Join us for Duke Alums Engage, a worldwide program that takes the experience of volunteering to a more meaningful level. Alongside other Duke alums from your area, you will learn the principles of civic engagement and service-learning and then put them into practice through a group project tailored to the needs of your community. Immediately after your day of service, you'll have an opportunity to contemplate and evaluate the experience, as a group and individually.
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Asheville, NC
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Contact: Evelyn Agin MSN '09
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Austin, TX
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Contact: Patrick Crosby ’05
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Baltimore, MD
When: Saturday, April 28, 2012 • 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (volunteers arrive to set up at 10:00 a.m.)
Project: Duke Baltimore will partner with the KIPP School to host the second annual Reading Fun Fair titled "Read, Baby Read!" The KIPP School is a public charter elementary and middle school serving under-resourced communities in Baltimore City. The event will include: motivational speakers, a Poetry Slam (featuring poems written by the students), games, crafts, local library representation and a Book Fair. The poetry will be published in a small book for KIPP students to take home. The book drive will allow students and their families to take home books of their choice for free.
Location: 4701 Greenspring Ave, Baltimore, MD 21209
Partnering Group: KIPP School
Contact: Nicola Patterson '88
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Bangalore, India
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Contact: Eric Savage '92
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Boise, ID
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Contact: Lisa Bescherer '82
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Charlotte, NC
When: Saturday, April 21, 2012 • Time TBD
Project: Charlotte Family Housing provides shelter to 200 families a year. We will work on multiple projects, including exterior landscape clean-up (they have 3 homes/buildings for 25 families), an indoor fix-up project, and a family-based activity that we can do with the children who live there.
Location: 300 Hawthorne Lane, Charlotte, NC 28204
Partnering Group: Charlotte Family Housing
Contacts: Rob Oles '85 and Steve Breckenridge '83
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Chicago, IL
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Contact: Katie McClay '01
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Cincinnati, OH
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Contact: Roseann Hassey '83
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Dallas, TX
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Contact: Abbie Huff '03
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Denver, CO
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Contact: Yolanda Lyons '85
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Detroit, MI
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Contact: Aisha Taylor
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Durham, NC
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Contact: Chris O'Neill '95
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Fairfield County, CT
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Contact: Lisa Field '87
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Hilton Head, SC
When: Saturday, April 28, 2012 • 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Project: The Heroes program enriches the lives of individuals with physical, mental, or emotional disabilities by providing safe, professional and ethical equine assisted activities. We'll be able to welcome all abilities and ages (children under 13 working alongside parents) to spread hay, work in the paddocks, repair and paint fences, and volunteer with the class in equine therapy.
Location: Bluffton, SC
Partnering Group: Heroes on Horseback
Contact: Kathy Wagoner '77
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Houston, TX
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Contact: Rodrigo Herrara '91
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Jacksonville, FL
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Contact: Doug Knowles B'97
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Kansas City, MO
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Location: 3039 Troost Ave., Kansas City, MO 64109
Partnering Group: Operation Breakthrough
Contacts: Laura Schmid '04 and Kimberly Brooks '96
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Miami, FL
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Contacts: Nelson Bellido '89 and Natalie Lamela '05
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Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN
When: Saturday, April 21, 2012 • 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Project: Work with Open Arms chefs to prepare nutritious meals for individuals living with chronic illness. Open Arms is the only nonprofit organization in Minnesota that cooks and delivers free meals specifically tailored to meet the nutritional needs of individuals living with HIV/AIDS, MS, ALS, cancer and more than 42 other diseases. Chopping fresh, organic veggies and packaging savory soup in our brand new, state-of-the-art kitchen; baking mouthwatering cookies in our warm, sunny bakery – there’s plenty to be done at Open Arms. Join us as a kitchen volunteer for a 2-hour shift and work with our chefs to create delicious, nutritious food for our clients.
Location: 2500 Bloomington Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN 55404
Partnering Group: Open Arms of Minnesota
Contact: Tara Kumar '99
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Montclair, NJ
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Contact: Linda Sterling '82, B'83
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New Orleans, LA
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Contact: Harry Bruns '87
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New York, NY
When: Saturday, April 28, 2012 • 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Project: FREE Community Health and Fitness Day in Central Harlem with social, recreational, educational and health programs to serve hundreds of children and families in Central Harlem
Location: Dunlevy Milbank Boys & Girls Club, West 118th Street, NYC
Partnering Group: Children’s Aid Society
Contact: Jack Boyd ’85
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Oklahoma City, OK
When: Saturday, April 21, 2012 • Time TBD
Project: Food for Kids Project
Location: 3355 South Purdue St., Oklahoma City, OK 73137
Partnering Group: Oklahoma Regional Food Bank
Contacts: Kimberly Counts Anderson '02 and Ruth Ann Regens '01
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Philadelphia, PA
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Contact: Vaughn Schill '00
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Pittsburgh, PA
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Contact: Bill Southerland '75
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San Diego, CA
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Contacts: Sadie Brinton '10 and Stephanie Korszen E'10
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San Francisco, CA
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Contacts: Christy Susman '88 and Eric Wong E'96
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Seattle, WA
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Contacts: Lara Jones '08 and Anne Lawler '75
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Toronto, Canada
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Contact: Jeremy Zuker '01
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Tulsa, OK
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Contact: Shelley Carter '00
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Washington, DC
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Contact: Lauren Garson '07
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West Palm Beach, FL
When: Saturday, April 21, 2012 • 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Project: Okeechobee Boulevard Cleanup - Okeechobee Blvd. has become an impressive gateway to West Palm Beach. Duke alumni are proud to maintain this prominent section of highway, from I-95 to Dixie Highway, as part of the State of Florida “Adopt-A-Highway” program.
Location: Meeting at the office of Gary Dunkel '79; Project Location: Okeechobee Blvd from I-95 to Dixie Highway
Partnering Group: FL DOT Adopt-a-Highway
Contacts: Matthew Demeter '98 and Gary Dunkel '79
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Wilmington, NC
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Contacts: Dick Nasca '70 and Doug Whitman '02
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Winston-Salem, NC
When: Thursday, April 26, 2012, 5:30 p.m.
Project: Second Harvest Food Bank works with over 390 partner organizations across 18 counties. We will sort food donations, and package and load food shipments to address the growing needs of people seeking emergency food assistance in northwest North Carolina. This is a family-friendly project and snacks will be provided.
Location: 3655 Reed Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27107
Partnering Group: Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC
Contact: Jim Gallaher '79
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