8th Dimension

Come play games with the adorable children of Help Philadelphia, a transitional housing facility, while their parents learn life and job skills.

Volunteers needed on Monday, March 22nd
from 5:30-8:00pm

Space is very limited, so e-mail  8dstaff at haverford.edu if interested.

Take our short survey! Give us your ideas about volunteering and any suggestions to help us improve 8th Dimension.

We want to provide Haverford with service days that are fun and interesting & we need you to help!

Thank you!
 http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PNCD6VM

December 1st-5th: The AIDS memorial quilt will be displayed in Founders Great Hall. This quilt is composed by the Names Project, and serves to memorialize those who lost their lives to AIDS. Stop by to view the panels between 9am‐7pm. If you would like to be a volunteer monitor email  jdubow at haverford.edu.

December 7th-10th: During the Hunger Auction students and faculty will donate meals and baked goods which will be auctioned off on the GO board. All proceeds will go to St. John’s Hospice to feed the hungry. If you can donate something please e‐mail  8dstaff at haverford.edu.

December 12th: The Philadelphia Zoo is looking for volunteers to assist with games, crafts, and activities for their winter festival. This is a great chance to get off campus, work with kids, and spend a fun day at the zoo! Shifts available from 10am-1pm or 12pm- 3pm. Sign up with friends and get involved!! E-mail  8dstaff at haverford.edu if interested.

December 12th: Join Street Outreach for the Hunger Holiday Dinner to help fight hunger in the Philadelphia area. Volunteers are needed to help pack food and go out and deliver them. Preparation will begin at around 9 am in the DC. E‐mail  acaruana at haverford.edu if interested.

December 12th: Help out with project SHARE. Volunteers are needed to help prepare food orders from 9am-2pm. Sign up as a group for one of the two possible shifts and help fight hunger in Philadelphia!

Friday: Dance-a-thon to fight AIDS

“I don’t know if you have heard yet, but the Pre-Health Society and ASN is hosting the first annual Dance-a-Thon on November 13, 2009 at 10pm.  We are fundraising for Philly Fight, which is an AIDS organization in the area.  We would really love for your clubs or organizations to make a team and come out to the Dance-a-Thon!  There will be a $100 prize for the best team at the Dance-a-Thon!  If you’ve already picked up a paper and started forming a team, GREAT! If not, I hope you will reconsider!  We hope to see you all there!” Sign up in the DC

Saturday: Neighbors in Action
Join a group of conscientious community members to fight urban blight! This Saturday, November 14 from 10:00am to 2:00pm. Greater Philadelphia Cares volunteers work alongside residents to beautify the neighborhood and gardening projects across the city.
Email 8dstaff (at) haverford.edu if interested.

Sunday: City Harvest
Come play in the dirt and help out a great community garden that is a part of the City Harvest network. It’s this Sunday, November 15th from 10 to 1pm. Summer-Winter garden is a transformed vacant land that has been turned into a community garden for residents of the West Philly neighborhood and helps to bridge the gap between long-time residents and area students.
Email 8dstaff (at) haverford.edu if interested.

Ongoing:

November 20-22: Philadelphia Marathon
Be part of the Philadelphia Marathon, a world-class athletic event! Be among some two thousand volunteers on hand to support the race. There are opportunities to assist with pre-race activities (packet stuffing, registration, expo, and the information booth.) Race day activities will include course monitors, support at the start, finish, and other parts of the course. There is a role for everyone! Sign up with friends, customs groups, teams, clubs or any other group of people. You can work together and have fun while supporting this wonderful event. All volunteers will receive a free 2009 Marathon Sweatshirt!
Interested? Email 8dstaff(at)haverford.edu (Please sign up by November 13th)

November 20: Oxfam Fast
Skip dinner or eat out Friday, November 20th and the cost of your meal will be donated to Oxfam, a worldwide hunger relief organization.
Stop by the DC all next week to sign up or email 8dstaff(at)haverford.edu

PUBLIC SERVICE & ACTION EXPO

Gap Year Adventures to Shape Your Career

Thursday November 5, 2009
11:30am – 1:30pm, HC, Dining Center Suken Lounge
2:30pm – 4:30pm, BMC, Campus Center Main Lounge

Attendees As of 10/21/09
AmeriCorps VISTA; AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps; ASAP/After School Activities Partnerships; City Year Greater Philadelphia; Coro Center for Civic Leadership; EducationWorks; Haverford House; HealthCorps; LanguageCorps; Peace Corps; Philadelphia Teacher Residency; Philly Fellows; Quaker United Nations Office; Teach For America

City Year

City Year is currently hiring 17-24 year olds to serve as tutors, mentors, and role models in schools and neighborhoods across Philadelphia.

Join City Year for an Open House on November 4th any time between 2:00-7:00pm.

For more information or to apply, please visit cityyear.org or call 267.386.7035

Upcoming Fall Break Events!
Staying here for fall break?  Volunteer!

Help at a Halloween themed movie to benefit Freedom Playground on Saturday
October 17 from 5-9pm !  Freedom Playground seeks to build playgrounds accessible to children of all abilities.  They are currently trying to build one in Havertown.

Breast Cancer Walk
Cheer on the walkers from the Three Day Breast Cancer Walk!  Saturday October 17th.

Campus Book Drive
Bring your old books from home to donate Better World Books!  The donated books will be sold online to generate funding for a non-profit literacy group.

Philly Aids Walk
On Saturday October 18th the Philly Aids walk needs your help!  Volunteers are needed to help with anything ranging from crowd control to manning tents.
For more info. Email jdubow@hc or khoskins@hc
Upcoming Events After Fall Break!

Boo at the Zoo!
Help with Halloween themed games and arts and crafts at the Philadelphia
Zoo! Saturday or Sunday October 24, 25.  Shifts from 10-4.

Halloween Dance with Don Guanella!
On October 28th from 6-9 Don Guanella, a school for boys with special
needs, need volunteers to help out with its Halloween dance.

As always, if you have any questions or are interested email  8dstaff at haverford.edu

What: Restoring trails, removing invasive plant species, and planting trees, while learning about the importance of preserving the Cobbs Creek watershed to the Greater Philadelphia ecosystem.

When: This Saturday, October 3rd from 10:00am-12:00pm

Where: Cobbs Creek Community Environmental Education Center in Philadelphia

About Cobbs Creek: Cobbs Creek’s mission is to help community members establish a personal connection to local ecology by giving them the skills to understand and influence both their immediate environment and the global ecology. Cobbs Creek promotes environmental education in urban schools through hands-on activities, research, and teacher training, and provides a point of entry to rewarding careers in science and the environment, especially for people of color.

Interested? Email  rdillon at haverford.edu.

One-on-One Tutoring is a unique program designed to provide local K-12 students with free opportunities to receive weekly tutoring from Haverford College student volunteers.  Volunteers are paired with students for tutoring in any subject, and once paired they meet on campus at a convenient time on a weekly basis.  Once a pair is made, the fun begins! The fundamental idea behind the program is that putting students in one-on-one situations with an older student can have tremendous benefits for the both the student and the volunteer.  Working one-on-one fosters learning, but also builds relationships which support growth both academically and socially.

For more information email Katie Englander or Sam Permutt

Welcome 8th Dimension!

Thank you so much to those who stopped by our table at the Activities Fair. We hope you have had a great first few weeks of school and are excited about the rest of the year.

We are hosting a meeting of everyone who is interested in community service as part of the Haverford experience. We want to know what YOU want to do and how we can best help make that happen.

Come get involved!

Sunday, September 20th at 8:00pm
MCC (Stokes 106)

We look forward to seeing you there,
The 8th Dimension Staff

I hope that everyone had a wonderful summer. There are a lot of great things in store for this year that we are all really excited about.

Here’s what is coming up:

September 5th and 12th: Freshmen Service Days (Class of 2013 look for an email coming from us shortly)

September 3rd: Please stop by our table(s) at the Activities Fair in Founders from 8-10:00pm. Sign up to be on our mailing list and check out all of the great projects.