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March 27th 2006 • Printer version
Mud, Water, and Paint - Its Public Service Day! Eugene mayor to greet vounteers at breakfast
Would you like to play with animals? Or build a room, restore a
floodplain, power wash equipment, organize an event, work in an organic
garden or paint a building? Want to help some of Lane Countys
charitable nonprofits with their chores? Join the law students of the
Public Interest/Public Service program at their third spring Public Service Day
on
Saturday, April 8 from 8 a.m. until 1p.m.
All members of the university community are welcome to participate.
Sign up the week of April 3-7 at noon in the law schools Wayne Morse
Commons or email.
Join the volunteers for breakfast in the Morse Commons at 8 a.m. Eugene
Mayor Kitty Piercy will wake you up with stirring words at 8:30 a.m.
Then carpool to 14 sites in Eugene and Springfield for several hours of work
in
the public service. (See descriptions below).
The organizers of this annual event do more than talk the talk they
are all active volunteers themselves. PIPS publicity chair
Rebekah Cook now works for the Oregon School Boards Association and
previously worked in Washington D.C. for U.S. Congressman Earl
Blumenauer.
The Portland native says "Public Service Day is a great way to get
students out of the library and into the community each spring.
Our hope is to inspire them to continue to seek out volunteer
opportunities throughout the year and to be active members of their
communities beyond graduation."
Ela Orenstein, a member of the PIPS executive board was a lead
organizer of the first public service symposium at the law school
featuring lawyers who have made distinguished careers in public
interest law. After graduation in May, she will return to her home in
Atlanta, Georgia to join the Georgia Center for Law in the Public
Interest as a staff attorney, focusing on environmental justice.
Natalie Duke, a first year law student from Eugene is PIPS Service
Committee Chair. She is interested in bilingual and immigration law and
farmworker advocacy. This year, she has been working with Lane County
Legal Aid on a divorce class for Spanish speakers.
Melissa Peterson, a second year law student from Gresham, Oregon, is
PIPS secretary. She helped coach the Springfield High School mock trial
team last year.
OPPORTUNITIES
Greenhill Humane Society
Grounds maintenance, followed by a facility tour and playing with the animals.
Friends of Buford Park and Mt. Pisgah
Maintenance on the floodplain restoration site, South Meadow.
The organization asks for donations of plastic and knight work gloves
and small pruning shears (secateurs) for future volunteers. Bring them,
use them, and leave them if you can .
United Way
Landscape and gardening
Willamette Parks and Recreation
Gardens and park maintenance
Eugene Family YMCA
Assistance with Junior Olympics and Golf Open House events
Food for Lane County
Organic Gardening
Relief Nursery : Springfield Broad-based Regional Sports Center
Breaking down tables and decorations from a fundraising event the previous evening
South Lane Wheels
Build an archive room in their new building and seal wood floors.
Eugene Specialized Recreation
Spring Cleaning: wash vans, clean tables, chairs and patio furniture, clean
out
storage areas.
Eugene Good Samaritan skilled nursing facility
Paint or help with office work.
Eugene Hearing and Speech Center
Power-washing and landscape work.
Emerald Kidsports
Filing and making packets
Raptor Center
Grounds work and trail maintenance
Maude Kerns Art Center
Painting and landscaping
-Eliza Schmidkunz
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