Chapter Minutes 1/31/10 · There are a lot of us, so please keep the talking to a minimum. · J-Board o APhiO etiquette § Emails on listserv go to advisors and alumni and some professors, too § Happy Can · Self-monitor comments o Don’t swear, don’t talk about drinking · Keep it appropriate/HAPPY! o Buddha as official advisor § Vote – PASSED! · 5K o 14th Annual APhiO 5K: “Neighbors Helping Neighbors 5K for Good Works” o Good Works § Mission: provide a “community of hope for those struggling with poverty in rural Appalachia” § With a poverty rate of 29%, Athens County is greatly affected by poverty § Only homeless shelter in Athens and 8 surrounding counties § Point system: cars, laundry, lots of other things o Objective: raise funds and awareness in support of those affected by poverty and homelessness o Official details: § March 6 § Ping § Starts at noon § Tell everyone you know! o Letter writing/ email writing parties TBA § Write five letters, get an hour § Can get service hours for donating: · Business envelopes (2 boxes=1 hour) · Stamps (2 sheets=1 hour) o aphio5k at gmail.com · Guest speaker: Keith Wasserman from Good Works o Started Good Works 30 years ago o Good Works is only homeless shelter in Athens and 8 surrounding counties o Half the people at the shelter are first-time homeless o Real issue is economics o 80% of funds come from private donors o Timothy House § Located on west side of Athens § Welcome volunteers · People we help have something to offer us, too § One of 14 projects o Help people in 3 groups: § Homeless people § At-risk kids · Outreach every Friday night: Friday Night Life § Widows · Home visits o Need people in poverty to inform us about life o 4 basic principles § Relationships primary focus § Building trust is important § Meeting a need: shelter, food, companionship § In every context, there is a vision of people who graduate to join us and no longer be the poor and homeless, and join us as volunteers to serve others o Transformation Station § Program to help people get cars · Don’t give them away, don’t sell them § Works on a point system · Time donation, earn points · Points redeemable for cars § Cars come in on a donation basis · Fellowship o aphiofellowship at gmail.com o Volleyball § Monday night at 6:15 § Ping Center: Area B § No pockets, no jewelry § On website o Fellowship of the week: § Thursday night at BW3’s § 7-9 § 60 cent wing night! § No drinking!!!! o Formal § Sign up for cabins after chapter § 10 per cabin (including dates)! · Pledge cabins/Active cabins § Feb. 14 is the last day to pay § $30 per person (bring a date=$60) § Will start collecting money at next week’s chapter § Rides TBA § February 27 o If you haven’t paid your social fee, see Monica or Abbey after Chapter § Make checks out to Alpha Phi Omega · Service o Service etiquette § Inappropriate talking · Plans of the weekend/past weekend · Swearing · Ignoring service clients § Cell phone use · Use away from service clients o Upcoming service § Weeklies § WOUB Pledge Drive · Feb. 3 and 4 § ATCO Basketball game · Feb. 9 at 7pm § ATCO Valentine’s Day Dance · Feb. 21, 5:30-730pm § Blood Battle OU vs Miami · Feb. 15 § ATCO Rock Wall · Feb. 2, 3:30-4:30pm § Learn to Skate · Feb. 20, 7:30 am-2:30 pm o Email pattyguzowski at gmail.com about Web site questions o Allowed 4 outside hours per quarter § Not with APhiO § Approve PRIOR to doing service o Sign-Ins § Emails § Blog on web site § Paper § **Hours do not get tallied until we have a visual sign-in** o 24-hour rule o Passion Works studio volunteers (Thursdays) § Tell them you’re with APhiO, not just that you’re there to volunteer o Habitat for Humanity § Interest in fundraising and building houses? · Do fundraising the rest of this year- need $30,000 · Start the build in the fall · Would count as service hours · In Athens county somewhere o Humane Society § Fill out a form before you go § Need a week to process the form o OSU Weekend Trip § Interest? o Service ideas? § Set-up on website · If OK’d by service chairs, counts as inside hours · Send them an email about it § ANYONE can do it § Ideas? o Service of the Week § Monday Lunch § Next week: ATCO Rec. Night o Questions/Concerns/Ideas § aphioservice at yahoo.com · Youth Service o Running Club § Reminder: need people there Mondays and Wednesdays, too! § At Chauncey Elementary School, 3:40-4:20pm every Monday, Wednesday, Friday § 1-mile fun run at the end of the quarter § If you can drive, say so in the comments section on the website · Membership o Winning family at Big/Little Night: § Made! o Signature party sign-up went around § This Tuesday, 7-10 pm in Baker o Pledge meeting at 12:30pm next Sunday in Clip 194 · Announcements o Next week is Super Bowl Sunday, so Chapter at 2:30 in Bentley 236 o Starting Exec positions next week o Actives, send in your grades! § aphio_jboard at gmail.com · Happy Can · Supportive Bro Submitted by secretary Anna Tabor -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserv.ohio.edu/pipermail/aphio-l/attachments/20100131/140b0f54/attachment-0001.html
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