Volunteer Fair

Volunteer Fair Wrap Up

A heartfelt "Thank You" to all of the agency and program representatives who particpated in the Volunteer Fair, the eighty students who took time to visit the Fair to learn about needs in their communites and how they can get involved, and faculty and staff who welcomed agency representatives and collected information for possible future service learning projects.   We look forward to hosting similar events in the future and hope that the campus community continues to embrace volunteerism and community partnerships as means to enhance the academic lives of our students.

The following is a list of the non-profit programs and agencies that participated in the Fair.  Students, faculty, staff, and alumni are encouraged to contact them to explore volunteer and service learning opportunites.

• Books are Wings, www.booksarewings.com, Jocelynn White, volunteerbaw@yahoo.com 
  
  
• Rhode Island Sponsoring Education, www.riseonline.org, Liza Manchester, lmanchester@riseonline.org
  
  
• Channel 1 Central Falls After-Care, www.channeloneralphholden.org, Isauna Rua, aftercarech1@yahoo.com
  
  
• Audubon Society, www.asro.org, Cathy Corey, ccorey@asri.org
  
  
• Exeter Job Corps, Christina Costa, costa.christina@jobcorps.org
  
  
• The Met Center, www.metcenter.org, Patricia Holliday, pholliday@metmail.org, Rebecca DelBarone, rdelbarone@metmail.org
  
  
• Kent County YMCA & the 21st Century Community Learning Center at Deering Middle School, www.ymcagreaterprovidence.org/ChildCare/MiddleSchool, Kristen Gardiner, kgardiner@gpymca.org
  
  
• The Peace Flag Project, www.thepeaceflagproject.org, Ginny Fox, ginfox32@yahoo.com
  
  
• The Groden Center, www.grodencenter.org, Peggy Stocker, pstocker@grodencenter.org
  
  
• Volunteer Center of Rhode Island, www.vcri.org, Lindsay Wilkes Edrington@vcri.org
  
  
• Center for Hispanic Policy and Advocacy, www.chipari.org, Petra Cintron, pcintron@chispari.org
  
  
• RI Community Food Bank, www.rifoodbank.org, Kelly Nichols, KNichols@rifoodbank,org
  
  
• Mt. Hope Learning Center, www.mthopelearningcenter.org, Princess Garrett, princessgarrett@gmail.com
  
  
• The College Crusade of Rhode Island, www.collegecrusade.org, Carolyn Beltran, cbeltran@thecollegecrusade.org
  
  
• City Year Rhode Island, www.cityyear.org, Morgan Fagnant, mfagnant@cityyear.org
  
  
• Junior Achievement, www.ri.ja.org, Karen Healey, Karen.healey@ja.org, and Susan Barrett, susan.Barr5ett@ja.org
  
  
• Institute for the Study and Practice of Non-Violence, www.nonviolenceinstitute.org, Alyssa Metthe, alyssa@nonviolenceinstitute.org
  
  
• Saint Mary's Home for Children, www.smhfc.org, Susan DeRita, Sderita@smhfc.org
  
  
• RI Family Court. Court Appointed Special Advocates, www.courts.ri.gov/family/casa, Kristina DeAngelis, kdeangelis@courts.ri.gov