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WHO
ARE
YOU?
You
can help Hands On Charlotte enhance the usefulness of our data by
updating your own volunteer profile on the HOC web
site. As an incentive, we will enter the names of all the
individual volunteers who update their personal information into a
drawing to win a US Airways gift card worth $250!
Three cards will be awarded, but you have to update your data by
November 10 to be included in the drawing. NOTE: We especially
need you to enter your demographic information (if you haven't
already) and to check off any skills that you have from the list
provided on the web site.
If you need a refresher course in how to update your volunteer
information on the HOC web site, CLICK HERE.
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BLUE
MAX GOES BIG WITH HOC
 Blue Max Materials, who has been
providing quality landscape and hardscape products to professional
contractors and homeowners throughout the Charlotte area since
1997, has agreed to serve as sponsor of Hands On Charlotte's
BIG Project for the next year. As program sponsor
of the BIG Project, Blue Max will supply HOC with donated or
discounted products-things like mulch, garden soil, gravel,
etc.-that we often need for our beautification projects at CMS
schools. Thanks to Blue Max for supporting HOC and
our community!
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SPEAKING
OF THE BIG PROJECT...
 HOC's final BIG
Project for 2010 on Saturday, November
20, will be a special undertaking, as our volunteers will
be working at Hawthorne High School to create a
peace garden. Tiffany Wright, a teenager who was shot and killed
at her bus stop in September 2009, was a student at Hawthorne. Her
fellow students came up with the idea to create the peace garden in
response to her tragic death, and to remember other Hawthorne and
CMS students who have been killed. HOC is pleased to be able to
help that garden finally become a reality. You can sign up to
participate in the BIG Project through the HOC web site; families
and groups are welcome (minimum age is 10, maximum group size is
20). To sign up for the BIG
Project, CLICK HERE.
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LOVE
A PARADE?
Did you know
that Charlotte is the home to the country's
fourth-largest Thanksgiving Day parade? It's
true! The 63rd annual Belk Carolinas' Carrousel
Parade features
marching bands, floats, local celebrities, and plenty of family
fun. Volunteers are needed on Thanksgiving Day from 8am until 1pm
to serve in the staging area to make sure the bands and floats are
in the correct order, and as marshals along the parade route from
N. Tryon Street to E. 3rd Street to make sure the performers stay
on schedule.
If you'd like to read more details about volunteering for the
parade, CLICK
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FIRST
NIGHT SEEKS VOLUNTEERS
 You can help
Charlotte ring in the New Year by volunteering at First Night
Charlotte on Friday, Dec.
31. First Night is a family-friendly (alcohol-free) event that
showcases the visual and performing arts at venues in the Center
City. There's a People's Parade and, of course, a countdown to
midnight! Attendees purchase buttons to enter the performance
venues, and volunteers are needed to sell buttons, hand out
programs, help with kids' activities, attend to the performance
areas and answer questions. There are afternoon and evening shifts
available. This is the third year at which HOC is helping to
supply volunteers for First Night, and it's always a lot of fun.
For more info on First Night volunteering, please CLICK
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COMMUNITY
GRAPEVINE
This
section lists volunteer opportunities for local non-profit or
community service organizations that are not part of Hands On Charlotte's
monthly projects. If you are interested in helping out,
please contact the individual listed in the description. Hands On
Charlotte assumes no responsibility for these
activities.
Lifespan
Services: LifeSpan is in need of volunteers to assist
with the 5K Run on the Runway on Saturday, October 30, at the
Charlotte Douglas Airport. Specifically, there is a need for
volunteers to help with parking, and those interested will need to
arrive at the airport between 5:30 and 6:00 a.m. For more
information or to sign up, please contact LifeSpan's Lori Avery at
(704) 944-5112 or lavery@lifespanservices.org.
Crisis
Assistance Ministry: Crisis Assistance Ministry conducts
several poverty simulations every month. These simulations show
participants the maze of social service programs that must be
negotiated by individuals and families trying to secure food and
shelter in the midst of financial crises. Volunteers are needed to
serve as "actors" for the simulation. Some advanced training is
required. For those interested in finding out more, contact Crisis
Assistance Ministry at povertysimulations@crisisassistance.org or
704.371.3001 x 151.
Amazing
Race: The Amazing Race is a fundraiser for Mecklenburg
County Park and Recreation Department's Therapeutic Recreation
Summer Day Camp Scholarship Fund. On Saturday, November 6, in the
Center City area, volunteers will be stationed at check points to
ensure that participants are safe, have the next clue and or
assignment. Thos interested should contact Park & Rec
Volunteer Coordinator Lori Saylor at 704-336-5478 or
Lori.Saylor@mecklenburgcountync.gov.
Bethlehem
Center: The Bethlehem Center of Charlotte (2705 Baltimore
Avenue) provides a range of support services to low-income
individuals and families living in the challenged neighborhoods of
Southside and Wilmore, and the organization is looking for
volunteers to help with collecting, organizing and distributing
food for Thanksgiving meals. There is a special need for
volunteers on Saturday, November 20 and Monday, November 22, but
other days are available as well. For more information, contact
Renee Bromfield at 704-371-7404 or
rbromfield@bethlehemcenter.org.
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THIS
MONTH'S HOC NEWSLETTER
The November issue of HOC's Action Items
newsletter iis now posted on the
web site. In this issue of the newsletter, we highlight the
Neighborhood Focus Initiative that we've been
implementing in Thomasboro, and what that program is designed to do
for that challenged neighborhood.
To download the
November Monthly Guide to Service, click here.
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