Taking place every year on the 4th Saturday of October, National Make A Difference Day rallies Americans to take action to serve their communities and to make a positive change in the world. Sponsored by USA WEEKEND & the HandsOn Network this annual event engages millions of people throughout the nation in meaningful community service. Check out the events that our Campus Corps programs throughout the state have organized to see how you too can be a part of Make A Difference Day 2011!
Aaniih Nakoda College (Harlem, MT/Fort Belknap Reservation)
Contact: Alison Graham - agraham@mail.fbcc.edu (406-353-2607)
When: October 24th, 2011
Where: Head Start, Fort Belknap AgencyEvent: In honor of National Art & Humanities month and Make a Difference Day members of the Early Educations program, Campus Corps, and other volunteers will be partnering with the local Head Start Program. Specifically, participants will be assigned classrooms for which they will read a book, plan an activity around the book, and give the students a tour of the library.
Event: Volunteers will be working with Head Start students to paint pumpkins in celebration of Halloween. Pumpkins have been donated by the local USDA extension.
Dawson Community College (Glendive, MT)
Contact: Jacob Kilgore - volunteer@dawson.edu (406-377-9460)
When: October 22nd, 2011
Where:Cow Patty Links, Glendive, MT
Event: Campus Corps volunteers will be constructing a "Haunted Hollow": an outdoor haunted house with several different "scenes" that participants can walk through and can expect to be spooked when they do. All proceeds from the event will be donated to the American Cancer Society's local Relay For Life Event.
Flathead Valley Community College (Kalispell, MT)
Contact: Carson Booth - campuscorps@fvcc.edu (406-756-3372)
When: October 22nd, 2011
Where: the old Gateway West Mall site in Kalispell, MT
Event: Flathead Food Bank and Second Helpings are located within the old Gateway West Mall in Kalispell. Both organizations have worked with the current mall owners, Teletech inc, to lease space out to service, volunteer, and NGO organizations within the valley. However, having sat unused for close to 15 years, the lease sites need cleaning, new paint, lighting, and other light maintenance work. Flathead Food Bank and Second Helpings are coordinating volunteers
in conjunction with the FVCC service office to help with renovations so agencies can move into the building before the end of the year.
Fort Peck Community College (Poplar, MT & Wolf Point, MT)
Contact:Katie Wise - kwise@fpcc.edu (406)768-6333
When: October 22nd, 2011
Where The Lord's Table; Wolf Point, MT
Event: Campus Corps volunteers from Fort Peck Community College will be organizing a coat drive to better equip the community for the quickly approaching cold Montana winter. They will be setting up donation locations where community members can drop off new and gently used winter coats from October 14 through the 22nd, at which date the group of volunteers will be collecting, sorting through, and delivering all of the coats to local assistance program, The Lord’s Table.
Contact: Alexandra Black - teamleader@montana.edu (406-994-6902)
When:October 18th, 2011 (5:00pm-7:00pm)
Where: Gallatin Valley Foodbank Event: Volunteers will be helping to package and distribute food boxes for the Senior Lunch Program.
When: October 21st, 2011
Where: The Bozeman Bowl (414 East Babcock St)
Event: Volunteers from MSU will be lending a hand at the annual "Bowl for Kid's Sake" fundraiser for the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization.
MSU- Billings & Rocky Mountain College
Contact: Hazel Todd – hazel.todd@msubillings.edu (406-896-5815) & Jill Washburn – jill.washburn@rocky.edu (406-238-7394)
When: October 22nd (9:00am-12:00pm)
Where: 4715 Rebecca's Place
Event: Volunteers from both Rocky Mountain College and MSU-Billings will be lending a hand at the Habitat for Humanity build hosted by Montana Conservation Corps. The collaborative group of AmeriCorps members will be working to landscape the residence located at 4715 Rebecca’s Place in Billings. Lunch will be provided for all volunteers and all over the age of 14 are welcome to participate.
MSU-Great Falls (Great Falls, MT)
Contact: T.C. Knutson – campuscorps@msugf.edu (406-771-4324)
When: October 22nd, 2011 (shift 1 at 9:00am; shift 2 at 12:30pm)
Where: shift 1 will meet at 1000 3rd Ave NW; shift 2 will meet at 1701 21st Ave.
Event: Campus Corps volunteers from MSU-GF will be partnering with local non profit organization, NeighborWorks to plant trees throughout the community. The event will take place rain or shine, so be sure to dress appropriately for the weather. Water, snacks, & pizza will be
provided for all volunteers.
Montana Tech of the UM (Butte, MT)
Contact: Sean Cochrane - scochrane@mtech.edu (406-496-4692)
When: October 22nd, 2011 (10:00am-1:00pm)
Where:Butte Rescue Mission; volunteers will meet at their site on East 2nd St.
Event: Campus Corps volunteers from M-Tech will be lending a hand to the Butte Rescue Mission which is in desperate need of additional housing with the winter months quickly approaching. To meet this need they purchased a two-story dormitory style building that needs to be cleaned up. Volunteers will be sweeping out and mopping the floors as well as putting a fresh coat of paint on the walls.
When: October 22nd,2011 (8:15am-11:00am)
Where: Juvenile Prison; volunteers will meet at the M-Tech Campus Motor Pool
Event: Volunteers will be working with inmates at the local Juvenile Prison
Stone Child College (Box Elder, MT / Rocky Boy Reservation)
Contact: Michael Yegerlehner - myegerlehner@stonechild.edu (573-822-6171)
When: October 20th, 26th, &27th (8:00am-10:00am)
Where: Kennewash Hall Foyer, Stone Child College
Event: Student volunteers will be organizing a coat drive for both adults and children in need that live in the local community.
University Of Montana (Missoula, MT)
Contact: Shanna Ungate – shanna.ungate@mso.umt.edu (406-243-5106)
When: October 15th, 2011 (12:30pm-4:30pm)
Where: PEAS Farm (3010 Duncan Dr.)
Event: The Campus Corps group at UM will be collaborating with local non-profit organization Garden City Harvest; specifically, they will be volunteering at their annual Fall Harvest Festival which takes place at the PEAS farm.
University of Montana - Northern (Havre, MT)
Contact: Grace Milanowski - campuscorps@msun.edu (406-265-3577)
When:October 22nd, 2011
Where:Salvation Army of Havre, MT
Event: Volunteers will be helping out with some general cleaning, raking, shredding papers: important things that the staff does not have time to do!
When: October 29th, 2011
Where: Head Start of Havre, MT Event: Volunteers will be lending a hand with some much needed playground maintenance: painting windows in play areas, raking up and redistributing wood-chips under play areas, replacing sand in the sand box, and repainting toy sheds.
University of Montana - Western (Dillon, MT)
Contact: Cheyanne Marcy – campuscorps@umwestern.edu (406-683-7202)
When: October 8th, 2011
Where: Virginia City town park
Event: Campus Corps volunteers from UM-Western scheduled their Make a Difference Day event a few weeks prior to the official date, as their project needed to be completed before the weather got too cold. On Saturday October 8th, the group traveled to Virginia City where they spent a full day taking part in the town’s city park clean up/weatherization/ restoration project. Specifically, they primed & painted the city bathroom building, stained picnic tables, and trimmed the trees and shrubs surrounding the broom ball/ice-skating rink. The Virginia City community was very grateful for all of their hard work and for all of the improvements that they made happen.
When:October 21st & 22nd, 2011
Where: Bannack, MT
Event: On October 21st & 22nd, volunteers from UM-W will be travelling to the historic ghost town of Bannack, MT to light the way for the town’s annual historic ghost walk.
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