This Week in Service
Department of Community Service
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A Note from the Department of Community Service -
We are looking forward to continuing to provide virtual service opportunities and other community engagement for the Brandeis community! Keep an eye out for department-specific programs like home office tours, reflections, virtual volunteering, asking questions of the department, etc.
Make sure to follow us on
Instagram
and
Facebook
to keep up with all the available opportunities and programs we are sharing!
Are you hosting virtual programs? Fill out
this form
to let us know!
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In this email:
- Virtual Volunteer Challenge Week 3: Share the Love
- *Action Required* - Last Chance to Have Your Service Club Featured in Celebration of Service!
- *Action Required* - Final Week to Log Commitment to Service Award Hours for Seniors!
- Community Connections is looking for a Coordinator in Training!
- Submit Events to Create@Brandeis
- Virtual Open Mic Night
- Important CTSA Medal Winner Announcement!
- Meals on Wheels Temporary Jobs & Volunteers Needed
- Apply to the Massachusetts Promise Fellowship
- Apply to the Millennium Fellowship
- Volunteer with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health
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Brandeis Community Opportunities
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Virtual Volunteer Challenge Week 3: Share the Love
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In the spirit of communal support and community building, this week we are challenging you to share the love and be compassionate neighbors, family members, and friends in the face of this health crisis.
We encourage you to be creative with this challenge! No act of kindness is too small to demonstrate our support for the various individuals and organizations that make up our vibrant communities.
- Some suggestions include:
- Bake something homemade for a neighbor, friend, or family member
- Pick-up groceries for isolated individuals
- Order dinner from a local restaurant and send it to a struggling family, healthcare professional, or shelter
- Chalk positive messages around your neighborhood
- Share positive news on social media
- Post signs thanking essential workers in your yard
- Foster a shelter animal
Please log your service hours for this challenge in CTSA under the program name "
Virtual Volunteer Challenge: Share the Love
".
Don't forget to document your participation in this challenge and tag @deis_dcs! If you have any questions or concerns, please contact
commitmenttoservice@brandeis.edu
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Last Chance to Have Your Service Club Featured in Celebration of Service!
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Calling all service clubs! We are looking to highlight your organization in a new virtual Celebration of Service! We need your assistance to collect pictures, impact data points, and brief video clips thanking your volunteers.
If you are interested in having your organization featured in this new virtual Celebration of Service, please fill out this
form
by
Today, Monday, April 13th.
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Final Week to Log Commitment to Service Award Hours for Seniors!
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Seniors, the deadline to fulfill your CTSA requirements is quickly approaching! To be considered for a medal (Bronze: 300 hrs, Silver: 600 hrs, & Gold: 900 hrs) and honored during National Volunteer Week, the last day to log your hours is
Monday, April 20th at 11:59 pm.
Additionally, you must follow these
instructions
and submit a one page written reflection to
commitmenttoservice@brandeis.edu
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Community Connections is looking for a Coordinator in Training!
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Waltham Group's Community Connections is hiring a new coordinator-in-training to for the fall semester! If you are interested in gaining leadership experience, connecting with the Waltham community, and joining the Waltham Group family please consider applying!
To apply, fill out this application. Deadline is 4/21. For questions, email Community Connections.
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Submit Events to Create@Brandeis
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Students! Do you have rehearsal videos and other documentation of works-in-progress that you were planning to perform on campus this spring? We want to share them on the @createatBrandeis, the Brandeis arts Instagram account! Don't worry about whether the works are unfinished or unpolished; simply share a representation of your artistic process in honor of the production or concert that you were planning to perform.
Send your videos (approximately 1 minute long) to
arts@brandeis.edu
and we will consider them for @createatbrandeis. Please also include any Instagram handles that you would like us to tag.
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Wednesday Nights
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Please join us Wednesday nights for our virtual Open Mic Night. We will have singing, poetry, and music. Join via this
zoom link.
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Important CTSA Medal Winner Announcement!
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Seniors, congratulations on qualifying* for a Commitment to Service Award Medal! We would like to publicly honor you on the Department of Community Service's website and social media. If you would like to be featured, please fill out this
form
by
Monday, April 20th
. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact
commitmenttoservice@brandeis.edu
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Community Partner Opportunities
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Meals on Wheels Temporary Jobs & Volunteers Needed
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Meals on Wheels Drivers deliver nutritious meals to homebound seniors Monday - Friday. The Meals on Wheels Program is one of many programs Minuteman Senior Services offers to support seniors who want to age independently within their own homes and communities.
As a Meals on Wheels Driver, you will do much more than deliver a meal -- you will provide a friendly contact that will brighten the lives of homebound seniors. Drivers serve as our eyes and ears, often reporting health and well-being concerns before they become a crisis.
You will see many smiling, grateful faces among the seniors on your route.
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Apply to the
Massachusetts Promise Fellowship
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The Massachusetts Promise Fellowship (MPF) is an AmeriCorps program dedicated to increasing youth academic enrichment and college and career exploration through Out-of-School-Time (OST) interventions and data-driven programming. As a Mass Promise Fellow, participants serve at one of our partner youth-serving programs at schools, city agencies, or community-based organizations in Massachusetts.
Fellows will work to decrease the dropout rate, close the opportunity gap, and support the futures of youth. If someone believes in the power of relationship building to positively impact the life of a young person, this role is for them.MPF's training curriculum, networking opportunities, and career coaching provide our Fellows with the opportunity to increase their leadership development and gain meaningful skills needed for careers in the education and non-profit sectors.
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Apply to the
Millennium Fellowship
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The Fellowship is a semester-long leadership development program on your campus to take your social impact to the next level. Access to world class training, connections, and recognition is just an application away.
Early applications encouraged. Next priority
application deadline
for the Class of 2020 is March 31. Final deadline to apply is April 30. With questions, contact
Oona Wood
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Volunteer with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health
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The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) is looking for student volunteers, with experience in public health, to assist local and state health departments with the COVID-19 response. Students may volunteer as much or as little as they can, but all applicants will be required to complete some training as part of this effort. If you are interested in volunteering, please fill out this
survey.
Those who apply may receive an email from MDPH containing two online trainings that must be completed prior to being matched as a volunteer. Due to the overwhelming response that they have received, MPDH will be making volunteer matches on an as-needed basis.
Please direct any questions regarding this opportunity to
Cindy Thomas.
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Department of Community Service
Shapiro Campus Center, Room 203
P: 781-736-3237
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