Quote from my tea bag

"if you can not see God in all, you cannot see God at all"

Want to teach?

From teh SBU notice boards:

Want to Make a Difference? Want to Teach? Join the Inner-City Teaching Corps!
The Inner-City Teaching Corps (ICTC) is an education non-profit whose mission is to transform education in underserved communities, and to empower children in urban schools through innovative people and programs. One such program, the Volunteer Teaching Corps (VTC), is a two-year service program training outstanding recent college grads of all majors to serve as classroom teachers in inner-city Chicago parochial schools.

Open House Weekend: January 11-14, 2007
Applications Due: January 21, 2007

All Majors Eligible!

More information can also be found at: http://www.ictc-chicago.org or by emailing Recruiting Coordinator, Lauren Fiamingo: teach@ictc-chicago.org.

Financial Donations - - CFO.com

Financial Donations - - CFO.com:

"CFOs can manage to volunteer their skills to charities alongside their day jobs. In some cases, the results can be career-altering.

In Return
One way for-profit CFOs can enter nonprofits is via non-executive directorships. Mark Freebairn, head of the CFO practice at search firm Odgers Ray & Berndtson in London, says there's a growing interest in not-forprofit directorships, particularly among CFOs who are reaching the end of their finance careers. For CFOs pondering such directorships, he counsels that there is the same need for due diligence at nonprofits as at for-profits. 'You should have a strong finance director, with a solid process in place to guarantee the integrity of the information you're receiving,' he says. 'And you need passion for the cause of the nonprofit.'"

WBFO seeking volunteers

WBFO's Fall Pledge Drive is just around the corner! Beginning
Thursday, October 19th and running through Tuesday, October
24th, we will be on the air asking for community support.

WBFO needs volunteers to answer phones and take pledges during
various times throughout the day. Volunteers play an important
role in our pledge drives and everyone here at WBFO is
appreciative of the work volunteers do.

If you're interested in volunteering, please contact me at
829-6000, ext. 538, or by email at knatale@wbfo.org.

As always thank you for all you do for WBFO 88.7FM, your NPR
station!

More Volunteer Opportunities

From Jay Starr (of HOUSA fame):

"October 28, 2006 Make A Difference Day - www.makeadifference day.com

November 18, 2006 Family Volunteer Day - disney.go.com/ disneyhand/ familyvolunteers /

November 13-19, 2006 World Kindness Week - www.actsofkindness. org

January 15, 2007 Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service - www.mlkday.gov

March 31, 2007 Cesar Chavez Day of Service and Learning - www.chavezfoundation.org

April 15-21, 2007 National Volunteer Week - www.pointsoflight. org

May 5, 2007 Join Hands Day - www.joinhandsday. org __._,_.___

Warming House from Notice Board

Not sure if you saw this or not:

Warming House sign-ups available Come to the Thomas Merton Center and sign up for an afternoon (2:30-6 p.m.) of fun, service, and good food at the Warming House, our University's student-run soup kitchen. Your volunteer time at The Warming House will be spent planning, preparing, cooking, and serving a meal for about 30 guests – and, of course, cleaning up. You might also find yourself sharing stories, becoming friends, and caring for the needs of the guests of the Warming House. Sign up now! Contact Trevor Thompson, tthompso@sbu.edu

BBC NEWS | Business | CEO swaps hedge fund for charity

BBC NEWS | Business | CEO swaps hedge fund for charity:

"Stanley Fink, the chief executive of the world's biggest listed hedge fund, is to step down from his role to focus on private philanthropy."

Do a good deed for 9/11

From myGoodDeed.org:

"Would you be willing to perform just one good deed on the 5th anniversary of 9/11 in memory of those we've lost to terrorism? If yes, then please post your good deed pledge today and join Americans everywhere who will be honoring the victims, heroes and volunteers of 9/11 by taking time to help others in need. It's confidential and free, and you decide for yourself what your good deed will be -- any act of kindness, charity or service counts!"

Without giving too much away, maybe 9/16 is close enough ;)

stay tuned.

Quote of the week

Happiness...consists of giving, and in serving others---Henry Drummond

As quoted in the Book of Positive Quotations

Nice idea!

From the Austin Statesman:

"The young men of Pi Kappa Phi, students from schools all over the country, moved heavy rocks in a swelter Saturday to make the Shoal Creek hike-and-bike trail more accessible to people with disabilities. They are a Build America team, a subsidiary program of Push America, established by the national fraternity in 1977. Push America is a Pi Kappa Phi fraternity bike sojourn across the country for charity"