Events Calendar

Saturday 5/14/22

• Yale Day of Service: IL, Lake Bluff - Eco Project for Lake County Forest Preserve

  May 14

  9:00AM – 12:00PM

  Oriole Grove

  Add to Calendar 2022-05-14T09:00:00 2022-05-14T12:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: IL, Lake Bluff - Eco Project for Lake County Forest Preserve

  Join Yale alumni and Yale Blue-Green Chicago in the greater Chicago area for ECO day remove invasive garlic mustard plants from areas in the Lake County Forest Preserves' Oriole Grove.  

  Alumni and their families are all welcome. Recommended age is 10+

  • Long sleeves, pants, work gloves, and closed toed shoes are required
  • Hat, sunglasses and water bottle are recommended
  • Event will happen rain or shine - dress accordingly
  • You can park at 201-299 MacLaren Ln. Look for YALE DAY OF SERVICE sign

  Who's Coming?

  Contact: Martha Arroyo '91

  Oriole Grove — MacLaren Lane false

• Yale Day of Service: New York, NY - Drive the Difference: Sort, Pack and Deliver with Mott Haven Fridge

  May 14, 2022

  Shopping Center Parking Lot

  Add to Calendar America/New_York Yale Day of Service: New York, NY - Drive the Difference: Sort, Pack and Deliver with Mott Haven Fridge

  Mott Haven Fridge Network rescues excess, unsold produce from the biggest produce market in the United States and their growing volunteer task force delivers this bounty to over 25 communities in need, ensuring that fresh and healthy produce makes its way to neighbors in need that other food assistance programs don't reach.  

  Join fellow Yalies and their families to sort, pack, and deliver fresh produce to New Yorkers in need!  We'll start the day by unloading a truck filled with excess, unsold produce rescued from the biggest produce market in the US!  Then, we'll sort our beautiful bounty and prepare it for delivery!  

  Vehicle required!  
  Once the produce is unloaded and sorted for delivery, we'll depart in our personal vehicles to pre-arranged delivery destinations, ensuring that fresh and healthy produce makes its way to communities in need.  We will meet in the back of a shopping center parking lot (right behind Burlington Coat Factory) so there is ample parking!  

  Preparation needs: Dress for the weather; the entire event is outdoors!  

  Space/capacity limits:  25 families 

  Contact: Ji Wun Kim '98 / Dan Zauderer (Mott Haven)

  Shopping Center Parking Lot — 1957 Turnbull Avenue

• Yale Day of Service: OH, Cleveland - Sound the Alarm in Old Brooklyn

  May 14

  9:00AM – 1:00PM

  Meet at the Cleveland Estabrook Rec Center

  Add to Calendar 2022-05-14T09:00:00 2022-05-14T13:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: OH, Cleveland - Sound the Alarm in Old Brooklyn

  We will be assisting the Northern Ohio Red Cross with their Sound the Alarm campaign, part of an effort to install free smoke alarms in at-risk communities across the country. No training is needed. We will assemble at the Estabrook Rec Center in Cleveland's Old Brooklyn neighborhood and will be assigned to small 2- and 3-person teams, ideally as a Yale alum group or groups.

  Masks can be worn and must be worn if households ask, and will be provided if you don't bring one.

  Please register using the link provided. Please also register via the American Red Cross using these instructions:

  • Visit the the Red Cross, Sound the Alarm website for zip code 44109
  • Scroll to the Saturday, May 14 listings
  • Select May in the event calendar or list view and register to volunteer - STA 2022: Cleveland, OH {Old Brooklyn} In the vicinity of Pearl Rd & Spokane. Cleveland OH 44109; Saturday May 14, 2022, 9:00 AM-1:00 PM.
  • Current Red Cross volunteers will be prompted to Log in to Volunteer Connection with your email and password. New Sound the Alarm volunteers will Create a Red Cross ID (Account). If you need assistance, please contact your Northern Ohio Region Volunteer Services team; 216-431-3328 by phone or email.

  Please note that you may participate in Red Cross events if you are not vaccinated against COVID-19 so long as you wear a mask, and that you wear a mask at the request of a client regardless of your vaccination status. Masks will be provided at each event. 

  Co-Sponsored by: Yale CLE, Yale Alumni Association of Cleveland, AAAYA Northeast Ohio Chapter, Graduate School Alumni Association, Yale Black Alumni Association

  Who's Coming?

  Contact: Betsy Sullivan '74, '76 MA

  Meet at the Cleveland Estabrook Rec Center — 4125 Fulton Rd false

• Yale Day of Service: MA, Cape Cod- The Family Pantry of Cape Cod

  May 14

  10:00AM – 2:00PM

  The Family Pantry of Cape Cod

  Add to Calendar 2022-05-14T10:00:00 2022-05-14T14:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: MA, Cape Cod- The Family Pantry of Cape Cod

  The Family Pantry of Cape Cod needs volunteers to help prepare their backyard garden for planting.  Your efforts with the Yale Club of Cape Cod will help the Pantry to supplement their food sources for those in need. The Family Pantry of Cape Cod will provide volunteers with the proper tools needed to help foster their garden.  Bringing boots and gloves is recommended.  

  Who's Coming?

  Contact: Mark Crociati '88 Mus.M

  The Family Pantry of Cape Cod — 133 Queen Anne Road false

• Yale Day of Service: MN, Minneapolis - People Serving People

  May 14

  10:00AM – 12:00PM

  People Serving People

  Add to Calendar 2022-05-14T10:00:00 2022-05-14T12:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: MN, Minneapolis - People Serving People

  Volunteers will be assisting People Serving People's Housekeeping Department with general upkeep of the shelter. Jobs may include painting, sweeping, washing walls, vacuuming, and other tasks to keep the shelter looking fresh and clean.

  People Serving People is the largest and most comprehensive, family-focused shelter in Minnesota. What distinguishes People Serving People from other emergency shelters is the broad range of on-site programs and services designed to address common barriers facing homeless families. Their ultimate goal is to permanently end a family's homelessness with one visit to their shelter. At the beginning of the project, we will be given a tour or shown the People Serving People video to provide us with a better understanding of the organization.

  * Please wear closed-toe shoes, long pants, and clothes you don't mind getting dirty.
  * Kids must be at least 12 years old. Adult supervision is requested.
  * Some lifting, bending, and standing in one place for at least 20 minutes at a time may be involved

  Who's Coming?

  Project Coordinator: Ron Goldser '75

  Note:
  There will be a potluck meal after the May 21st Day of Service events starting at roughly 12 noon.  Volunteers from May 14th and 21st are welcome.  The potluck will be held at the home of a YAANW board member.  All volunteers are welcome to come and to share conversation and comradery.  Please notify Rudy Hokanson to register and indicate the number in your party. He will send you directions and instructions.

  People Serving People — 614 S 3rd Street false

• Yale Day of Service: NC, Charlotte - Helping with Refugee Resettlement

  May 14

  10:00AM – 12:00PM

  Carolina Refugee Resettlement Agency

  Add to Calendar 2022-05-14T10:00:00 2022-05-14T12:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: NC, Charlotte - Helping with Refugee Resettlement

  We will work with the Charlotte Refugee Resettlement agency to help newly arrived families by providing donated goods and setting up apartments. More details to come!

  The goal of CRRA is:
  “To receive, to connect and to empower newly arrived refugees in the Charlotte area so that they begin successful and self-sufficient lives in the United States”.

  During this initial 90 day resettlement period, CRRA obtains and furnishes apartments and stocks them with food so that once the caseworker meets the newly arriving refugee at the Charlotte airport, they have a home. 

  New arrivals receive help registering their children for school, enrolling in benefits, obtaining Social Security cards and are able to attend classes for English as a Second Language (ESL). Employment counselors endeavor to find them work and guide each arrival toward self-sufficiency.

  Additional grants provide extended medical case management, employment services, financial literacy, a savings program and cultural orientation classes. CRRA also connects refugees and asylees to other service agencies in the Charlotte area.

  Who's Coming?

  Contact: Constance Spencer '82 MArch

  Carolina Refugee Resettlement Agency — 5009 Monroe Rd, Suite 100 false

• Yale Day of Service: IL, Chicago - Earth Day Tree Planting and Ida B. and Gwendolyn Tribute (RESCHEDULED FROM 4/30)

  May 14

  11:00AM – 3:00PM

  Gwendolyn Brooks Monument

  Add to Calendar 2022-05-14T11:00:00 2022-05-14T15:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: IL, Chicago - Earth Day Tree Planting and Ida B. and Gwendolyn Tribute (RESCHEDULED FROM 4/30)

  *Please note the date change due to weather: Event is now May 14*

  Gwendolyn Brooks: The Oracle of Bronzeville in Gwendolyn Brooks Park and Ida B. Wells: The Light of Truth Monuments honor two truthful Chicago writers with their life stories forged into sculptural forms. Michelle Duster will speak at the monument in her great-grandmother's name. Sculptors, Richard Hunt and Margot McMahon portrayed the writers' lives in interactive three dimensional tributes.

  Please join us for caring for saplings at the Gwendolyn Brooks Monument and hearing from Michelle Duster at the Ida B. Wells Monument. For sapling care, please wear comfortable shoes, gloves, a hat, and bring a water bottle. (We will be walking nine blocks between parks.)

  Schedule:
  11:00- 12:30 ASAP! Adopt Sapling Project Workshop with Yale Blue Green-Green Blocks Initiative: Alumni Sharing Ecological Actions  

  12:30-1:30 Little Black Pearl Carver 47 Café at 47th and Greenwood. Bring cash for lunch

  2:00-3:00 Michelle Duster, Ida B Wells Monument 37th and Langley

  Contacts:

  YaleBlueGreen Chicago-Green Blocks Initiative, Yale Chicago: Judith Singleton '00 MA

  YaleBlueGreen-Green Blocks Initiative, YaleWomen, YChicago: Margot McMahon '84 MFA

  Gwendolyn Brooks Monument — 5442 S. Greenwood Ave false

• Yale Day of Service: NM, Albuquerque - Stamp Out Hunger

  May 14

  2:30PM – 5:00PM

  Steve Shiff Post Office

  Add to Calendar 2022-05-14T14:30:00 2022-05-14T17:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: NM, Albuquerque - Stamp Out Hunger

  This will be our second time helping to organize non-perishable food items, gathered by postal workers, for the Stamp Out Hunger food drive in Albuquerque. It was great fun, great esprit de corps, and great exercise!  The food donations will be sorted into appropriate boxes to be collected by Roadrunner Food Bank and shared by local food distribution throughout the city and state.  

  Roadrunner requests that each person sign up for the EAST section of town.  Note that if you would prefer to work at any of the other sorting venues, please feel free to do so.  Just let us know so that we can have an accurate count of alums-in-the-field.

  Volunteer Notes:

  1. The loading dock at the Steve Shiff Post Office is covered and partially enclosed, so the event will happen rain or shine.
  2. Please wear sturdy, comfortable and washable clothing. Closed-toed shoes are a definite MUST at this site.
  3. Teen and young adult children who are willing and able to help sort the canned goods are more than welcome. Please find alternative care for little ones who can become lost or hurt in the rush to get the goods sorted and boxed.
  4. Volunteers must be physically able to lift canned goods out of the Post Office’s collection boxes and place/toss them into the enormous Roadrunner transport boxes.  If you need a walker for support you can probably manage with one in place.
  5. The session lasts for two hours and the sorting will go on continuously throughout that time period. If you cannot stay for the entire two hours, any time you give will be appreciated.  Just let the site coordinator know when you are leaving.
  6. You MUST sign an attendance and release form (available at the site for the activity) and, should you wish, a photo release agreement.

  Contact: Elizabeth Anne Burki, Ph.D., MSN'69

  Steve Shiff Post Office — 8719 Candelaria NE 87111 false

• Yale Day of Service: FL, Tampa - Cooking Dinner for Families of Hospitalized Children (FULL)

  May 14

  4:00PM – 8:00PM

  Ronald McDonald House St. Pete East

  Add to Calendar 2022-05-14T16:00:00 2022-05-14T20:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: FL, Tampa - Cooking Dinner for Families of Hospitalized Children (FULL)

  *Please note: this service project has reached max capacity of volunteers. Please consider registering for another Day of Service Project*

  We will be cooking and serving pasta, salad, bread, and cookies to families staying at the Ronald McDonald House St. Pete East. We will be serving 50 family members. The cooking will take place in the commercial kitchen at the Ronald McDonald House.  We can have up to 10 volunteers ages 14 and above.  

  Yalies who are unable to volunteer for the event on May 14 can also bake cookies and arrange with one of the organizers to drop them off before the event.

  Who's Coming?

  Contact: Anne Philpott Eason '86 and Judith Becker Bryant '77 

  Ronald McDonald House St. Pete East — 401 7th Avenue South false