X. Tucker Foundation Organization
The Tucker Foundation was founded in 1951 in memory of Dartmouth's ninth president, William Jewett Tucker. Charged with supporting and furthering the moral and spiritual work and influence of the College, the Foundation combines community service programs with Chaplaincy and counseling. In the last year, over 2,000 students were involved in the community service and religious programs offered by the Foundation. The Foundation welcomes suggestions for new programs that are compatible with its charge. Program proposals can be made to the Dean of the Tucker Foundation, South Fairbanks Hall. Website: www.dartmouth.edu/~tucker. Info meetings will be on Sept 25-27 from 6-8pm.
- The Tucker Council, which consists of faculty, administrators, and students, is an advisory body which consults with the Dean of the Foundation on matters which fall within the concern of the Foundation, and advises the Dean on any matters pertaining to the policies, program, or staff of the Foundation. The Dean's Student Advisory Group focuses more particularly on student concerns and issues.
- Adaptive Horseback Riding is offered at Dartmouth's Morton Farm in Etna, NH and at High Horses in Norwich, VT. Adaptive riding is a therapeutic activity for individuals with disabilities and can increase self-confidence and physical and emotional well being. Volunteers who enjoy the outdoors and working with horses are needed to assist riders. Visit the 2nd floor of the Tucker Foundation for more information.
- The Adopt-A-Grandparent program is a wonderful way for Dartmouth students to interact with the elderly. Students are paired with residents at the Hanover Terrace, a local nursing home located less than 5 minutes from campus. The volunteers are encouraged to visit their grandparents as often as possible to chat, watch television together, or participate in arts and crafts activities. If you are interested in the program, please blitz AAG!!!
- AIDS Workcrew links Dartmouth student volunteers with area families and individuals affected by HIV and AIDS. Volunteers perform various services such as grocery shopping, relocating, cleaning, etc. as well as attending summer camps and clinics for families affected by the virus. There are also opportunities to become involved in a buddy program. Blitz: Workcrew
- About 250 students each year spend time in an ongoing relationship with a child in the Upper Valley. A Big Brother/Big Sister participant serves as a role model and friend to the child. Volunteers say that establishing a strong one-on-one relationship between themselves and a little sibling is one of the best things they have done while at Dartmouth. To find out more about this program, visit the Big Brother/Big Sister web site! Blitz: bbbs
- The Book Buddy Program is a great volunteer program that brings Dartmouth students in contact with children in the local area. The program matches a Dartmouth student with a child in grades K-3. Once a week the Dartmouth student meets with the child to improve his or her comfort with reading. The program is a wonderful way to hang out with a child and also to instill a love of learning in someone who is initially nervous and uncomfortable reading. If you have any questions, please blitz the Bookbuddy account for more information.
- Dartmouth Outdoor Leadership Experience (Olé) is a mentoring program that works with high school-aged kids from Romano Circle, Lebanon's housing development. OlŽ aims to foster independence and appreciation of nature through leadership experiences in the outdoors. The program covers the basics of canoeing, water safety, leave-no-trace wilderness ethics, and group working skills. Blitz "Ole" for more information.
- Volunteers in ChildCare/ Headstart provide much needed child care services to Upper Valley families who do not have accessible or affordable day care programs. At several local child care centers, including one Headstart facility, students volunteers help run activities for the young people. At Hannah House, students provide day care services so that teenage mothers can attend school or parenting classes. Blitz: headstart
- In the Connections program, a branch of Big Brother Big Sister, Dartmouth students are matched in a mentoring relationship to an area adolescent or young adult with developmental disabilities. The program, gives emotionally and physically challenged teenagers a chance to participate in activities from which they often feel excluded during adolescence. By talking on the phone, going to the movies, or just hanging out together, Dartmouth students and their special friends are able to build strong, lasting friendships. For more info, blitz "Connections"
- Dartmouth Community OutReach ProjectS (DarCORPS) is an exciting student-organized opportunity for Dartmouth students, faculty, staff, administrators, and the community to work together to accomplish a common goal of assisting the Upper Valley community. DarCORPS volunteers are dispersed throughout the Upper Valley one weekend in early May to paint classrooms, rake, read to children, visit the elderly, clean up trails, and more. Fall DarCORPS, an offshoot of the program, is a similar program offered just to first-year students during Orientation Week. Blitz: darcorps
- Dartmouth Partners in Community Service (DPCS) internships enable individual students to perform community service at selected organizations within the United States during their leave terms. Funding support for associated living and travel expenses is provided by either the service organization or by the Dartmouth Partners program. The program is supported by the Dartmouth Class of 1959. Dartmouth alumni act as mentors to the student interns during their service experience. Please check with the Tucker Foundation for deadline dates. Blitz: dpcs
- Dartmouth School Volunteers help tutor children or young adults in local public schools. Some need help in math or science and others need help in geography or Spanish. Volunteers can assist with : tutoring "at risk" students; tutoring highly motivated students who want extra attention; leading special group projects; serving as a each other's assistant; coaching afternoon sports. Blitz: school volunteers
- Similar to a Ronald McDonald House, David's House serves as a home-away-from-home for parents of children receiving treatment at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. Students can volunteer as house assistants and guest greeters to insure that the visitors are comfortable and that the house is supervised. Blitz: Mia Hockett or Shilpa Lamba
- In the Elderlife Program, students work with elderly patients to help them maintain their life skills while in the hospital. Volunteers aid older patients with the transition from hospital to home by providing company to them, helping patients during mealtime, keeping patients physically and mentally active and other useful activities. Blitz "elderlife" for more information.
- English as a Second Language (ESL) volunteers work in collaboration with the Lebanon School District to provide students who do not speak English as their first language with tutoring and support services. Dartmouth students serve as ESL tutors to individual students and spread awareness on multi-cultural appreciation.
- The Family Place provides services for new families with children age 0-6. For more information, blitz "dcs".
- Good Beginnings supports expecting and new parents. For more information, blitz "dcs".
- The Good Neighbor Health Clinic is a primary care clinic for low-income people. Volunteers help with reception duties, admissions, and with the record keeping system. Some also become clinic managers, and oversee the clinic in the evenings. Blitz "dcs" for more information.
- Habitat for Humanity is an international non-profit organization dedicated to eliminating substandard housing and homelessness worldwide and to making adequate, affordable shelter a matter of conscience and action. More than 60,000 houses have been built around the world, providing more than 300,000 people with safe, decent, affordable shelter. The Dartmouth College Chapter of Habitat for Humanity seeks not only to contribute funds and volunteer hours to building houses for Upper Valley families, but also to raise awareness on campus and in the local community of the issues of homelessness and lack of affordable housing locally, nationally, and internationally. There are many different ways to become involved in Dartmouth Habitat. The Advisory Council meets every Monday night at 8pm to discuss current projects and long-term goals, and offers numerous opportunities for leadership roles. There are opportunities to volunteer for "site-work" most Wednesdays and Saturdays throughout the year. Dartmouth Habitat also has Apprenticeship and Education/Outreach programs, in addition to numerous other special projects throughout the year, such as the awareness raising sleep-out on Baker lawn, exchanges with other colleges, and Spring Break trips. To find out how you can become involved, simply blitz "Habitat," or come to our Monday Council Meetings.
- The Kendal/Community Garden Project is an intergenerational effort to grow crops for donation to food pantries and residents in need. At the Harvest Partners Community Garden in Norwich, VT, volunteers work alongside residents of the Kendal retirement community to plant, water, weed, harvest, and deliver crops. Blitz "kendal" for more information.
- In LEAD, we work with a group of kids who live in Romano Circle, a housing development in West Lebanon. (The Big Kids program is for those in seventh grade and higher.) This past summer we focused on teaching the kids life skills, like money management, etc. During the school year, we tend to concentrate more on academics - and of course snack! Mentoring is an integral part of the program as well. A lot of energy is devoted to establishing a trusting relationship with the kids and showing them in a responsible manner in which they can have a good time. We also try to reinforce growth of leadership potential and positive life skills, such as time management, anger control, and other issues of relevance to teens. Some of the activities this summer have been attending the circus, a dinner and a movie discussion, and our planned activities for the rest of the term include a grilling and chilling picnic with fresh and organic foods from the farmer's market, and decorating birdhouses and preparing a lunch for the Habitat for Humanity site and volunteers. In the past we have also played basketball, gone mini-golfing and baked cookies for David's House. Ideally, volunteers should be on for two terms in a row. The time that LEAD is held varies from term to term and is generally held during the week throughout the school year.
- Volunteers at the Mental Health Center at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center socialize and interact with the patients. Volunteers discuss and reflect upon their experiences with trained professionals.
- A diverse group of student volunteers visit school classrooms to enhance multiculturalism through the Multicultural Project. The project aims to connect the diverse Dartmouth student body with area K-12 teachers who are striving to incorporate multicultural studies into their classrooms. The volunteers talk about their culture through presentations about their upbringings, holiday traditions, historical events or art projects. Blitz: mproj
- North Country Weekend is a program that brings kids from urban youth to Dartmouth to experience the North Country. the goals of the weekend are to provide city youth an experience in the outdoors, to build self-esteem among participants through group activities, and to expose particpiatants to a college environment. Activities can include a ropes course, canoeing, hiking to a Dartmouth Outding Club (DOC) cabin, a visit to the Pow-Wow, or corrdinated activities with academic clubs on campus. Blitz "ncw" for more information.
- Operation Insulation helps weatherize homes for households that are unable to do so on their own. From caulking a window to filling cracks to putting plastic over windows to stripping to installing door sweeps and heater blankets, OI'ers work with people to find efficient ways of insulating their homes. Training is arranged with contractors and energy conservation groups. OI also engages in awareness and outreach activities to promote student involvement in the community. Blitz: brrr
- Oxbow is a community service program that matches Dartmouth women with 7th and 8th grade girls at Oxbow Junior/Senior High School in Bradford, VT., in a group mentoring situation. Volunteers are encouraged to help design the curriculum, which covers such topics as academic concerns, relationships, transition to high school, communication, self-esteem, and planning for the future. Oxbow volunteers travel to Bradford once a week to meet with the girls in groups of 2-3 Dartmouth women and 3-5 Oxbow students. blitz: omp
- Student volunteers in the Prison Project travel weekly to Woodstock and Windsor Correctional Facilities as tutors, teachers, and discussion leaders to assist inmates working toward their high school equivalency degrees. The ultimate goal of the project is to create an opportunity for change. Residents can gain motivation and confidence through individual attention. Blitz: jail
- The Special Friends-Just For Kids program gives Dartmouth students a chance to play with kids during fun sessions while providing parents of developmentally disabled children a break from their rigorous schedules. The once-a-week playgroup generally features a theme, and volunteers go to help out the chaperones and play with the children. Blitz: just for kids
- Dartmouth volunteers coach Special Olympics athletes collectively known as the Upper Valley Lions. Volunteers provide support and encouragement for athletes to appreciate many sporting activities such as basketball, bowling, softball, soccer, and swimming. Occasionally the team has the opportunity to participate in local and regional tournaments. Blitz: olympics
- STAR (Steps Towards Adult Responsibility) is a mentor program which matches teenagers with chronic illnesses with Dartmouth students of similar diagnoses. In addition to one on one matches, STAR plans several group activities throughout the year, providing a forum for students and teens to interact with others who have had similar life experiences. If this sounds like something that interests you, please blitz STAR Mentoring for further information.
- Student Teachers in the Arts (START) program: This partnership among the Hopkins Center, Dartmouth students and area teachers enriches the classroom curriculum with innovative and fun activities. Propelled by the imaginations of START's Dartmouth student volunteers, recent classroom programs have included "kid-written" musical theater productions and arts-with-science sessions. START is open to all majors and no experience is required! All you need is a desire to share your love of the arts with Upper Valley school children. For additional information, Blitz START or call 646-2010.
- Want to become involved in the Dartmouth Community while lending a hand to those in need? Be a Student Fighting Hunger! Students Fighting Hunger is a volunteer organization that strives to help alleviate hunger problems in the Upper Valley Region through fund raising and activities such as Community Dinners and Meals on Wheels. We also work to educate the Dartmouth Community about the issue of hunger. Blitz: sfh
- Surfer Guides are a corps of computer literate Dartmouth students who provide internet and basic computing assistance to teachers and students in the Upper Valley. Surfer Guides have worked on projects ranging from click-and-point to designing web pages. They also provide classroom assistance for teachers working on computer-related projects. Blitz: surfer
- Tucker Fellowships enable students to work a leave term at a variety of community service programs and agencies, domestically as well as internationally. The program is particularly intended to help students clarify personal and social values. Students may work with governmental or non-profit, private social agencies, educational institutions, or organizations that deal with important social issues. Stipends are available to assist with basic expenses associated with the Fellowship. Some additional help for financial aid recipients may be available. The application deadline is generally in the 6th week of each term, for participation in the following term. Blitz: fellows
- Vermont Adult Basic Education places Dartmouth students in one-on-one adult literacy tutoring settings with area residents. Tutees include recent immigrants working on English as a Second Language, adults working on math and writing skills to obtain a General Equivalency Diploma, and elderly people from the local area who want to improve their basic reading and math skills. Hours are flexible with the Dartmouth schedule and new members are accepted every term. Please blitz "Adult Ed" for details!
- Volunteers at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital provide a wide range of services. Among other things, volunteers can become nursing assistants, mealtime companions, escorts, or dietary assistants, and can work at the Women's Health Resource Center, Pediatrics, or the OR holding area.
- Woodcrew is a student-run fuel assistance program that provides families with emergency supplies of wood. Working solely with donations, members of Woodcrew cut logs, split wood, stack piles, and distribute fuel to help families stay warm during the cold winter months. Flannel shirt and experience not required. Blitz: woodcrew
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