| BonaResponds Local Spring Weekend |
|
In the spirit of past local service days that we have we will be
working with many different groups and people in need from the
surrounding area.
April 19-20, 2008 This is the week before Spring Weekend at
Bonaventure. Spring weekend's softball tournament is great fun
and it is great for those playing, but let's help others first and then
you will enjoy the softball even more!
Details to be announced soon! Tentative:
Work 10-4:00 each day. Music, food, maybe even a bonfire?,
camping? Stay tuned! HAve other ideas? Let us know!
We need many volunteers! So if you have friends, scout groups,
teams, or any other group and would like to volunteer, just let us
know! Of course you can also come by yourself and meet new friends!
The following letter went out to local charities. Feel free to forward it to others.
I am writing because we have either worked with you in the
past or thought your organization might want to either provide volunteers or
have some jobs that need to be done. Please feel free to pass this on to
others. It must be noted that this is above and beyond any other projects your
group may be doing with other Bonaventure groups.
On Saturday April 19 and Sunday April 20, 2008 BonaResponds
is holding its first Spring Service Weekend. In the past we have has single day
events, but due to demand for more jobs and the desire to get more volunteers an
opportunity to work, we have added an extra day.
The details of the day are still being worked out, but will
have volunteers working at multiple sites across the area. We
expect this to be our largest local service day. (For perspective
last fall we had about 110 volunteers at 9 sites during a similar event.)
The volunteers will meet on campus with a respresentative
from the sites we are helping, then after a brief description of each job, we
will break into smaller work groups that will spread out across the region where
they will do everything from picking up trash, to making trails, to painting, to
landscaping, and even possibly putting up drywall.
We can plant trees, pick up trash, paint
fences, and much more. Ideally the volunteers can see the impact of their work
so concrete jobs are often more popular than inventory etc.
We also welcome (indeed need ;) ) as many volunteers as
possible. So Scout groups, Church groups, or just volunteers are welcomed with
open arms!
For planning purposes (we need to know how many sites to
have), the earlier we know the better we will be able to serve you.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to working with
you.