Join FisherCARES: Volunteer Opportunities for Business Students

1. September 9, 2013

2. About Us Our Mission FisherCARES aims to unite undergraduate business students through service and encourage students to volunteer. By giving back to the community, FisherCARES seeks to make a difference in Columbus and throughout the world.

3. Membership • Pre-business or Business Student • Attend 4 meetings over the year • At least one of these must be a service/social meeting! • Participate in 4 volunteering events over the year Only members are eligible to vote at elections!

4. Fall Semester Schedule • 9/30 – regular meeting • 10/7 – Service/Social meeting • 10/21 – regular meeting • 11/18 – regular meeting Meetings will be held Mondays at 8PM in SB 105. Pizza will be available at all regular meetings.

5. Drivers • Have a car? Willing to help out on short notice? Sign up on the Drivers List! • Gas Reimbursement • $0.40 per mile • Email Kendra Gallagher (.575) for more info Sign up for the Drivers List will be down at the front after the meeting

6. Upcoming Events • Constitution Re-evaluation • Corporate Volunteer Events • Spring Break Service Trip

7. Current Volunteering Activities • Run for Global Awareness • 5k supporting the efforts of Pure Water Access Project, MEDLIFE, and The Supply around the world • Saturday, Oct 12, 7:30-11 AM • Race Setup • Food Setup and Distribution • Cheering and Directing • Cleanup • Free food after the event! • Email pho.6@osu.edu

8. A Note on Accountability • In the case of cancellation, contact site leaders 24 hours prior to volunteering event • No Call No Shows will be penalized with removal of volunteering privileges

9. Volunteer Sites

10. Volunteer opportunities • 12 regular sites, occasional one-time service events • Each site has a different volunteering schedule; some go weekly, others bi-weekly, etc. • 3 Main categories: Education, Animal Care, and Feeding the Hungry • BUT we are always looking for more ways to give back, so if you have an idea, feel free to reach out • The sites will all be active by our next meeting September 30

11. Education LifeTown • What: Educate kids with special needs • Role-play to simulate real world experience (be a police officer, a doctor, etc. • Where:6220 E. Dublin Granville Rd, New Albany, Ohio 43054 • When: Weekly • If interested, please contact Brandon Biggs at biggs.69@osu.edu

12. Education Windsor Academy • What:Volunteers will tutor elementary school children through various educational activities that the teacher has prepared. This may include reading, word-games, basic math games, etc. This is a great way for volunteers to grow as leaders while also helping children to learn and grow. • When:Weekly • Where: 2 Miles from Campus • If interested please contact Michael Young at young.1682@osu.edu

13. Education Broad Street Afterschool • What: One on one tutoring with elementary and high school aged kids • Help with homework of all different subjects • Where: 15 minutes away in downtown Columbus • When: TBA Tutoring experience NOT needed! • If interested, contact Craig Barrus at barrus.5@osu.edu

14. Animal Care Colony Cats • What: Help around the shelter and play with the cats • Where: Dublin, OH • When: TBA • If interested, please contact Steven Fischer at fischer.586@osu.edu

15. Animal Care Franklin County Dog Shelter • What: Play with dogs in an outside enclosure. Run around, have fun petting and playing with dogs. • Where: 4340 Tamarack Blvd. Columbus, OH • When: TBA • If interested, please contact Allison Brown at brown.4610

16. Animal Care Horse Rescue • What: Help around the farm doing odd jobs, such as cleaning stables and moving food. • When: Monthly • Where: West Wind Stables, Bellefontaine, OH **Drivers needed! • If interested, please contact Meghan Pavithran at pavithran.2@osu.edu

17. Feeding the Hungry Faith Mission • What: Serve dinner to the men in need at Faith • Where: Shelter on 8th Ave. • When: The first Wednesday of each month • Next Trip: Wednesday, October 2nd • Leave behind Gerlach Hall at 5:30, return to campus by 7:00 • If interested, contact Adam Hershberger at hershberger.81@osu.edu • First 5 volunteers to email will be able to go

18. Feeding the Hungry Mid-Ohio Food Bank • What:Sort and pack donated food products to be distributed around 20 Ohio counties • When:3 times a semester • Where: Mid-Ohio Food Bank, Grove City • If interested, please contact Sarah Witsken at witsken.2@osu.edu

19. Feeding the Hungry Unverferth House • What: Unverferth House is a home for families who have family members in The Ohio State University Medical Center. It is similar to the Ronald McDonald House. • We help with yard work as well as indoor cleaning • Where: located on King Ave • When: TBA • If interested, please contact SairaDaroga at daroga.1@osu.edu

20. Feeding the Hungry Meals on Wheels What: Volunteers will go around to less fortunate communities and drop off food to the senior citizens living there. It's a great way to see the neighborhoods around Columbus and help out those who are hungry. Where: 670 Harmon Avenue When: Second Sunday of each month, time TBA Need about 10 volunteers • If interested, please contact Anna Bross at bross.23@osu.edu

21. Other Opportunities BuckeyeThon • What: 12 hour Dance Marathon to raise money for cancer research at Nationwide Children’s Hospital • When: February 14th - 15th 2014 • Where: Ohio Union Join the Fisher Cares Team! • If interested, email Michelle Witt, at witt.88@osu.edu

22. Other Opportunities Relay for Life • What: Relay for Life of The Ohio State University • Raise funds and awareness to save lives from cancer • Where: Lincoln Tower Park • When: Friday, April 11, 2014 from 6:00pm-12:00pm • If interested, please contact Christopher Moorehead at moorehead.36@osu.edu

23. Come Talk To Us! • See JoAnn to sign up for Run for Global Awareness or to join the Constitution Committee • Come ask Site Leaders for info on their sites • See Kendra to sign up for the Drivers List If you missed the attendance sheet, they will be available at front of the room Next Meeting: September 30