Chaminade Community Serve Together in National Day of Action

HONOLULU—September 26, 2008

WHO:  Chaminade University students, staff and faculty

WHAT: Chaminade  students, faculty and staff as a community will join thousands of communities around the nation for a “Day of Action,”  to demonstrate the impact that service has—and could have—upon the country and the power citizens have to create large scale change. After project completions, a debriefing reflection time with lunch will follow.

WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 27, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
(Meet at 8:45 a.m. at Chaminade) 

WHERE: Nine planned projects Chaminade volunteers will participate in as follows:

• Palolo Chinese Home: environmental work (landscaping, gardening, etc.)
• Collaborative service with the inclusive recreation (I-Rec) program:
  Work with disabled participants to make food donations for homeless shelters (campus cafeteria)
• Car wash to raise funds for charity (on campus)
• Next Step Homeless Shelter: Teach tech skills and help Next Step clients to share their stories/dance/songs, using YouTube/podcasting. The shelter will be open on Saturday for families who sign up to participate in this program.
• PaloloElementary School Beautification: Painting hopscotch boards, environmental work, etc.
• Palolo stream clean-up: (Chaminade and Palolo area), sidewalk drain stenciling and graffiti removal
• Letters of support to the troops: Create cards & letters for current CUH students & alums currently deployed.
• Palolo Stream Cleanup (Palolo Homes’ area): Environmental work (collaboration with Adopt-an-Ahupua'a, Palolo Homes' residents, UHM, and KCC).
• KaimukiHigh School Ohana's TAG (Totally Against Graffiti) Program: Help with graffiti removal.

Celebrating more than 50 years of educating students for life, service and successful careers, ChaminadeUniversity offers programs of study grounded in the liberal arts with day, evening, online and accelerated courses. The main campus is located in Ka’imuki at 3140 Waialae Ave., Honolulu, HI96816, with 10 satellite locations around Oahu. For more information, visit the Chaminade Web site at www.chaminade.edu or call (808) 735-4711.