CC Cares 2000
Earlier this year, alumni, parents, and friends
from around the country participated in the second annual CC Cares Day.
More than a dozen metro groups came together to serve their
communities in a variety of ways. Most events were scheduled on May 6 though
the Seattle group joined in “Seattle Cares,” a citywide day of community
service, on May 13, and the Los Angeles group participated on May 20.
Mark May 2001 on your calendars now. We’re
building on the success of this year’s event by expanding nationally and
internationally. If you would like to help plan and organize a CC Cares Day
event in your area, contact the alumni
office staff at 800-852-6519.
Albuquerque
-- Rio Grande Nature Center Trail
Restoration
Contact: Heidi
Hawkins '89
Boston -- Greater Boston Foodbank
Helped unload/sort food donations to
prepare shipments for delivery to homeless shelters.
Contact: Carolyn
Koritzinsky '94
Chicago -- Gingko Organic Garden
Helped in the greenhouse and
outdoor gardens. Organic
produce and flowers are distributed to agencies that serve the homeless and
those living with AIDS.
Contacts: Elizabeth
Dunne '94 or Julie Bohl Dubin '95
Colorado
Springs -- Greensprings on
the Greenway
Planted trees in Monument Valley Park
(north of Uintah) and ate lunch together after event.
Contact: Momi
Ching DuFault '72
Denver -- The Urban Farm (Stapleton Airport Redevelopment Project)
The Urban Farm offers programs that
expose inner-city kids and families to rural experiences.
Planted trees, prepared dirt piles for kids to plant pumpkin seeds,
hoed rows for planting corn.
Contact: Jennie
Kauerz '96
Kansas
City -- Cinco de Mayo Festival
Helped run games, rides and other
booths.
Contact: Becky
Sisk Foerschler '80
Los
Angeles -- Hollygrove (Children's Home)
Participated in conducting a sports
clinic with the children. Played
soccer.
Contact: Rob
Gard '92
Omaha/Lincoln -- Together, Inc. (Multi-Faith Emergency Relief Services)
Sorted clothing and sacked food for
distribution to people in crisis situations.
Contact: Susan O'Hanlon '87
Portland -- West Women: Children’s Shelter
Spring cleaning for the shelter.
Painted, organized, cleaned, weeded.
Ate lunch with some of the residents afterward.
Contact: Georgi
Pantely Laufenberg '92
San
Francisco -- Edgewood Park Non-Native Plant Species Removal
Helped remove non-native plants.
Contact: Rob
Adkisson '92
Seattle -- Neighborhood House
Community center in King County
housing project for refugees and immigrants. Did assorted clean-up/fix-up projects including staining
porches, weeding, cleaning up glass.
Contact: Bill
Porter '90
St.
Paul/Minneapolis -- Multiple
Sclerosis Bike-a-Thon Rest Stop
Helped run a rest stop for the 30-60
mile bike-a-thon.
Contact: Michelle
Chalmers '89
Washington,
D.C. -- Preserving
Sideling Hill Creek Nature Trail
Assisted the Nature Conservancy in
maintaining a trail site by removing debris, putting up new signs, weeding,
and other related tasks.
Contacts: Ed
Goldstein '79 or Tom Florey '94
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