Civitas E-newsletter
Week of March 15, 2011
Definition of “Civitas”: citizenship, esp. as imparting shared responsibility, a common purpose, and sense of community.
Looking for some way to give something back and have the opportunity to meet new people? VOLUNTEER! Check out these opportunities with your extra time over the break...
Help with a neighborhood playgroup in Marcy Holmes/Dinkytown area- Play with toddlers, learn child development, and participate in story time and activities. Help is need every Monday from 9-12:00 p.m. Contact Jerry at [log in to unmask] or at 612-204-9745 for more information.
New Seward bookstore needs your help!-A new bookstore that opened on Franklin Avenue across from Pizza Luce is looking for volunteers to work in the store each week. It’s a collectively own, progressive bookstore, with lots of great titles! Stop by for more info: http://www.boneshakerbooks.com
Here are two events put together by the Sierra Club!
March 15th:
Help Sierra Club write letters in support of clean air! Event is from 5-7 at Common Roots Cafe.Join Sierra Club for good food, good drinks, good company, and good letter-writing to support clean air! Open to all ages.
March 16th:
Help with Data Entry at the Sierra Club North Star Chapter office! Event is from 6pm to 8:30pm. Sierra Club has hundreds of petitions in support of strong public health protections from the EPA! Now we need your help to enter data from those petitions so we can deliver our national petition with 100,000 signatures to President Obama. Please join us for a data entry party! RSVPs to[log in to unmask] are required to set up access to our database. Training, pizza and refreshments will be provided.