Fall 2016 Local Quests!
Lussier Community Education Center Radio Launch Event
Saturday, September 24th 3-7pm (volunteers meet for transportation at 3, arrive to site at 3:30)
Volunteers Needed: 15
To sign up: email sam@crossingministries.org with the subject "Lussier Volunteering"
Come celebrate the launch of a community powered radio station at Lussier Community Education Center, a space which empowers community members and fosters leadership, education, employment, health and more for those on Madison's West side. We will be volunteering helping with a party including food, music, games and fun, celebrating the launch of the station with the community!
Lussier Community Education Center Radio Launch Event
Saturday, September 24th 3-7pm (volunteers meet for transportation at 3, arrive to site at 3:30)
Volunteers Needed: 15
To sign up: email sam@crossingministries.org with the subject "Lussier Volunteering"
Come celebrate the launch of a community powered radio station at Lussier Community Education Center, a space which empowers community members and fosters leadership, education, employment, health and more for those on Madison's West side. We will be volunteering helping with a party including food, music, games and fun, celebrating the launch of the station with the community!
Arboretum Restoration Work Party
Saturday, October 22nd 8:30 am- 12:30 pm (volunteers meet for transportation at 8:30, arrive to site at 9)
Volunteers Needed: 5-10
To sign up: email sam@crossingministries.org with the subject "Arboretum Volunteering"
Love the outdoors? Want to protect our native environment? Volunteer with us at the UW-Madison Arboretum! Together we're learn about and work on ecological restoration- the practice of creating and managing healthy native plant communities. Come prepared to get your hands dirty and to make friends!
Tools, equipment, instruction and refreshments will be provided. Students should wear long pants, closed-toed shoes, seasonally appropriate clothing for working outside, and work gloves (some work gloves may be available from The Crossing, contact Sam for more information).
Saturday, October 22nd 8:30 am- 12:30 pm (volunteers meet for transportation at 8:30, arrive to site at 9)
Volunteers Needed: 5-10
To sign up: email sam@crossingministries.org with the subject "Arboretum Volunteering"
Love the outdoors? Want to protect our native environment? Volunteer with us at the UW-Madison Arboretum! Together we're learn about and work on ecological restoration- the practice of creating and managing healthy native plant communities. Come prepared to get your hands dirty and to make friends!
Tools, equipment, instruction and refreshments will be provided. Students should wear long pants, closed-toed shoes, seasonally appropriate clothing for working outside, and work gloves (some work gloves may be available from The Crossing, contact Sam for more information).
Mary House of Hospitality Volunteer Day
Saturday, November 5th 9:45 am- 2:30 pm (volunteers meet for transportation at 9:45, arrive to site at 11)
Volunteers Needed: 8-10
To sign up: email sam@crossingministries.org with the subject "Mary House Volunteering"
**Volunteers should bring their own sack lunch to this event**
Join us as we put in a helping hand weeding, raking leaves, cleaning and painting at Mary House of Hospitality, a rural farmhouse which hosts low-income women and children traveling to visit family members in the Federal Correctional Institution in Oxford, WI. Many families must travel long distances from throughout the United States to visit the prison, and it's rural location makes it inaccessible by public transportation. Mary House provides these families with shelter, meals, and transportation during their weekend stay, in the belief that children suffer enough during the incarceration of a parent without having to endure a lack of shelter, safety or comfort during traveling.
An Evening of Caroling
Friday, December 2nd, early evening
Volunteers Needed: 10-20
To sign up: email sam@crossingministires.org with the subject "Caroling"
Held in partnership with the UW Caroling Club
The Crossing is once again hosting our annual caroling night at various area nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Come with our group as we share Christmas joy, and learn about ways to alleviate feelings of loneliness some seniors may have around the holidays. We have FUN as we visit around the homes, singing and ringing our jingle bells as we go! All music is provided, and students of all religious backgrounds and singing abilities welcome!
Friday, December 2nd, early evening
Volunteers Needed: 10-20
To sign up: email sam@crossingministires.org with the subject "Caroling"
Held in partnership with the UW Caroling Club
The Crossing is once again hosting our annual caroling night at various area nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Come with our group as we share Christmas joy, and learn about ways to alleviate feelings of loneliness some seniors may have around the holidays. We have FUN as we visit around the homes, singing and ringing our jingle bells as we go! All music is provided, and students of all religious backgrounds and singing abilities welcome!
What is Local Quest?
Every year, The Crossing participates in a number of local service-learning projects intended as a way for students to engage with and serve the Madison-area community. These projects are initiated by students and friends of The Crossing, and explore issues ranging from environmental protection, to homelessness, to senior loneliness around the holidays. Groups are open to all students, and are a great way to meet new friends while doing meaningful work.
We frame these "Local Quests" just as we do our longer domestic and international trips; we learn and grow with short opening gatherings putting our Quest's theme in context, and end with a group debrief to process what we've learned and experienced during the day. Our aim is to have students come away from their day volunteering with a deeper understanding of what their work means in Madison, and how to integrate their experience into their life both as a college student and beyond.
Every year, The Crossing participates in a number of local service-learning projects intended as a way for students to engage with and serve the Madison-area community. These projects are initiated by students and friends of The Crossing, and explore issues ranging from environmental protection, to homelessness, to senior loneliness around the holidays. Groups are open to all students, and are a great way to meet new friends while doing meaningful work.
We frame these "Local Quests" just as we do our longer domestic and international trips; we learn and grow with short opening gatherings putting our Quest's theme in context, and end with a group debrief to process what we've learned and experienced during the day. Our aim is to have students come away from their day volunteering with a deeper understanding of what their work means in Madison, and how to integrate their experience into their life both as a college student and beyond.
Have a theme you'd like to explore? A local organization or nonprofit that you'd like to support? Contact Us! We're always looking for new ideas and connections.
2016-17 Local Quests...
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September: Lussier Community Education Center Radio Launch Event
October: UW-Arboretum Restoration Work Party
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November: Mary House of Hospitality Volunteer Day |
Last Year's Local Quests Include...
September: Second Harvest Food Bank
December: Area Nursing Homes
(Bringing Holiday Cheer in Partnership with the UW Caroling Club)
February: The River Food Pantry
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November: The River Food Pantry
January: Slave Free Madison
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