The Community Service Award (Silver Heart) will be presented to every senior who has 300 hours over the required 200 hours and is a member in good standing, beginning with the class of 2012. The 2010 and 2011 classes must earn 200 over the required 200 hours.

To sign-up, please contact Mrs. Watts. She will add your name to the sign-in sheet. To cancel, contact both Mrs. Watts and the appropriate contact person at least 48 hours in advance. You may also find a replacement for yourself, but please let everyone know that the person is replacing you!

Reminder: You must let either Mrs. Watts or Mrs. Zwarg know if you plan to work an event by either signing up for the event at a Las Ninas meeting or by contacting us. We do not follow up on volunteer opportunities when we do not have any girls signed up! It is your responsibility to request a specific shift time when appropriate!

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November 22, Sunday 9:30AM til... Ride to Fly- Barn Work Day-come scrape, prime, paint...Lunch will be provided for those who RSVP, freddi.rtf@gmail.com

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November 24, Tuesday 2:00-5:00 Ride to Fly- Lessons for Rain Make-up Day at the Barn

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November 29, Sunday 9:30-11:30 Rolling Hills Estates Horse Show, Ride to Fly- Ernie Howlett Park. Six of our clients (two at a time in three classes) will be riding Melody and Whisper-we need at least six volunteers-leaders/side walkers over and above our Instructors who will direct schooling activity in the arena. Please wear your Ride To Fly shirts so that our community knows who we are. Of course, you can come to watch and encourage, too!!!

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Saturdays, every 2nd and 3rd. Friends without Barriers, Volunteers are needed to work in the food pantry. Please call directly for dates and times. Located just north of the Galleria, 2600 Nelson St., Redondo Beach, 90278. CONTACT: Alma Martinez – 310-316-7074

2009 SUMMER CAMPS:

Camp Escapades: Camp Dates are August 3-August 21, 2009. Location: Seaside Elementary School; 4651 Sharynne Lane in Torrance, CA. Register online at the end of MAY at www.campescapades.com or www.pediatrictherapynetwork.org. Follow links to the volunteer registration. If you worked this camp last year, you should be receiving an email so please be looking for that. All registrations sent in online will be confirmed via email within 5 minutes. If you do not get a response via email, register again. There will be an orientation in July for the girls to get more information. Contact Person: Nicole Torres or Brianna (NOT BEFORE the end of May for questions) 310‐328‐0276 ext. 349.

 

Montessori Camp: Volunteers are needed for straight 8 weeks beginning June 22 and ending August 14, 2009. Monday through Friday, must sign up for a minimum of ONEWEEK! Shifts are 9:00am‐12noon and/or 12noon‐3:00pm. Montessori Camp is at 3100 Hawthorne Blvd. in RPV (Golden Cove Plaza). Contact Person: Carol Hagan 310‐544‐3099. Strict dress code: no short‐shorts, tank tops or midriffs, and ideally close‐toed shoes or sandals with heel strap!

 

PV Art Center: Volunteers are needed to help out the summer campers with their creative art projects! Contact Angela Hoffman to get an application. Once Mrs. Hoffman has received your application and is accepted, she will contact you about available dates and times. You may sign up for a minimum of one week, Monday‐Friday from July 13‐August 10, 2009, from 8:45am‐12:30pm and/or 12:30pm‐4:15pm. Camp is located at 5504 W. Crestridge Road, RPV. Contact Person: Angela Hoffman 310‐541‐2479 or email  ahoffman@pvartcenter.org.

 

Sunrise Early Childhood Center Camp: Volunteers are needed for Summer Program. There is a mandatory Orientation for the Sunrise Summer Program on the first day on 7/6/09 at 9:00am or 1:00pm. The Summer School dates for Sunrise are 7/6/09 through 7/31/09. Program is in the morning from 8:45am-12:30pm. Space is limited. Contact Person: Shirley Resich 310‐791‐5078 ext. 201

 

Valmonte Early Learning Academy: Volunteers are needed for Summer Program. Program begins 6/22/09 through 7/31/09. Program is in the morning from 8:45am-12:30pm. Space is limited. Contact Person: Shirley Resich 310-791-5078 ext. 201

 

Miraleste Early Learning Academy: Volunteers are needed for Summer Program. MELA has 3 sessions; beginning 6/22/09 through 7/10/09; 7/13/09 through 7/31/09; and 8/3/09 through 8/20/09. Programs are in the morning from 8:45am-12:30pm. Space is limited. Contact Person: Shirley Resich 310-791-5078.

 

 

Cabrillo Marine Aquarium Summer Exhibit Hall Docent Program: One week of mandatory training is followed by four weeks of service, one or two mornings a week, providing on hour tours, talks, and demonstrations in the CMA exhibit hall during a four week period. Training and activities relating to Southern California tide pools, beaches, kelp forest, islands, open ocean and touring techniques are included. Two sessions are offered: Juniors (students entering 7‐9th grade in fall) volunteer June 22 through July 31. Seniors (students entering 10‐12th grade in the fall) volunteer July 27 through August 28. Cost of Program=$100.00 (includes name badge, shirt and field trips). 60 students will be accepted into each session. Financial aid is available. Download applications atwww.cabrillomarineaquarium.org. Applications due by April 24, 2009. No walk‐in applications will be accepted! Contact Person: Randi Abrams‐Gonzalez @ 310‐548‐8398or randi.gonzalez@lacity.org.

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Blanket Information (From the Feb 2009 Newsletter) You can make blankets for various hospitals for community service hours. You can make these by a no-sew method, or they can be sewn. This requires two pieces of fleece, 60” x 48” each for no sew, 52” x 40” for sewing. For no sew, 4”x about 1” cuts around the exterior for the tied fringe must be cut, with a 4”x 4” square removed from each corner. You will earn 5 hours for each blanket, as these can be costly and labor intensive. A maximum of 5 blankets may be made for now. Our pillow chair will be collecting these.

Community Service Chairmen:

Mrs. Hillary Watts 310-265-8211 HillaryWah@aol.com

Mrs. Jean Zwarg 310-544-3273 JeanZwarg@aol.com