We'll Hook You Up - Volunteering Program

Description: This program is designed for Freshman on Campus to get involved in their new community! Bring in represenitives from all over campus and the community and talk about the volunteering oppertunities, and the job oppertunities that were available on campus. Its best if you do this the first few weeks of school before their work loads start to build!

Instructions:

1. Contact a number of volunteering agencies, and job agencies preferably on campus to come in and present their places to a group of freshmen. Make sure to mention that its a great way to get their names out there amoung all the new students at the University!
2. Set up a room/ hall to have your program located in! Make sure you have an area for people to sit and listen, and then tables set up so they can walk around afterwards.
3. Food is always good to get them there- Sandwiches are good!
4. Advertising is tricky for this because you wanna get the maximum amount of people there- so you gotta play it smart! I used BIG posters (movie size) and little ones on the floors and in the bathrooms. The day before the program, send out a campus wide phone message with music and a short/sweet message about the program, and the day of, packets of Goldfish in the mailboxes with a note about the program.
5. Make sure all your presenters are comming a few days before the program. And make sure they know the right times and places to be.
6. The night of, make sign-up sheets and name tags for the tables for each of the presenters!
7. When all is put together, you have a great program ready for you're new eager minds! Take the first part of the program, give an overview of the program and introduce each of your presenters to the students and have them give a 2-3 minute blurb about their organization. Then after everyone is done talking, tell the students that they can sign up to be involved in these organizations by going to the table and talking more with your presenter! This way, people get the information they need about the things they are interested in.
8. Dont forget to send out Thank You Cards!!

Advertising:

Flyer 2 (MS Word)

Flyer 1 (MS Word)

Submitted by Anni R at Valparaiso University