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Date: Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 6:45 PM<br>Subject: Spring service opportunities and much more in your February Torch Topics<br>To: Laura Hopkins <<a href="mailto:hopkins.laurac@gmail.com">hopkins.laurac@gmail.com</a>><br>
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<br>Your spring semester is underway and it's time to start helping your chapter and campus community get ready for some pretty amazing service projects supported by your chapter - Absolutely Incredible Kid Day and Spring Youth Service Day.
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<br>Enjoy a semester filled with serving others!
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</table></font><font size="1"><span style="font-size:10pt">Here's a fantastic recruitment video from Kappa Sigma Chapter at Sacramento State University in California!
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<br>Spring Youth Service Day 2011 is right around the corner... Has your chapter started planning your project? SYSD is Alpha Phi Omega's way of participating in the world's largest service event - Global Youth Service Day. In 2010, APO chapters provided more than 43,000 hours of service with and for youth. What will your chapter do this year to make a difference in the life of a child? <a name="12e5a104fbb6e798_" href="http://www.benchmarkemail.com/c/l?u=1310BF&e=ADE1E&c=11690&t=0&email=GOgeRFuzrsQWyP9akzDFPBaIw4W6c2hcNyIeD9VsXLU%3D" target="_blank">Click here</a> to access service resources and the 2011 SYSD Handbook.
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</table></span>Absolutely Incredible Kid Day® is a national letter-writing campaign where kids receive letters of support, love and encouragement from parents and adults. It only takes a few minutes to jot a note that will be remembered and appreciated for a lifetime. The positive impact of these letters on kids is what Absolutely Incredible Kid Day® is all about. <a name="12e5a104fbb6e798_" href="http://www.benchmarkemail.com/c/l?u=1310C0&e=ADE1E&c=11690&t=0&email=GOgeRFuzrsQWyP9akzDFPBaIw4W6c2hcNyIeD9VsXLU%3D" target="_blank">Click here</a> to learn more about Absolutely Incredible Kid Day and ways your chapter can get involved...
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</table></span>Many chapters fill up their calendars with service opportunities and fellowship events, they set out requirements for service hours and fellowship points, and they distribute awards for service and fellowship overachievers at the year end banquet. But where does the leadership aspect of membership come in?<a name="12e5a104fbb6e798_" href="http://www.benchmarkemail.com/c/l?u=131A92&e=ADE1E&c=11690&t=0&email=GOgeRFuzrsQWyP9akzDFPBaIw4W6c2hcNyIeD9VsXLU%3D" target="_blank"> Click here</a> to finish reading...
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