3rd General Body Meeting

Just a reminder about the 3rd and final General Body Meeting tonight, Dec. 3rd, at 7:00pm in 2309 Art Sociology Building (1 Service point for attending)

Inside Service Event: Teddy Bears and Coloring Books & Crayons

We will be doing a drive to collect teddy bears and coloring books & crayons for the National Children's Hospital of Washington DC.

>>>>ALL ITEMS MUST BE NEW<<<<
EACH person participating is Required to:

1. Bring Minimum 1 ITEM

2. Must bring items in a plastic bag

(If you are bringing a coloring book PLEASE bring crayons as well!!!)

>>>>Point Distribution: <<<<
1 point - Teddy Bear
1 point - Coloring Book & Crayons
or
2 points if you bring both!

Therefore, you can get 3 points in one night which would be your entire inside service for this semester!

As always, there will be free pizza and drinks for everyone attending!

2nd Outside Service Event

2nd Outside Service Event (2 service points)

Join Us for the 22nd Annual Help the Homeless Walk-a-thon
Walk-a-thon Day and Date
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Rain or Shine

Walk-day Schedule
7:00 a.m. Registration opens
8:30 a.m. Pre-Walkathon program begins on the National Mall
9:00 a.m. Walkathon begins


Homeless walk sponsored by the Fannie Mae.

The Help the Homeless Program raises awareness of homelessness and supports organizations working to prevent and end homelessness in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Help the Homeless encourages volunteerism that serves the homeless people and those at risk of becoming homeless.

The Help the Homeless Program works to:
1. Raise public awareness to prevent and end homelessness in Washington, D.C.
2. Help local organizations raise funds and build capacity to serve the homeless population.
3. Educate youth about issues of homelessness and encourage volunteerism in their communities


>>>>>Please Pre-Register by November 19th <<<<<<
If you have preregistered (registered before Event Day), you will proceed directly to the preregistration check-in area on the National Mall between 12th and 14th Streets, NW.

NOTE: Don't forget to bring the Event Waiver Form that you printed out online. That form will help you move quickly through the registration process.


Location:
The Walkathon starts on the National Mall between 7th and 14th Streets, Washington, D.C. See the Walkathon’s 5K route below.

Transportation:
Take Metro to the Smithsonian Station (Orange/Blue lines). The Metro opens at 6:00 a.m.

We will be meeting at the STAMP to walk over to the Metro at 6am. The metro comes at 6:30 and will get us there when the registration process begins. Below is the metro Itinerary and tells you how to get there by metro.

Itinerary 1:
Depart from the COLLEGE PARK/U OF MD METRO STATION and Board GREEN LINE Rail towards BRANCH AVE. Get off at the L'ENFANT PLAZA METRO STATION. Board the Blue Line Rail towards FRANCONIA METRO. Stop at the SMITHSONIAN METRO STATION. From there we will walk to the Pre-registration area.

If you have ANY questions about the above, please email Idara at ipoet62@umd.edu or Veronika at vvolkov1@umd.edu.

5PM Wednesday Office Hours Canceled

Office Hours on Wednesdays at 5PM have been canceled for the rest of the semester.

The following Office Hours will still be held:

Monday: 11:00AM - 12:00PM (Alex), 3:30 - 4:30PM (Heather)
Tuesday: 11:00AM - 12:00PM (Darcy)
Wednesday: 2:00 - 3:00PM (Jamie)
Thursday: 1:00 - 2:00PM (Chris)
Friday: N/A

The NSCS office is located in the Student Invovlement Suite room 0207H in Stamp Student Union.

2nd GBM (General Body Meeting)

NSCS members, the second general body meeting will take place on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 6:30PM in room 2203 in the Art & Sociology building (ASY1213). The meeting will be accompanied by refreshments.

Don't know where the Art & Sociology building is located? Look at this map.


Inside Service... TOILETRY DRIVE (1 service point)

The Toiletry drive is for a non-profit organization in Delaware called AIDS Delaware. The mission of the organization is to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS by providing:

1)Comprehensive social and support services to clients and their families;
2) Advocacy for compassionate public policy;
3) Prevention and education programs addressing unsafe sexual and drug use behaviors. The non-profit gives out care packages to their clients every month. Their clients depend on these products because they can't afford to buy them. Food stamp programs consider soap a luxury! Which means that many depend on the AIDS delaware for their bare necessities. What NSCS collects will be going to dozens of clients, who in this rough economic time, have a need greater than our own.

Acceptable items to bring:
Lotions
Toothpaste and Toothbrushes
Toilet paper
Hair brushes and accesories
Face Cleansers and creams
Feminine Products
Shampoo and Conditioner

***ABSOLUTELY NO SAMPLE PACKETS, all items must be FULL sized products***

EACH person participating is Required to:
Bring Minimum 2 ITEMS <<<< Must bring items in a plastic bag

Outside Service Event

This coming weekend (October 10th) our University is hosting a Terp-Themed water station for the Baltimore Running Festival (Under Armour Marathon). This is a really big event and the coordinator contacted our NSCS chapter to ask us if we had any NSCS students who would be willing to go and volunteer for the day. They need some people to help set up the water handing-out station before the race, hand out water during the race, and help clean up at the end. It sounds like its going to be a really fun event in Baltimore!

For participating in this event, you will get all 3 of the outside service points to be considered as an "active" member.

To sign up go to http://alumni.umd.edu/events.cfm?event=2041 and email James Parker at jparker@umd.edu with any questions.

1st GBM (General Body Meeting)

New and existing NSCS members, the first general body meeting will take place on Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 7:00PM in room 1213 in the Art & Sociology building (ASY1213). The meeting will be accompanied by refreshments.

Don't know where the Art & Sociology building is located? Look at this map.

Inside Service: - School Supply Drive for Langley Park McCormick Elementary School
Please bring any following items (in NEW condition):
1. Composition books
2. Pencils/pens/sharpees/markers
3. White-out
4. Folder
5. Post-it notes
6. Lined white paper/printer paper
7. Notebooks
8. Tissues
9. Hand-sanitizer

OFFICE HOURS posted

NSCS office hours for Fall 2009 have been posted. If you have any questions for an officer or need to drop off items for a collection drive/inside service, feel free to stop by the office in the Student Involvement Suite at Stamp.

You can view the hours and location by clicking here.
Click Here to save a Microsoft Word version of the Office Hours.

Have questions but you don't know who the officers are...? Click on the Officer's page. We would love to help you out!

1st Look Fair Volunteers Needed!

There is an opportunity to earn 2 points by volunteering at the NSCS table at the First Look Fair THIS Wednesday and Thursday. For new members, you have to earn at least 6 points a semester to be considered an active member (more information about points will be at our first NSCS general body meeting on Thursday, October 8th [room TBA]).

We need one volunteer for each time slot. Along with an NSCS officer who will be at the table with you, you will answer students' questions about NSCS. If you are interested in volunteering, please email leeheat123@yahoo.com and specify which hour and day you can help.

The first person to RSVP for each slot will get that shift. You will receive an email from Heather whether you got a time slot or not. Thank you!

NSCS Inductions

NSCS Inductions for all new members will be held on SUNDAY, September 13, 2009 at 1:00PM in the Colony Ballroom inside the Adele H. Stamp Student Union.

NEW INDUCTEES :
RSVP - All new inductees, please send a short e-mail to NSCSinduction@gmail.com only if you will be attending the induction. In the e-mail please include:
1. Your full name
2. The number of guests you will be bringing with you

PARKING - Inductees and their families may park in Lot1 or LotZ (located next to the Cole Field House). Please take note of the red and white signs posted outside of these parking areas, as there may be certain spots that require a permit 24/7. Click here to view a map of campus.


CURRENT NSCS MEMBERS : You can start earning service points early!
OPTION 1 - Sign up to be a helper during the Induction by sending an email to the officers.
OPTION 2 - Bring any of the following items to the induction to earn points:
1. Canned Protein (tuna, chicken, salmon, peanut butter)
2. Canned Fruit In Own Juice or Light Syrup
3. 100% Fruit Juice (all sizes including juice boxes)
4. Low Sodium/ No Salt Added Canned Vegetables
5. Soups (beef stew, chili, chicken noodle, turkey rice)
6. Multigrain Cereal (cheerios, cornflakes, grape nuts, raisin bran)
7. Easy & Ready Meals (mac & cheese, pasta bowls, canned pasta)
8. Healthy Snacks (raisins, dried fruit, nuts, cereal bars)
9. Hygiene Products (bar soap, toothpaste, shampoo)
10. Paper Products (paper towels, toilet paper, diapers, facial tissue, paper plates & cups, plastic forks & spoons)