December Committee Minutes

IMP CS Agenda
7 December 2009

1. Welcome-Q&A; concerns
2. November at a glance
a. Nov 21 11am-2pm, co-event with JHMI Nathans College, Turkeys for Moveable Feast
3. Discussion of events in December
o The IMP Community Service (CS) Committee is beginning an exciting partnership with City Springs School, which is literally 2 blocks away from Dunbar! We will work with City Springs Middle Schoolers on community service projects while encouraging our own IMP students to serve as mentors to these younger students whom will soon be in high school. We have two exciting events to kickoff our partnership! If students attend both, they can receive 2 Community Service Credits!

o Meeting the City Springs Middle Schoolers: Tuesday, December 8th, 2009-Worth 1 Community Service Credit!
 Who: IMP and City Springs
 Where: Dunbar Cafeteria
 When: 4:20 pm, when pizza is served after tutoring
 Why/What: To introduce the kids to each other before our first CS event on the 11thof December
 Please let your students know about this! There is no need to sign up via the web since this event is occurring at tutoring!

o Holiday Party for City Springs After School Program: Friday, December 11th, 2009-Worth 1 Community Service Credit!
 Who: IMP and City Springs
 What: We are hosting a Holiday Party for elementary aged children in City Springs. We will have Reindeer and Snowflake Crafts Stations, Reading Station, Food, and Holiday Music!
 Where: City Springs School (100 S. Caroline Street), but we will meet in front of Dunbar at 3 pm
 When: 3:30 pm-5:30 pm
 Please tell your students and sign them up via the website! Mentors, please attend and help co-run the reading and crafts sessions! Enjoy good music, crafts, and food at our last CS event for this year!

4. January Possibilities
a. Someone to co-run with Raimee and April
b. We will work around kids’ finals
c. Eddie had the idea of physical activity with the elderly (Wii)…we could look at the Apostolic Towers…really close to Dunbar
d. Lauren is looking into Helping Up Missions, which is a homeless shelter for recovering addicts
e. Rebecca has also agreed to help
5. Concerns mentioned
a. We can give kids credit for CS as long as we have contact info and a summary (so for Shawanda’s activities with her church…we can give as long as we have the info)…we do however encourage mentors to be with them