety of volunteer opportunities available through "Into the Streets." These range from working at an animal shelter to assisting in open space reclamation projects.
According to Doane, as members of the CSM community it is important to become involved in community volunteer work, because "engineers tend to be community leaders so they should have a connection to the community."
Furthermore, this opportunity provides a chance for "engineering students to appreciate the importance of engineering beyond math and science."
Assignments, gear, and breakfast will be provided in the student center at 8:30AM. In addition, there will be T-shirts available on a first-come first-serve basis.
Registration forms should be emailed to tamiller@mines.edu, or dropped by student activities by Friday April 20th at the latest.
Into the Streets is one of the CSM community's main contributions to National Volunteer Week, a week set aside to pay respect to the volunteers in our communities and trying to get involved in volunteer opportunities ourselves.
"Into the Streets is a great opportunity for students who want to volunteer but do not have a lot of time or can't commit to a long term program," according to Jennifer Doane, the Assistant Director of Student Activities.
While National Volunteer Week was started as a presidential decree, "Into the Streets" is "a student-developed, student run program, whose success depends on students' willingness to give four hours of their time on Saturday morning," according to Doane.
There are a variety of volunteer opportunities available through "Into the Streets." These range from working at an animal shelter to assisting in open space reclamation projects.
According to Doane, as members of the CSM community it is important to become involved in community volunteer work, because "engineers tend to be community leaders so they should have a connection to the community."
Furthermore, this opportunity provides a chance for "engineering students to appreciate the importance of engineering beyond math and science."
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