Days of Service
Iowa Campus Compact partners with the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service, and other state and community organizations to promote 11 days of service in Iowa. The days of service are listed below including a guide on how to post your projects online at www.volunteeriowa.org for promotion to the media and community.
Even if you do not need volunteers for your projects, please post it so we know it is happening! Also, you can use volunteer projects that already exist for your organization - no need to create something new. Not sure what to do? Contact Allyse Vander Plaats for project ideas and resources.
September
September 11 Day of Service and Remembrance September 11, 2011
A national movement launched in 2003 to establish 9/11 as a national day of kindness, service and reflection by volunteering, helping others in need, or doing something good for your community.
http://911dayofservice.org/
Senior Corps Week September 19-23, 2011
Senior Corps Week is an opportunity to highlight the impact of Seniors Corps volunteers in Iowa, celebrate their service, and invite others to join. Senior Corps connects today’s over 55’s with the people and organizations that need them most; they volunteer as mentors, coaches, companions to people in need, and contribute valuable experience and job skills.
http://www.seniorcorps.gov/
October
Make A Difference Day October 22, 2011
Make A Difference Day, the largest national day of helping others, is sponsored annually by USA WEEKEND Magazine and its 700 carrier newspapers. Make A Difference Day takes place on the 4th Saturday in October each year. This is a national day of helping others -- a celebration of neighbors helping neighbors.
November
Veterans Day November 11, 2011
In the USA, Veterans Day annually falls on November 11. This day is the anniversary of the signing of the armistice, which ended the World War I hostilities between the Allied nations and Germany in 1918. Veterans are thanked for their services to the United States on Veterans Day.
http://www1.va.gov/opa/vetsday/
January
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service January 16, 2012
The third Monday in January was designated as an annual federal holiday and national day of service by Congress in 1994. This day is to bring attention to real needs affecting our local communities. The slogan is a “Day ON- Not a day Off”.
www.mlkday.gov
February
Aaron Eilerts Day of Service February 24, 2012
The annual Aaron Eilerts Day of Service takes place each February 24 in honor of a talented and compassionate young man, who tragically lost his life in the devastating tornado at Camp Little Sioux on June 11, 2008. Aaron, an eighth grader at Robert Blue Middle School in Eagle Grove, truly lived with a “Spirit of Service.” Countless Iowans’ lives were made better because of Aaron’s understanding of one simple truth: service to family, community and friends is something which links us all.
http://www.volunteeriowa.org/eilerts.html
April
National Volunteer Week April 10-16, 2011
A nationwide initiative to recognize and celebrate the tremendous efforts of volunteers.
www.handsonnetwork.org/events/nvw2010
Global Youth Service Day April 15-17, 2011
Global Youth Service Day is an annual campaign, sponsored by Youth Service America, which celebrates and mobilizes the millions of children and youth who improve their communities each day of the year through service and service-learning. Global Youth Service Day is the largest service event in the world and is now celebrated in over 100 countries. On Global Youth Service Day, children and youth address the world’s most critical issues in partnership with families, schools, community and faith-based groups, businesses and governments.
http://gysd.org/
Iowa Shelter Awareness Day April 23, 2011
A day to raise awareness of organizations that provide shelter and other critical support services to Iowa’s at-risk youth and domestic violence victims.
www.volunteeriowa.org
May
Join Hands Day May 7, 2011
This national event unites young people and adults in an effort to make their neighborhoods better. The day brings youth and adults together as equal partners in planning an activity that fixes or improves a local problem.
http://joinhandsday.org/
AmeriCorps Week May 7-14, 2011
AmeriCorps Week provides the perfect opportunity for AmeriCorps members, alums, grantees, program partners, and friends to shine a spotlight on AmeriCorps and to motivate more Americans to serve. Individuals and organizations with a special interest in AmeriCorps—especially, members, programs, and alums—are encouraged to use their creativity to mark the week in any way they see fit.
http://www.americorpsweek.gov/
Even if you do not need volunteers for your projects, please post it so we know it is happening! Also, you can use volunteer projects that already exist for your organization - no need to create something new. Not sure what to do? Contact Allyse Vander Plaats for project ideas and resources.
September
September 11 Day of Service and Remembrance September 11, 2011
A national movement launched in 2003 to establish 9/11 as a national day of kindness, service and reflection by volunteering, helping others in need, or doing something good for your community.
http://911dayofservice.org/
Senior Corps Week September 19-23, 2011
Senior Corps Week is an opportunity to highlight the impact of Seniors Corps volunteers in Iowa, celebrate their service, and invite others to join. Senior Corps connects today’s over 55’s with the people and organizations that need them most; they volunteer as mentors, coaches, companions to people in need, and contribute valuable experience and job skills.
http://www.seniorcorps.gov/
October
Make A Difference Day October 22, 2011
Make A Difference Day, the largest national day of helping others, is sponsored annually by USA WEEKEND Magazine and its 700 carrier newspapers. Make A Difference Day takes place on the 4th Saturday in October each year. This is a national day of helping others -- a celebration of neighbors helping neighbors.
November
Veterans Day November 11, 2011
In the USA, Veterans Day annually falls on November 11. This day is the anniversary of the signing of the armistice, which ended the World War I hostilities between the Allied nations and Germany in 1918. Veterans are thanked for their services to the United States on Veterans Day.
http://www1.va.gov/opa/vetsday/
January
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service January 16, 2012
The third Monday in January was designated as an annual federal holiday and national day of service by Congress in 1994. This day is to bring attention to real needs affecting our local communities. The slogan is a “Day ON- Not a day Off”.
www.mlkday.gov
February
Aaron Eilerts Day of Service February 24, 2012
The annual Aaron Eilerts Day of Service takes place each February 24 in honor of a talented and compassionate young man, who tragically lost his life in the devastating tornado at Camp Little Sioux on June 11, 2008. Aaron, an eighth grader at Robert Blue Middle School in Eagle Grove, truly lived with a “Spirit of Service.” Countless Iowans’ lives were made better because of Aaron’s understanding of one simple truth: service to family, community and friends is something which links us all.
http://www.volunteeriowa.org/eilerts.html
April
National Volunteer Week April 10-16, 2011
A nationwide initiative to recognize and celebrate the tremendous efforts of volunteers.
www.handsonnetwork.org/events/nvw2010
Global Youth Service Day April 15-17, 2011
Global Youth Service Day is an annual campaign, sponsored by Youth Service America, which celebrates and mobilizes the millions of children and youth who improve their communities each day of the year through service and service-learning. Global Youth Service Day is the largest service event in the world and is now celebrated in over 100 countries. On Global Youth Service Day, children and youth address the world’s most critical issues in partnership with families, schools, community and faith-based groups, businesses and governments.
http://gysd.org/
Iowa Shelter Awareness Day April 23, 2011
A day to raise awareness of organizations that provide shelter and other critical support services to Iowa’s at-risk youth and domestic violence victims.
www.volunteeriowa.org
May
Join Hands Day May 7, 2011
This national event unites young people and adults in an effort to make their neighborhoods better. The day brings youth and adults together as equal partners in planning an activity that fixes or improves a local problem.
http://joinhandsday.org/
AmeriCorps Week May 7-14, 2011
AmeriCorps Week provides the perfect opportunity for AmeriCorps members, alums, grantees, program partners, and friends to shine a spotlight on AmeriCorps and to motivate more Americans to serve. Individuals and organizations with a special interest in AmeriCorps—especially, members, programs, and alums—are encouraged to use their creativity to mark the week in any way they see fit.
http://www.americorpsweek.gov/
