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This page lists, in alphabetical order by name of
organization, volunteer organizations in which our
classmates are involved and have sent information.
Isn't it amazing how much energy we have in helping
others. If you would like to add an organization,
just go to the "We Volunteer" page and complete the
form.
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To contact the classmate (s) involved with the
Organization, you will be taken to the secure For Us
Only area. (Remember, your password is
required for entry.)
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Name of the Volunteer Organization:
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Deborah Slater Dance Theater, formal nonprofit
name is Art of the Matter
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Classmate's name who participates:
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Beth Swoope Sweetow |
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Organization's website or how to contact:
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www.artofthematter.org |
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Comments from our classmate:
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I first worked with DSDT as a Business Volunteer for the
Arts, am now on the Board. Enjoy seeing the artistic
process - the artistic director is the choreographer and
I enjoy going to rehearsals and watching the work
evolve. It is very modern, physical dance in an evening
length format. We are looking for new Board members , so
if there is anyone in the San Francisco area who is
interested in joining us, please give me a call.
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To contact the classmate involved:
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Name of the Volunteer Organization:
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Literature for All of Us |
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Classmate's name who participates:
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Susan Bangs Munro |
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Organization's website or how to contact:
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www.literatureforallofus.org
or telephone: 847-869-7325 |
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Comments from our classmate:
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Literature for All of Us, which served over 700 young
women last year, brings the joys of reading and writing
to young women, mostly teen mothers, who have rarely
enjoyed reading. Within the protective circle of the
book group, with books that speak to their experiences,
and with encouragement to find and raise their voices,
they blossom. I am moved to tears every time I hear some
of the young women read their poetry in front of a
group. As a volunteer I’ve done everything from provide
snacks and assist with a book group to serving on the
development committee and advisory board. The
women—board and staff—who support this organization are
creative, hardworking, and incredibly dedicated. We all
share a common mission of improving the lives of these
young women and their children.
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To contact the classmate involved:
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Name of the Volunteer Organization:
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Mamaroneck Public Library |
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Classmate's name who participates:
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Claire Freeman Wolkoff
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Organization's website or how to contact:
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http://www.mamaronecklibrary.org/
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Comments from our classmate:
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I was elected to our local library board last winter and
became a trustee this spring. I felt I was at a point in
my life when I wanted to get involved in an interesting
volunteer activity. I believe a local public library is
vital to the community and am glad to be part of the
organization. It will be an exciting and challenging
term - we're embarking on an expansion and renovation of
the library. If anyone else serves on a library board
(or is a library director), I'd be interested in talking
to you.
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To contact the classmate involved:
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Name of the Volunteer Organization:
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Michigan League of Conservation Voters |
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Classmate's name who participates:
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Elizabeth N. Goodenough
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Organization's website or how to contact:
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http://www.michiganlcv.org/
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Comments from our classmate:
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The Michigan LCV makes real environmetnal change through
voting for green candidates: all future life depends on
how well we handle issues (mercury, water use, land
conservation, bottle bills, global warming, etc.) now. A
DC dinner is planned for Sept-would love to have help
from Michigan or Washington DC Smith alum who would like
to get involved.
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To contact the classmate involved:
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Click here (this information is in the For Us
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Name of the Volunteer Organization:
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Ossining Children's Center, Ossining, NY |
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Classmate's name who participates:
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Lisa Henderson Rosenbloom
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Organization's website or how to contact:
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Site not operational, but
click here for basic
information.
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Comments from our classmate:
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OCC is an educationally oriented child care center,
founded over 100 years ago to serve the children of the
working poor. It retains that mission today, serving
working parent and charging according to their ability
to pay. It has been recognized many times for the
quality of its program and as a leader in the New York
State Child Care Community. We are currently struggling,
like all other day care centers in NY, to keep the
center solvent in the face of government policies to
reduce subsidies to children in the face of studies
showing that a dollar spent now will save $17 future
dollars in remediation, welfare and incarceration. In
the best Smith tradition, OCC is a very successful
fundraising organization, although I must admit, not all
of us are Smithies. We have a great mission, a great
board and are one of the major charities in the
Ossining-Briarcliff community.
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To contact the classmate involved:
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Name of the Volunteer Organization:
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Africa Access |
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Classmate's name who participates:
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Harriet Cooke McGuire
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Organization's website or how to contact:
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www.AfricaAccessReview.org
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Comments from our classmate:
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Africa Access evaluates new books published in the U.S.
for children and young adults written on African themes
and awards annual prizes for the best. My special
project in 2006 will also highlight best children's
books published in Africa. I am exploring possibilities
for an exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of African Art
about depictions of Africa in children's books. |
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To contact the classmate involved:
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Name of the Volunteer Organization:
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BELL - Building Educated Leaders for Life |
Classmate's name who participates:
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Mary Seibert Goldchmid
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Organization's website or how to contact:
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http://www.bellnational.org/
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Comments from our classmate:
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BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life) is a not-for-profit that is
working wonders with its summer tutoring and after-school programs for
at-risk kids in Boston, Baltimore, and New York City.
In the past year alone:
. The Center for Summer Learning at Johns Hopkins selected BELL as the
winner of its 2006 Excellence in Summer Learning Award;
. An Urban Institute study provided "scientifically rigorous evidence
regarding the ability of the BELL summer program to improve the reading
skills of low-performing elementary school children";
.Senator Barack Obama cited BELL as the model for summer educational
opportunities when he introduced his STEP UP Act to expand federal funding
of high-quality summer programs; and
.Earl Phalen, Bell's co-founder and CE0, was named one of 25 winners of the
2006 Fast Company Social Capitalist Awards.
[Press releases about these events are available at BELL's website:
www.bellnational.org]
While these recent awards are all to the good, BELL could still use a hefty
publicity boost, as well vastly increased financial support to sustain and
enlarge its programs in New York. Despite its many accomplishments, BELL
suffers from limited name recognition and private funding. As a result, it
relies mostly on federal support to serve the thousands of children in its
after-school program, but can accommodate only hundreds in its award-winning
summer program which depends entirely on private philanthropy.
And it's summer programs that can truly make the difference. While
privileged kids read books and go to academic enrichment programs over the
summer, at-risk kids are often left to fend for themselves. It's summertime
when these disadvantaged children truly get "left behind."
In addition to its important mission, BELL also has a dedicated black
leader, Earl Phalen, with an inspiring personal story: born into foster
care, adopted by an white family in Boston, educated at Yale College and
Harvard Law School, where he founded BELL with the help of another law
school friend and professor.
In short, there is much to like about BELL. Please visit their website
And many thanks for taking the time to read about my enthusiasm for this
great organization.
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