The Williams College Center for Community Engagement

RASAN will have limited availability from now until fall semester starts. We’ll check the Hotline phones once every week, and will respond to any messages left within several days. As always, call x4100 (413-597-4100), leave your name and number in the message, and we will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible!

Donate them to The Chituka Village Project, a nonprofit dedicated to offering after-school sports activities to children in Malawi! Leave your shoes in the labeled box in the entrance to Lasell gym.

Thanks!

Laura Christianson

Thanks for supporting the “Give It Up” campaign gathering donated clothing, books, housewares, etc. from students in 6 large pods on campus to benefit the humanitarian work of local and international groups. Join us in respecting the intention of the donors: please do not remove donated items from pods. Pods are open for donations 9am to 9 pm through Commencement Day.

Beneficiaries include: the annual clothing sale in September for Greylock A Better Chance; the Williamstown Food Pantry; the Rural Literacy Project; educational projects in local schools; and the First Congregational Church’s fall rummage sale.

“Give It Up” is co-sponsored by the Zilka Center for Environmental Initiatives; the Center for Community Engagement and the Chaplains’ Office; the Lehman Council; and Williams College Facilities.

One more time: please don’t take donated items from the pods! Most will be on sale soon at bargain prices that will benefit many good causes! For more information, contact Rick Spalding (ext. 2483) or Stephanie Boyd (ext. 4462).

May is ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER(AAPI) HERITAGE MONTH— Dynamic high school-age local, immigrant and exchange students come together sharing their multicultural backgrounds along with preparing and serving their favorite traditional dishes. Many students will contribute for this celebration.

Centerpiece Presentations and Multicultural Samplings: Alexander Pitman, A Great Barrington Waldorf High School Student of FIlipino descent and Deal Umanetr, a PAX exchange student from Thailand.

We will also sample dishes from PAX exchange student, Ramiz Shaikh and GBWHS student, Teruko Kushi.

Edible Art: try Candy sushi by Great Barrington Waldorf HIgh School Students

Come ready for excellent samplings of authentic dishes and a journey with these youth through their own personal heritage stories.

If you are a student attending a local high school or college and would like to participate in cooking/presenting or the production of this event, contact BRIDGE asap! Also we are calling high school artists and performers interested in sharing a heritage piece! Contact BRIDGE by May 8th, 2009.

Details:

RSVP asap to attend the event with number of guests you are bringing…we need your reservation no later than May 21st to prepare the right amount of food. Email BRIDGE at multiculturalbridge@gmail.com and mail check to 195 Main Street Suite 3, Great Barrington, MA 01230. Special discounted cost is $15/adult, $10/student, & parents pay the age of their children up to age 15 when reserving by May 21st. … (after May 21st and at the door cost is $20/adult and students pay $15.)

Paz, abrazos y sonrisas,

Gwendolyn

Dining Services agreed to make a donation to CHAWAKUA, an organization that helps HIV/AIDS victims in Tanzania, provided that volunteers will help out with the all-campus picnic on May 15th. 

Just by committing for 2 hours, you will be helping a lot of people CHAWAKUA reaches out to. The sign-up slots are as follows and I need 3-4 students per shift: 
10:00 am – Noon 
11:00 am – 1 pm 
Noon – 2 pm 

I got to know CHAWAKUA this Winter Study when I went to Tanzania with a Williams class. Toni Kraeva, Monel Chang, and I on a collaborative video project with the staff members of the organization. They do great things like providing 
microfinance to HIV positive women and men, supporting the education of vulnerable youth, and organizing educational talks about sex and HIV. You can take a look at this 10-minute video (which I contributed to) to learn more about 
it:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3SII_OvRR4 

But unfortunately, the organization is underfunded right now and we hope that this donation will provide some relief. 

If you’d like to help out, please e-mail me at ba1@williams.edu with the time slots in order of preference.   

Thanks, 

Burge

Interested in 'sustainability' on campus? Thursday Night Group is meeting today at 10pm in Dodd to discuss plans for next year and new leadership. Come and talk about what it really means to be 'green' and how that affects Williams.
We'll have cookies, snacks, and ice cream to celebrate the end of the year. New and old faces are equally welcome!

  If you are currently a MSRC tutor, peer tutor, or writing workshop tutor and need some extra money, email sth1 to work during reading period for a Currier sponsored Study session.

WRAPS welcomes you for Summer 2009

A food service organization that has experienced great expansion this year, WRAPS is now looking for volunteers for the summer. We collect unserved food from dining halls and make delivery to the needy. Simple and easy, WRAPS makes a great difference to our community!

SIGN UP TO HELP BY CLICKING HERE.

Volunteers are needed anytime 11am-4pm to help unload mail trucks and pack food into boxes. Free pizza lunch and transportation to North Adams are provided! Email lh1 if interested.