The ASU Community Connect Bulletin is a blog where people are encouraged to post their needs, resources and stories.
Submit a post to alert the broader community to the great work you are doing at your organization or at ASU, and connect with other people to share opportunities. Employers should post job and internship opportunities on the ASU Career Services website. Volunteer opportunities can also be shared with the ASU Community Service Program.
This summer volunteers are needed to make a difference at 15 City of Phoenix Senior Centers. Each day, hundreds of seniors rely on Senior Center programs to make connections and forge new friendships with their peers. Just an hour or two of your time can make a significant difference in their life. Sign-up today for one of the volunteer opportunities listed below.
Charlie and I are undergraduate students in engineering and began work on ZooPoo when we realized the pressing need for a change to be made in local zoos. Our solution to the problem zoos face with the disposal costs of animal waste utilizes algae cultures as a method of recovering nutrients from the waste to produce a nutritionally effective supplement for animals to consume.
Our experience at Ignite was unlike any other. Ignite @ ASU served as a one stop shop where people with inspiring ideas could gather and share their thoughts. While presenting at Ignite, the two of us equally enjoyed the quick progression of slides. It allowed for a seamless transition between ideas and made for a one of a kind experience as a presenter. This feature complimented well with our presentation due to the different dimensions of ZooPoo. ZooPoo will provide an economical boost in public zoos, improve the nutritional quality of existent animal feed, and do so in a sustainable, environmentally friendly way.
People from all sorts of backgrounds can get involved to make a difference and if anyone is interested in learning more about Project ZooPoo feel free to contact us at ProjectZooPoo@gmail.com. Feel free to check out our solution posted on 10,000 Solutions too! http://10000solutions.org/solution/zoopoo-0
“To think that one child would go to bed hungry somewhere in this country is heartbreaking…to know how many do is virtually incomprehensible. This is not only a problem that exists in the far reaches of the globe. It happens right here in our own backyard. Together, as concerned citizens, we must do more to make sure every child’s needs are met.” Katie Couric
Yes, it really is in our backyard, 1 in 4 children in Arizona are living in poverty and at risk of hunger. Would you be willing to help make a difference with this issue? St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance-Kids Cafe Program is looking for committed volunteers—at least a day per week for a 2 -3 hour morning shift to help create and provide as many as 3,000 “Snack and/or Breakfast Meals” to 66 sites in the Valley every day. Volunteers will help scoop, bag, close, and pack food and other items used for this Program and put them all together in Snack Meal bags. Work is conducted in an air-conditioned, food safe clean room using safe food-handling practices. A safe food handlers certificate, however, is not a necessity. Accommodations are possible for those needing a sit down position.
If you have a heart for helping kids in need and a committed interest in volunteering, please call Jan Wells at 602 343-5637, email jkwells@firstfoodbank.org or Grace Rodil 602-343-5629, email mgrodil@firstfoodbank.org
Hi, I just wanted to give the ASU community a shoutout to let them know about a scholarship opportunity with Storage-Mart.com, “The Friendly Storage People”. The scholarship program, The StorageMart ScholarSmarts Scholarship, in which any student attending college is eligible to apply! Storage Mart is accepting essays now until June 30, 2012 with an award date of July 21, 2012.
Hello it’s Kayla Burkholder here to give you a brief introduction to digital memories and the importance of them. I am a Graphic Information Technology student and an avid believer that history helps direct the future. I hope that this will get the ball rolling with more forward momentum on how we can preserve our history now for the future.
My experience with ignite was a great way for me to get people more engaged and aware of the real dangers of having only digital memories. So I keep saying digital memories, what exactly are they? Well they are digital photos, videos, email, PDFs, letters or anything that is important to you and is now in some digital form. Digital memories are culturally relevant to everyone who is now using computers, smart phones, and digital cameras.
So what can you do to adapt to digital memories? Well get into a discussion and start realizing it as an actual problem that effects current and future generations! Visit my solution and the 10,000 Solutions website to be inspired and start your own solutions. Make sure to tag your solutions with #ignite and also #digitalmemories if it’s a solution related to my presentation.
Join us Saturday June 9th 2012 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. for Scottsdale’s original annual event! Mighty Mud Mania is held at Chaparral Park located at 5401 N Hayden Rd. This year, 7-17 year olds will need to be there before 12:00 p.m. to run in the original mud course, because adults will get to compete in the course from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. for a $10 admission fee! Kids can encourage their parents to show them their skills or adults can challenge each other for the first time in 36 years! Registration for Scottsdale’s celebration of water and mud begins at 8 a.m. Participants must bring a signed permission slip or have a parent or guardian available at the event to sign one. In addition, participants must wear lace-up or Velcro shoes (sandals and flip-flops are not allowed).
The event is free, but participants are asked to bring a non-perishable food item for donation to the Vista del Camino food bank. Activities are planned for two age groups, 6 and younger and 7 to 17. The younger group can enjoy the mini mud obstacle course, mud pits, water play area, sand castle building and a town of mud dubbed “Mudville.” Older children can try the original mud obstacle course (from 8am to 12 noon,) sandcastle building and mud pits.
Questions? Contact Ronnie Phillips at rphillips@scottsdaleaz.gov
Since 1985, the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Phoenix Children’s Hospital has hosted a week-long summer camp for its current and former patients. Camp Rainbow provides children with seven days of friends, activities, fun and laughter, and gives them the opportunity to interact with other youth who’ve experienced similar hardships, in the forms of treatment and loss, and a similar victory, in living. While at camp, children have unique experiences, participating in activities such as horseback riding, zip lining, canoeing, fishing and archery. They also get to swim, camp out under the stars, and sculpt, paint and design in arts and crafts. It is truly a magical week for the 120-plus campers who attend!
Camp Rainbow will be held August 3rd- August 11th, 2012.
I would love the opportunity to talk to you more about camp and how you can help. Please contact me at 602-546-0157 or cnelson1@phoenixchildrens.com. I appreciate your time and consideration, and I look forward to partnering with you as we plan for Camp Rainbow 2012.
Casey was part of Ignite @ ASU: Small Solutions, Big Change at the Polytechnic Campus on November 2011. Check out what she has to say about her Ignite presentation and watch her video to learn how can can use twitter for change.
“As a social media coordinator at a university, I am not only an avid user of social networks but I am continually teaching coworkers, friends, and students how to effectively use social media for their personal and professional needs. Among these networks, I believe Twitter is the tool that can help any individual change the world.
Presenting at Ignite @ ASU has been on my bucket list for a couple years. I have attended several Ignite events and two things keep me coming back: the rapid pace of the presentations and the audience participation on Twitter. That is right; the best part about Ignite events is using Twitter to discuss the presentations in real time with other audience members. In fact, it was the audience participation at those events that gave me the idea to discuss the power of Twitter for my presentation. If a five minute speech given one time can cause a room full of strangers to tweet to each other and simultaneously spread the word about a new idea, non-profit, or service project …think of what you could do with an actual Twitter strategy to further your cause.
What I have discovered is many people are intimidated by their own voice. I consistently hear people say they don’t join new social networks because they don’t have anything to say. My Ignite presentation not only helps you understand what Twitter is, but how you – right now, in 140 characters or less – can create a strategy, begin tweeting and start changing the world.”
Mary Landers from the Muscular Dystrophy Association (Phoenix West) invites you to the annual Glendale and Arrowhead area Lock-Up on May 23, 2012. We would love to have you involved as a jailbird! This year’s lockup is being held at Jobing.com Arena and hosted by the Phoenix Coyotes and MDA.
As a jailbird, you will be raising “bail” to get yourself out of jail. Don’t worry we won’t keep you there if you don’t post your total bail. The bail for this lock-up is set at $2,400 and that will send three MDA kiddos to MDA Summer Camp! Most of our campers will tell you the week at camp is “better than Christmas”!
Once you commit to the event, you will gain access to a personal fundraising website and a personal fundraising coach, a.k.a. your parole officer. You can see that website here.
We hope you will join us at this year’s Lock-Up, not only will you have a great time and meet some great people (including some of the Arizona families you are helping), but you will also be spending your lunch doing something great for the community.
Thank you!
Mary Landers | Volunteer | (480) 518-9929
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Ashley Allan | Fundraising Coordinator Muscular Dystrophy Association| Phoenix West 4500 S. Lakeshore Drive, Suite #450 | Tempe, AZ 85282 Office 480-753-9084| Fax 480-753-9082 aallan@mdausa.org | mda.org
During his Ignite @ ASU presentation on November 2011, Justin shared an idea to create a new tool for learning a new language and preserving unique dialects. Here is what he said about his experience at Ignite @ ASU:
“I’m a recent ASU graduate with degrees in Biology and Anthropology. My hope is to create a tool that aims to preserve the diversity of languages and dialects throughout the world.
The thought that many citizens in foreign countries have mastered two different languages is very impressive in my mind. I definitely feel a little left in the dust when meeting with people that are multilingual. Ignite @ ASU was an awesome way for me to present my idea on creating a multilingual community that spans the entire globe. Meeting the other presenters and hearing their innovative ideas was very exciting. Such innovation only further inspires me to do my part to help solve a problem that I see in the world.
Take a look at some of the other ideas that were presented that night and I hope you will feel the same way I do. Every solution starts from a simple idea, so when you find something you’re truly passionate about, pursue it until you reach your goal.”
