Are You Sweet for Service?

 

This Valentine’s Day season, WNY AmeriCorps will be hosting a night of fun, celebration, music, and tasty treats in the Shea’s Buffalo Lobby.  Invite your sweetheart, dress for the occasion,  and join us on Friday, February 12th, 2010 from 7:00-10:00pm. 

FREE "EXTREME" VIEWING PARTY AT SHEA'S THEATRE!!

When: THIS SUNDAY, January 24, 2010 | 7-10PM

Where: Historic Shea's Buffalo Theatre, 646 Main Street • Buffalo, New York 14202 ( http://www.sheas.org )

What: Pick up your FREE tickets for the event during normal business hours at the Shea's Buffalo Theatre Box Office, 646 Main St. Buffalo, NY, (2 tickets per person) or at any Rosa's Home Store location (Rosa's tickets available until closing Saturday) and join us for the airing of the episode that has been deemed "Extreme Makoever: Neighborhood Edition" by the national press. Experience the nation-wide celebration of the Buffalo community with your fellow Western New Yorkers.

The event is presented by David Homes, WNY AmeriCorps, PUSH Buffalo, Buffalo ReUse, The Tabernacle, and ReTree WNY.

Join WNY AmeriCorps for MLK Day of Service 2010 (Get a Free Ticket to Disney)

Join us for our 17th Annual Martin Luther King Day of Service! Our major projects include renovating the interior of a chosen foster house in the City of Buffalo, focusing our efforts on the foster children's bedrooms, providing paint, furniture and renewed hopes, painting and completing small but impactful repairs to the interior of the non-profit Broadway Market, painting the interior of the Michigan Baptist Church, a historic site on the Underground Railroad, and accepting toiletry donations to prepare “welcome packages” for victims of domestic violence at Haven House.

Where:
Broadway Market, 999 Broadway, Buffalo NY 14212 (click here for map)

Parking: There is a parking lot across from the Broadway Market as well as an enclosed parking garage attached to rear of the building

When:
The day will begin at 8 am Monday, January 18th with light breakfast and coffee. The volunteer projects will run until 2pm.

Please dress appropriately for the occasion and temperature, clothes you don't mind getting paint on, etc.

This event is qualified for the “Give a Day. Get a Day” Disney ticket through Hands On Greater Buffalo. In order to receive your free pass to Disney for volunteering on MLK Day, you MUST sign-up before Monday (in order to guarantee you’ll get a ticket). Please click here, scroll down and enter 14212 as the zip code to search. We are the first volunteer opportunity on the results page.

Click Here to Sign Up to Volunteer on MLK Day 2010 at handsongreaterbuffalo.org.

Final Open Interview Day for ServiceCorps This Thursday, Jan 7

The final day of open interviews for our remaining ServiceCorps program positions will take place this week. We ask that you please bring the following documentation with you.

•    Birth Certificate
•    Social Security Card
•    Driver’s License or NYS non-driver’s identification
•    High School Diploma or GED (If you do not have either one, please bring a letter of verification from your last school attended stating that you are dropped out)

Details:
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Greater South Buffalo Chamber ofCommerce
2189 Seneca Street, Buffalo, NY

Hours:
9am-12pm
4pm-7pm

Applicants will be interviewed and accepted ONLY during the allotted times.

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