[12758] in APO News
Re: City Year Project (Saturday Feb 27)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paula Jacobs)
Fri Feb 26 23:33:44 2010
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:16:35 -0500
From: Paula Jacobs <paulaj@MIT.EDU>
To: Latifah Hamzah <latifah@mit.edu>
Cc: apo-news@mit.edu, apo-prospectives@mit.edu
In-Reply-To: <fac9fd811002252234l65b948a5k9dd3590840b500d@mail.gmail.com>
If anyone else is interested, we will be meeting at random at 8: 15.
-Paula
954 856 9238
Quoting Latifah Hamzah <latifah@MIT.EDU>:
> Brothers and Prospectives,
>
> --Short Version--
> This Saturday, Feb 27th is the City Year Project, where many fraternities
> and sororities in the Boston area get together to do service. We will be
> volunteering at The Beethoven Elementary School in Roxbury. It will be fu=
n,
> hands on stuff involving building, painting, repairing and other such
> activities. We will be there from 9.30am - 3.30pm (so probably 8.30am -
> 4.30pm including travelling time). Contact paulaj@mit.edu or
> grantrob@mit.edu if you want to go!
> Summary
> Event: City Year Service with other fraternities / sororities
> Where: The Beethoven School, Roxbury
> When: Feb 27, Saturday, 9.30am - 3.30pm
> What: Building, painting, repairing...
>
> --Long Version--
>
> =E2=80=98You make a living by what you get, you make a life by what you g=
ive.=E2=80=99 =E2=80=93
> Winston Churchill
>
> About the Service Site:
>
> The Beethoven School serves a diverse group of children in grades K-5 in
> West Roxbury. The school takes many innovative approaches to elementary
> education and offers a variety of programmes to enrich standard academic
> offerings. In particular, the school specialises in music, technology as
> well as art and is a leader in taking innovative approaches in these area=
s.
> The service that will be performed at the school will go a long way towar=
ds
> making the spaces, hallways and auditorium more accurately reflect the
> diversity and unique character of the school and towards giving these
> children a bright and welcoming building to call their own.
>
> About the Service:
>
> At the school, volunteers will spend the day working on a variety of
> projects. These include:
>
> - Building storage units
>
> - Painting panel murals
>
> - Repairing stage door units
>
> - Constructing mural benches
>
> - Revitalising the Kindergarten corridor
>
> Service Day Schedule:
>
> 9.30am: Registration
>
> 10am: Service begins
>
> 12pm: Lunch
>
> 3pm: Clean up begins
>
> 3.30: Service ends
>
> Don=E2=80=99t forget:
>
> - Close-toed shoes
>
> - Water bottle
>
> Address:
>
> The Beethoven School, 5125 Washington Street, West Roxbury, MA 02132
> Yours in Service,
> latifah
>
