SERVE Fri

Starting in fall 2009, the Center for Service Learning (SERVE) will host a series of Friday service projects around Lamoille County. Students and other JSC community members will meet beforehand to learn about the project, then travel to do the project, then regroup afterwards to talk about and celebrate the experience. This is a great way to get involved, meet other students, and get to know the greater community.

 

For more information about SERVE Fri, contact Russ Weis at 802-635-1492 or Russell.Weis@jsc.edu or Kelly.Palmer@jsc.edu in the SERVE Office (Sterns 408).

Fall 2009 Upcoming Projects

Nov. 13, 2009: Babcock Nature Preserve Clean Up

9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Tour and clean-up of the 1,000-acre Babcock Nature Preserve in Eden. Help us move forward on our plans to upgrade JSC's stewardship of the land and facilities at this beautiful site for student learning and research.

November 20, 2009: Thanksgiving Basket Project

(time to be announced)

The JSC community will be providing holiday meals to local families, and we'll be coordinating delivery with the Johnson Foodshelf. A great way to make a difference before leaving campus for winter break.

 

Fall 2009 Completed Projects

August 28, 2009: Lamoille River Clean Up With the Volunteer Center of Lamoille Valley

8:45 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Students will use canoes as we collect trash/tires from a spot below Ithiel Falls on the Hogback Road, to the Rte. 109 bridge in Jeffersonville.

September 4, 2009: Animal Care and Adoption Procedures Presentation at North Country Animal League (NCAL)
10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

NCAL's Education Director will talk about how their Morrisville shelter cares for its orphaned animals, as well as how it finds them homes. Followed by a tour and overview of volunteer opportunities.

September 11, 2009: Weatherization Presentation

9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Weatherization project at a local senior's home in Johnson including light construction and yard work. Lunch will be provided!

September 18, 2009: Lamoille Firewood Project
9 a.m.- 2 p.m.

Students will travel to the H.A. Manosh property in Morrisville and help stack 25 cords of wood on pallets for local residents to pick up for their winter heating needs.

September 25, 2009: Brush Clearing & Apple Tree Pruning at the Lamoille County Nature Center
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

A property tour at this Morrisville site with USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Soil Conservationists describing practices and goals, followed by related service work.

October 16, 2009: Hike for Hunger
10 a.m. - 1p.m.

Sponsored by the VT Campaign to End Childhood Hunger, JSC students and staff will meet in the Grand Union parking lot to join Laraway and Johnson Elementary students and staff for a festive rally/awareness-raising event. Then we all go off to hike up to nearby Prospect Rock. This important and fun community-building event will be followed by a celebration and barbecue on JSC's campus.

October 23, 2009: Gleaning and Vegetable Sorting with VT Foodbank's Salvation Farms

9 a.m.

Tentative gleaning site: Riverside Farm in E. Hardwick. Sorting to take place in the Manosh Branch warehouse in Wolcott.

November 6, 2009: Coral Reef Run

10:30 a.m.

JSC is putting on the first annual Coral Reef Fun. Participants will collect donations and pledges from friends and family to rain money to protect one of the world's most diverse habitats. The money raised will be going directly toward buying acreage in the Pacific waters surrounding the Republic of Palau. By raising $5,000, we can save 100 acres of coral reef! Click here to download a pledge sheet.