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Days Listed in Red Are Part of The Points Of Light Foundation's "Seasons Of Service"

February, 2008

Monday, February 25, 2008        10-11 am	Step Up! Volunteer Orientation
Burroughs & Chapin Computer Lab, Founders Center 2411 Oak Street, Myrtle Beach	Find out how Step Up!, your local full-service volunteer center, can help you connect with potential volunteer opportunities. Learn how to use our friendly, searchable database and how to create a profile for yourself so our partner agencies can find you based on your time, talents, and skills. Learn the "rules" of good volunteerism!

Monday, February 25, 2008        6-7 pm	Step Up! Volunteer Orientation
Horry Georgetown Technical College Conference Center (Building 600) Room 603 Meyers Avenue, Myrtle Beach (old Air Force Base)	Find out how Step Up!, your local full-service volunteer center, can help you connect with potential volunteer opportunities. Learn how to use our friendly, searchable database and how to create a profile for yourself so our partner agencies can find you based on your time, talents, and skills. Learn the "rules" of good volunteerism!

March, 2008

Monday, March 3, 2008        10-11 am	Step Up! Volunteer Orientation
Burroughs & Chapin Computer Lab, Founders Center 2411 Oak Street, Myrtle Beach	Find out how Step Up!, your local full-service volunteer center, can help you connect with potential volunteer opportunities. Learn how to use our friendly, searchable database and how to create a profile for yourself so our partner agencies can find you based on your time, talents, and skills. Learn the "rules" of good volunteerism!

Monday, March 3, 2008        6-7 pm	Step Up! Volunteer Orientation
Horry Georgetown Technical College Conference Center (Building 600) Room 603 Meyers Avenue, Myrtle Beach (old Air Force Base)	Find out how Step Up!, your local full-service volunteer center, can help you connect with potential volunteer opportunities. Learn how to use our friendly, searchable database and how to create a profile for yourself so our partner agencies can find you based on your time, talents, and skills. Learn the "rules" of good volunteerism!

Monday, March 10, 2008 10-11 am	Step Up! Volunteer Orientation
Burroughs & Chapin Computer Lab, Founders Center 2411 Oak Street, Myrtle Beach	Find out how Step Up!, your local full-service volunteer center, can help you connect with potential volunteer opportunities. Learn how to use our friendly, searchable database and how to create a profile for yourself so our partner agencies can find you based on your time, talents, and skills. Learn the "rules" of good volunteerism!

Monday, March 10, 2008 6-7 pm	Step Up! Volunteer Orientation
Horry Georgetown Technical College Conference Center (Building 600) Room 603 Meyers Avenue, Myrtle Beach (old Air Force Base)	Find out how Step Up!, your local full-service volunteer center, can help you connect with potential volunteer opportunities. Learn how to use our friendly, searchable database and how to create a profile for yourself so our partner agencies can find you based on your time, talents, and skills. Learn the "rules" of good volunteerism!

Tuesday, March 18, 2008 10-11 am	Step Up! Volunteer Orientation
Burroughs & Chapin Computer Lab, Founders Center 2411 Oak Street, Myrtle Beach	Find out how Step Up!, your local full-service volunteer center, can help you connect with potential volunteer opportunities. Learn how to use our friendly, searchable database and how to create a profile for yourself so our partner agencies can find you based on your time, talents, and skills. Learn the "rules" of good volunteerism!

Tuesday, March 18, 2008  6-7 pm	Step Up! Volunteer Orientation
Horry Georgetown Technical College Conference Center (Building 600) Room 603 Meyers Avenue, Myrtle Beach (old Air Force Base)	Find out how Step Up!, your local full-service volunteer center, can help you connect with potential volunteer opportunities. Learn how to use our friendly, searchable database and how to create a profile for yourself so our partner agencies can find you based on your time, talents, and skills. Learn the "rules" of good volunteerism!

Tuesday, March 25, 2008 10-11 am	Step Up! Volunteer Orientation
Burroughs & Chapin Computer Lab, Founders Center 2411 Oak Street, Myrtle Beach	Find out how Step Up!, your local full-service volunteer center, can help you connect with potential volunteer opportunities. Learn how to use our friendly, searchable database and how to create a profile for yourself so our partner agencies can find you based on your time, talents, and skills. Learn the "rules" of good volunteerism!

Tuesday, March 25, 2008 6-7 pm	Step Up! Volunteer Orientation
Horry Georgetown Technical College Conference Center (Building 600) Room 603 Meyers Avenue, Myrtle Beach (old Air Force Base)	Find out how Step Up!, your local full-service volunteer center, can help you connect with potential volunteer opportunities. Learn how to use our friendly, searchable database and how to create a profile for yourself so our partner agencies can find you based on your time, talents, and skills. Learn the "rules" of good volunteerism!

April, 2008

April 4, 2008      - April 5, 2008	Building A Successful Stepfamily Workshop
	The purpose of this event is to provide marriage and family training and ministry consulting to stepfamilies within our community.  Registration required.  Phone 843-397-1909 for more information.

April 25, 2008      - April 27, 2008	National Youth Service Day-The Power of Youth Serving Youth
	The purpose of this event is to empower young people, highlighting their ongoing contributions to their communities and mobilizing their energy, commitment, and idealism through sustainable service. Contact Step Up! to identify local youth-friendly volunteer opportunities.

April 27-May 3, 2008	National Volunteer Week-Inspire By Example!
	National Volunteer Week reflects the power that volunteers have to “inspire by example” — volunteers both encourage those they help and motivate others to serve!  This special week offers opportunities to thank some of America’s most valuable assets — our volunteers — and to recognize the myriad of ways they improve our communities.  More details will be available from Step Up! in early 2008.

May, 2008

May 3, 2008

Join Hands Day

On May 3, 2008, fraternalists and nonfraternalists alike will come together for JOIN HANDS DAY--to make a difference in their communities through helpful projects that connect youths and adults. JOIN HANDS DAY gives fraternal benefit societies and volunteer organizations the opportunity to reach out to people they don't know, to connect generations and develop new relationships. Step Up! can help you find the right project for your group!

June, 2008

 No activities are currently scheduled for this month.

July, 2008

 No activities are currently scheduled for this month.

August, 2008

August 2008	Community Build Day
	The Financial Services Roundtable assigns this day to be the physical manifestation of what its member companies do all year to build the communities they serve. In 2007 the Roundtable had more than 50 builds nationwide.

August 2008 TBA Prince Lawn, CCU	Step Up! and Be A Chanticleer Volunteer Day!
	Step Up!, in conjunction with the CCU Volunteer Services Center, will host the third annual “Step Up! and be A Chanticleer Volunteer Day”. Representatives from Step Up!’s partner agencies will be invited to join us on campus (Prince Lawn) to meet and greet students in an effort to let the CCU community know more about their volunteer needs. Stay tuned for more details!

September 11, 2008

myGoodDeed.org

MyGoodDeed was created in 2002 as a way to honor the victims and heroes of 9/11 and preserve the spirit of unity and compassion that existed in the nation following the terrorist attacks. We encourage people everywhere to set aside time every September 11 to help others in need - in any fashion they deem appropriate - in honor of those who lost their lives as a result of the terrorist attacks against America.

October	Kids Care Week
	Kids Care Week is dedicated to recognizing the power of kids to reach out and help others in their local community. During the week, young people focus their compassion on a specific social issue through a service project.  The week culminates on "Make A Difference Day".  For ideas for youth friendly projects, contact Step Up! at 843-349-6488.

October

Make A Difference Day

Make A Difference Day is the most encompassing national day of helping others -- a celebration of neighbors helping neighbors. Everyone can participate. Created by USA WEEKEND Magazine, Make A Difference Day is an annual event that takes place on the fourth Saturday of every October.  Your project can be as large or as small as you wish! Look around your community and see what needs to be done, or contact Step Up! at 843-349-6488 for ideas.

November, 2008

 

November 22, 2008

Be an Incredible Family - Volunteer!

Family Volunteer Day is a day of service designed to demonstrate the power of families who choose to volunteer together to support the communities in which they live and serve. Volunteering as a family provides quality time for busy families, strengthens communication and bonds, and positively impacts local communities across the nation. The Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network, in partnership with the Walt Disney Company, call on your organization or business to participate in Family Volunteer Day by providing opportunities for America's families to help communities create supportive environments for their children and each other. The theme for the day is “Be an Incredible Family – Volunteer!” with Disney’s Incredible Family -- Mr.Incredible/Bob Parr; Helen Parr/Elastigirl; Violet Parr; Dash Parr; and Frozone -- serving as the official mascots.  Family volunteering encourages the members of a family to volunteer as a unit. A "family" is "any group of two or more people who consider themselves a family." Family volunteering can be done by the whole family together, by one parent and one child or teen, by siblings together or by extended family such as grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. It can be as simple as drawing cards for children in the hospital or as complex as bonding hundreds of families together in a day of volunteer work at a community park. However families choose to do it, family volunteering can help mobilize thousands of new volunteers and instill in the next generation a lifelong commitment to volunteering!

January 2009

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day-Make it a day on... not a day off!

During his lifetime, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. worked tirelessly toward a dream of equality. He believed in a nation of freedom and justice for all, and encouraged all citizens to live up to the purpose and potential of America by uniting and taking action to make this country a better place to live.  The King Day of Service is a way to transform Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life and teachings into community service that helps solve social problems. Contact Step Up! for ways to help out.