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April Event-- AIDStock
March 26 2007

Today I worked on researching the "Dining out Program"... look at this website its great! http://www.diningoutforlife.com/flash.php

Here is info that is in the folder under "dining out" though we need to know on scratch pad....

Dining Out:

What it is: a national program that organizations working with the issue of HIV/AIDS put together. Restaurants in the community agree to donate a portion of their profit (25-100%) one night for the cause. Volunteers are needed at each restaurant to spread awareness and collect additional donations.

What we would need to do: start contacting local restaurants and see if this is something they are interested in. We would need to pick a date for the event and start recruiting students that would be interested in helping. Right now, all the students from the ASB trip are very interested in this project.

Questions:

What is our budget? Is this something the SVC can sponsor for our event? Would we still want to do a food drive? When would we want to have the event? Could we involve dinning services? How do we incorporate meaningful service into it? Would Aids Task Force work with us?

Love Dana

1 February 2007

Update: Diversity Advocacy is doing HIV testing in April. I have a meeting with Kelly-Anne from DA on Monday to get them on board with us. We should hear back from UPB today about working with them too. Cool beans.

30 January 2007

When: Thursday, 19 April 2007

Where: Bowling and Billiard- activity room

Here is some more info on McLean County AIDS Task Force and the project.

McLean County AIDS Task Force (MCATF)

History : MCATF began in 1986 as an “agency representative” group with members from community groups dealing with HIV/AIDS. In 1988-1989, MCATF changed to an all-volunteer group so that it could begin offering client service such as “buddies” to people living with AIDS. Soon after that a hotline was added. Members would have calls forwarded to them at home during their shift of duty.

In the Fall of 1992, MCATF opened its present center in downtown Bloomington. Activities taking place in the center include trainings, meetings, and various prevention activities. In August 1997 MCATF began Connections Community Center.

'''What does MCATF do today? :''' Today’s MCATF is a multipurpose, all volunteer, community based, AIDS service organization. Education, service and advocacy are the cornerstones of all the work MCATF does. The primary service area includes McLean and Livingston Counties. Some activities take place in other central Illinois locations under prevention grant contracts awarded to MCATF.

MCATF is governed by its membership through the elected Board of Directors. Current standing committees include client services, information services, member services, and fund-raising.

Event Description: AIDStock The event will be a benefit concert for MCATF. The tentative plan is to hold the concert from about 6-10pm on 19 April 2007 at the Bowling and Billiards activity room. We are planning to have four to five local bands play (a variety of music- to be determined). As well as a mixture of smaller events while bands are setting up and breaking down their equipment. Ideas for this have included acapella groups, raffle drawing, and/ comedian. We are also planning on having some kind of educational bit about HIV/AIDS (a short bit) while thanking everyone for coming out. Food and drink are largely dependent on funds available. My apologies for the brief description, a lot of the details are yet to be determined. Groups collaborating with this project include the SVC, PRIDE, Diversity Advocacy (possibly making up their HIV testing bit that they didn’t get to do for World AIDS Day because of the snow), UPB, and the MCATF student outreach committee. *Note- last year the event was run on no budget and made about $700.

Saved Stuff
Contact Info: Nicole- 609.468.0350 Chris- 847-843-9471 Dana- 773.807.2136 Sabrina- 224.381.5703 Kelly- 815.735.4202

Agency Visit List:

Dana: American Red Cross- Blood Services; Birthright; Catholic Charities; Humane Society of Central IL; Planned Parenthood of East Central Illinois; Project OZ; Recycling for families; I am willing to do more if I complete these, but I don't want to over committ myself

Chris:

Kelly: American Cancer Society, Big Brother Big Sister of McLean County, Boys and Girls Club of Bloomington, Clare House, Easter Seals, Habitat For Humanity, The Salvation Army, Safe Harbor Homeless Shelter, St. Vincent DePaul Society, Service Extension(U of I)of McLean County, Unity Community Center, United Way of McLean County, Youthbound Those are some of the agencies I would be interested in, let me know if anyone else would like some of those..thanks Kelly

Sabrina: ABC Counseling and Family Services, The Baby Fold, Bloomington Center for Preforming Arts, Center for Hope, Children's Discovery Museum, Normal Public Library, YWCA (I am willing to do more if I complete these, but I don't want to over committ myself)

'''HOW TO ADD PEOPLE TO LISTSERV...

1) Go to http://www.listserv.ilstu.edu

2) Click on "Listserv Management"

3) Then click on "Mailing list management interface"

4) To login use this information:   Email Address: nmkurta@ilstu.edu   Password     : SVC130

5)Click on "Manage Subscribers"

6)Go to the SECOND BOX named "Add a new user to the list" and type in the new email address.

7) Make sure to click the box that says "Do not notify the user in any way".

8) Click "Add to SVCVOLUNTEERS-L"

9) A sentence should pop up on the top of the page that says they have been added.

ALSO: Make sure to keep adding them to the database so we know who was added when.'''

Long distance codes ... Dana - #639692 Kelly - #639693 Sabrina - #639694 Chris - #639695