Celebrating our 125th Anniversary
Caring Counts:
The Alverno College Volunteer Challenge
Caring Counts
Many things make us Alverno, but one of the strongest is this: When we care about something, we do something about it. "Caring Counts" celebrates Alverno's 125th anniversary by sharing the ways members of the Alverno community put their beliefs into action. Our goal is to record 125,000 hours of volunteer caring during 2012.
To count it, click it
Recording your volunteer time and efforts is easy. Simply visit www.alverno.edu/caringcounts
Who counts?
If you're part of the Alverno family, your volunteer hours count. That includes students, faculty, staff, alums and their families. Trustees, advisory council members, volunteer assessors and internship mentors and supervisors - the people who volunteer for Alverno - are certainly part of the effort. So is every School Sister of St. Francis and Associate and everyone who is part of the College's Athletic Department, Early Learning Center and Alverno Presents.
What counts?
If you do it on your own time, without pay, and to benefit others, it counts. Common examples include helping non-profit agencies such as churches, schools, health-care facilities or community groups; unpaid service to individuals in need, such as elderly neighbors, school children, or persons with disabilities; unpaid internships and service-learning hours, including for-credit service activities and internships that benefit the community; unpaid time spent organizing service projects, planning fundraisers; unpaid time spent participating in fund-raising events for organizations that benefit your community, such as cookie sales, phone banks, or sponsored walks/runs; pro bono professional contributions and service on boards or committees of organizations that provide benefits to the community you live in.
When does it count?
This census of caring celebrates the college's 125th anniversary year. We want to count every volunteer hour you perform between January 1 and December 31, 2012.
Equivalent contributions count, too.
We want to honor all the ways members of the Alverno community make a difference. So meaningful donations to organizations that serve the disadvantaged, your community or your church can also be counted. For consistency's sake, count every time you donate items to others as 2 hours. Such gifts include contributions to food pantries, Purple Heart, Vincent de Paul, Cans Across the Conference, Socks for St. Ben's, or Shawls for Special Olympics. Each hour of prayer in which you remember others, Alverno College, the community, your faith community can be counted as a volunteer hour.
How to count it
It's simple. Go to www.alverno.edu/caringcounts. Complete the simple form. Click it to count it.
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