Events
April 11, 2006: VOC Disaster Preparation
Seminar
Volunteers On Call and the Red Cross will provide
a learning seminar for anyone who is interested in
preparing their home, family and community for the
possiblity of any type of disaster. As we've seen
in Louisiana part of the key is being prepared!
Come out and learn how you
can create a plan and be prepared for any unforseen
disaster events!
April 11th @ 7PM at VOC Offices
- 8 Sound Shore Drive, Ste 100, Greenwich CT
Hope to see you there!
April 12, 2006: VOC
Informational Session - Costa Rica Volunteer Trip
In 2006, Greenwich based humanitarian not-for-profit,
Volunteers on Call, Inc., will be returning to Costa
Rica for the fourth time and would like to welcome
you to be a part of this year's team! Through its
field partners, VOC will be working with needy and
orphaned children in the suburbs of San Jose.
VOC will hold its first informational meeting on Wednesday,
April 12, 2006 at 8 Sound View Drive, Suite 100, Greenwich
across the Cos Cob Train Station. Please join VOC
and past volunteers from 7:00 - 8:30 pm. for a brief
presentation, question and answer period, light snacks
and refreshments. Email or call VOC to register.
WHO: Anyone 18 years or older who has signed participation
forms, release and medical waivers and has attended
three Team Building meetings, which dates TBA
WHAT: Build/refurbish an orphanage in the suburbs
of San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica. Volunteers
will also have the opportunity to care and spend time
with children with sight, hearing, motor and mental
impairments as well as work in the classroom to introduce
the English language, talk about the importance of
good hygiene and share in fun projects like painting.
Past and present projects include wheelchair ramps
and rails, mural or logo painting, petting zoo construction,
wall, classsroom or storeroom construction and/or
painting, etc.
Trip Dates: Monday, October 16 - Wednesday, October
25, 2006
If you are potentially interested in participating
in this trip, please be sure to attend this meeting.
April 13, 2006: VOC Informational Session
- Rwanda Volunteer Trip
Volunteers On Call, Inc. will be hosting an informational
meeting for their upcoming Fall volunteer trip to
Rwanda, Africa.
On April 13th @ 7:00 PM we will be sharing information
about our upcoming trip, anticipated projects, commitment
deadlines, cost, etc. Come on out and learn more about
this great opportunity to help others globally meeting
the needs of orphans, widows, vulnerable children
and HIV victims in Rwanda.
Trip Dates: September 22 - October 1, 2006
If you are potentially interested in participating
in this trip, please be sure to attend this meeting.
Date: April 13, 2006
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Location: 8 Sound Shore Drive, Suite 100, Greenwich
CT 06830
RSVP: Please RSVP by March 20th
Thursday, April 20, 2006 Red Cross: International
Humanitarian Law Class
9:30am-12:30 pm
Red Cross offices, 99 Indian Field Road
Learn about IHL and how the Red Cross is involved
in enforcing it world-wide.
Please call the chapter to register for this FREE
class. Ask for Tim Wall at 869-8444.
Thursday, April 27,2006 Red Cross: Senior
Community Disaster Education
12-1pm
Red Cross offices, 99 Indian Field Road
Join us for a lunchtime discussion of how to prepare
for a local disaster such a winter storm or loss of
power. You will also learn how build your own disaster
supply kit. Targeted for senior citizens, this
FREE presentation includes lunch and a free starter
kit.
Sunday, April 30, 2006 Red Cross: March for
Measles
11 am (10am registration)
Roger Sherman Baldwin Park
A 5K walk to help raise money for the Measles Initiative,
an International Red Cross effort to vaccinate children
in Africa and Southeast Asia.
Started in 2000, the Measles Initiative has vaccinated
almost 200 million chidren and prvented 1.2 millino
deaths. That amounts to an astouding 60% drop in measles
cases and deaths in Africa since the start of the
program. For less than a dollar (80 cents) a child
can easily be vaccinated against measles. This includes
the cost of all necessary resources including the
vaccine, syringes, cotton balls, safe siposal of syringes,
trianing for volunteers and the resources for spreading
the word about measles in local communities.
There will be games, live music and entertainment
at the park following the event.
Registration is $10 before the event and $15 the day
of the event. Forms can be accessed online at www.greenwichredcross.org
or picked up at the office.
Questions go to Jessica Chapman at 869-8444 ext 130
Monday, May 8, 2006 World Red Cross Day
afternoon-evening time TBA
Red Cross office, 99 Indian Field Road
Discover what the Red Cross looks like around the
world at our celebration of founder Henri Dunant's
birthday. Also, learn more about the American Red
Cross' International Services. More information coming
soon!
