[Phipsi-l] PLEASE READ! Philanthropy!!!! Community Cleanup!

[Carter, Benjamin]

Hey guys I just got a really good email from the community service program of OU detailing all the different opportunities we have to get involved and help clean up  our community after the weather damages. Here is the body of the email:

If you individually or as a group want to assist with a much needed debris clean up effortstoday and in the next few days you may go to The Work Station located at 70 N. Plains Rd., Plains, Ohio.  It's in a a strip plaza across from Subway. Other volunteers from Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) are there now until at least 3 today, and for the next few days at least from 9 am until 3 p.m.  I encourage you to call the work station at (740)797-1405 to see if hours get extended.  The volunteers at the work station will explain any safety precautions and then send you with directions to various work sites.  For instance, there is still a major clean up effort going on in York Township.

Please wear long pants and work boots...lots of glass and nails!!  Bring rakes, trash bags, and shovels if you have them.  Gloves and eye protection will be provided.

Also, the following three projects need volunteers....I am letting you all know of them first and will make them available to all students if more help is needed.  Please let me know if you are interested in volunteering for any of these.  We'll just assign volunteers on a first come first serve basis.

1)  In order to continue these volunteer organizing efforts....OU Volunteers are needed to staff The Work Station this Saturday from 9 to 3 p.m. (and Friday too if possible)!  Again, this is the area that is the hub of sending volunteers out.  Saturday morning they would train you, and then you would help man the station.  Approximately 5 volunteers needed.

2)  The Salvation Army located on State Street in Athens (in the back of the same building as Toyota) would like 2 volunteers on Thursday from 11:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. to help distribute food in Meiggs County
(an area hit, but receiving very little attention).

We know of a few other specific needs in the community, but we will be funneling them through the work station for now...

OU (via Community Servicein the Campus Involvment Center & the Community Service Leadershop Council) will be organizing some work crews to go out to assist some families around the Nelsonville area both Saturday and Sunday morning.  The project details will be forth coming.  Let me know if you want to volunteer either morning.  We have seating for approximately 8 in our van and encourage carpool efforts.

We'll provide the specific contact info when you let us know where you want to help out.

Its Ben again! I am going to try to go tomorrow to the debris clean up work station tomorrow from 1-3, if anyone would like to join please let me know! 937-728-2544

Ben Carter
Philanthropy Chair
Phi Kappa Psi Ohio Nu
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