Service-Learning | Calendar
Service Learning Logo

Training and Contact Information


Our ongoing "platform projects" have pre-set trainings at the start of each semester:

Pālolo Pipeline : Head Start , Pālolo El. , Pālolo 'Ohana Learning Center , Jarrett Middle School, Kaimuki High School, NEW! Palolo Youth Athletics Club

No mo' haus'-Homeless Programs: IHS Homework Club | Next Step Homeless Shelter

Ongoing Projects: SHINE | Mālama i nā Ahupua’a | I-REC

Course-Specific Projects: FAFSA project, Income Tax Preparation , Pālolo Stock Market Project , American Cancer Society , Nursing Papakole`a Project

Service pays: Students in Service

Need help finding a project based on YOUR availability?


Pālolo Pipeline Projects

All of the sites listed in this section below are part of the "Pipeline".

Pālolo Pipeline (includes: Pālolo Head Start, Pālolo Learning Center, Pālolo Elementary School, Jarrett Middle School , and Kaimuki High School).

Pālolo Elementary School

Tutor/mentor kids - after school OR during school, with teacher guidance.

Prospective tutors must attend ONE of the training sessions.**

PLEASE NOTE: Training times have changed.
WHEN (Please attend one) :

  • Friday, January 27
  • Thursday, February 2
  • Monday, February 6

TIME: 3:30pm - 4:30pm

WHERE: Report to Palolo Elementary School's library.

**If you are a returning student, please contact Henrietta Clemons (733-4700); she needs your help as soon as possible. You do not have to go through training again.

After registering for service-learning online, attend ONE of the training sessions with your Connection/Waiver form. Complete & return this to the S-L office & pick up your timesheet.
If you have additional questions, contact the S-L office.

GETTING THERE: There will be van transportation to and from the trainings listed above. Please check the online calendar to see what time the van is available (be at Security at the time listed).

Head Start at Pālolo El.

Early-childhood education. Support teachers with their lessons for preschool-aged children.
Training is on an individual basis.
Site is open weekdays, 7:00am-5:00pm

Contact the appropriate site coordinator
to arrange training and service schedule. After registering for service-learning online, attend training with your Connection/Waiver form. Complete & return this to the S-L office & pick up your timesheet.

Jarrett Middle School

Training is on an individual basis.
Site is open during and after school. For specific times, click here.

Contact the appropriate site coordinator to arrange training and service schedule. After registering for service-learning online, attend training with your Connection/Waiver form. Complete & return this to the S-L office & pick up your timesheet.

Pālolo 'Ohana Learning Center

Help people of all ages in the computer room, OR projects led by faculty/students, OR help kids with homework, OR after school science-based program.

TRAINING: Orientation is scheduled on an individual basis after all requirements are fulfilled. Please refer to the instructions below for getting started at Palolo Ohana Learning Center.

Thursday, Jan. 26 3:30pm-4:30pm OR Friday, Jan. 27 12pm-1pm are two orientation dates that are scheduled.

Students please note: 12 hours of service is the minimum per semester.

After registering on Chaminade's service-learning website:

  1. Download this application and fill it out. Indicate your program of interest (see descriptions above) if you have a preference.
  2. Attach your completed application to an email that asks Ms. Kauhane Aipia (site supervisor) for permission to serve.
  3. Ms. Kauhane will call you to schedule an orientation date.
  4. Attend the orientation with your Chaminade S-L Connection Form (waiver). At orientation you will also sign up for service shifts for the semester (shifts are 2 hours long, 2:30pm-4:30pm, Monday-Friday).
  5. Turn in your signed, completed Chaminade S-L Connection Form to the S-L office and receive a time sheet.
  6. Attend the weekly shift to which you were assigned. Complete your minimum of 12 hours.
  7. Work with your supervisor to complete the time sheet and evaluation form; please turn this in to the S-L office by the due date on the form.

WHERE: Report to the second floor of the main housing office on Ahe Street (the 'Ohana Learning Center) for training. Transportation available to/from training please contact our office at least one week before your arranged training date.

STUDENTS PLEASE NOTE:

  • GETTING THERE: View directions from Chaminade to the Learning Center here. If you need transportation, please contact the S-L office three days prior to the training session you plan on attending.
  • After registering for service-learning online, follow these instructions. If you have additional questions, contact the S-L office.
  • For those who are given approval to participate in the Thursday evening Pālolo 'Ohana Program (POP), you should attend one of these training sessions in addition to meeting with the program directors.
    If you have additional questions, contact the S-L office.

Kaimuki High School

Students please note: 12 hours of service is the minimum per semester.

Tutor students in-class or after-school in correspondence with their school schedule.

To see if you qualify, contact the S-L Office by DATE (TBD) with your full legal name, date of birth, availability for each weekday, relevant service-learning course/s, and let us know what in subjects areas you feel most confident tutoring.

Palolo Youth Athletics Club

Help kids with homework and tutor them in reading/math.
There are one or two hour shifts available on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3pm-5pm.

Training is arranged on an individual basis.
You must get started by FEBRUARY 7, 2012.
Call or email Mrs. Erica Uahinui (808) 306-7880 or PYAC808@gmail.com.


No Mo' Haus'- Homeless Programs:

IHS Homework Club

Students please note: 12 hours of service is the minimum per semester.

Training takes place before your first hours of service begin. Thereafter, your site coordinator will give you instruction for each day's activities, and she will also debrief with you at the end of each shift.

Trainings & service shifts will be between 2:30-5:00 on weekdays (Monday-Friday). 

Scheduling is done on an individual basis; contact Angela, Children's Program coordinator, to begin: angelad@ihs-hawaii.org, 447-2821
After registering for service-learning online, attend training/service with your Connection/Waiver form. Complete & return this to the S-L office & pick up your timesheet.

Next Step Homeless Shelter /Kaka'ako

For the keiki tutoring program, 20 hours of service is the minimum commitment per semester.

For planning/orchestrating special projects at Next Step, please email Mr. Willy Kauai at csssl@hawaii.edu and express your interest and ideas. After receiving approval, you must attend a Next Step Orientation, at which you can explore the possibilities or solidify the details with site supervisor, Mr. Kapua Tani.

ORIENTATIONS (PLEASE PICK ONE)

  • Friday, Jan. 27, at 4:00 pm
  • Monday, Jan. 30, at 4:45 pm
  • Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 4:45 pm
  • Sunday, Feb. 12, at 4:45 pm
  • Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 8:30 am
  • Saturday, Feb. 18, at 10:00 am
  • Monday, Feb. 27, at 4:45 pm
  • Monday, March 5, at 4:45 pm

INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING A VOLUNTEER COMMITMENT:

  • For any questions please CONTACT the S-L OFFICE.
  • After registering for service-learning online, contact Mr. Willy Kauai at csssl@hawaii.edu with your interest.
    Share your name, school (CUH), course and instructor's name, your availability for volunteering, and
    the pre-scheduled orientation which you will be attending.
    Once you're cleared to work at Next Step by Mr. Kauai, he will give you the contact information
    for your site coordinator, Mr. Kapua Tani, and his assistant Nadine.
  • Attend orientation. For directions, see our "Projects" page. Bring your Chaminade S-L Connection/Waiver form (printed upon registering online).
    Complete & return this to the S-L office .
    Don't forget to pick up a timesheet to log your hours!

American Cancer Society's Outreach Volunteer Training

Whenever the ACS has requests from the community, they schedule events & send out a call for volunteers. As a trained volunteer, you can respond to these calls and provide education about cancer & about ACS' services for cancer survivors.

WHEN: TBD . Contact Christine Hinds - christine.hinds@cancer.org or Beau Barker - beau.barker@cancer.org

WHERE: Training is held at the Nu`uanu office (2370 Nu`uanu Ave.)


S.H.I.N.E.

Tutor elder immigrants in practical English and citizenship.

MANDATORY tutor orientation

WHEN: February 4th (Saturday)
TIME: 1:00 pm
WHERE: Henry Hall room 121 (click for map)

After registering for service-learning online, attend orientation with your Connection/Waiver form and ALL other required materials.

If you are unable to attend, contact Candice Sakuda by 2:00 P.M. on FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, or you may not be able to participate.

SHINE schedule


Mālama i nā Ahupua’a (MINA)

Environmental Project - mālama the ‘aina. Learn about traditional Hawaiian use of land and water and understand why this knowledge is important today.
Click to view a printable MINA flyer.

This is a mandatory orientation. However, if you attended the special in-class orientation for MINA, you do not have to attend this orientation.

WHEN: Friday, January 20 from 2pm-4pm in 'Iliahi 104 (KCC) OR Friday, January 27 from 2pm-4pm in Kyukendall Hall 101 (UHM).
Please contact Ulla Hasager for more information (956-4218 or ulla@hawaii.edu)

ON-SITE REFLECTION SESSION: TBD. Location TBA.


I-REC

Inclusive Recreation: students make handicrafts, watch movies, bake cookies, etc. with youth with disabilities.

To get started, register for S-L online and take your printed waiver form to your first I-Rec activity as a volunteer.
For questions/concerns, contact the S-L office.

Click to view the I-REC calendar


Course-Specific Projects:

Nursing Papakole`a Project

Pick any time option (either 8:30am-10:20am OR 1:30pm-3:20pm), but you MUST go to session 1, 2 and 3:

Session 1: Thursday, Feb. 2 (8:30am-10:20am OR 1:30pm-3:20pm)
Session 2: Thursday, Feb. 9 (8:30am-10:20am OR 1:30pm-3:20pm)
Session 3: Thursday, Feb. 16 (8:30am-10:20am OR 1:30pm-3:20pm)

All sessions will take place in Henry 109.

FAFSA Project

CUH Accounting and Marketing students work together to help high school students and their parents file the FAFSA forms.
For specific dates, click here. For more information on the project, click the link above.

Income Tax Preparation

For students in specified accounting or business classes (AC306).

Attend ONE of the following sessions (both dates required) :

Session 1: January 7 and January 14
Session 2: January 21 and January 28

For more information, contact Professor Wayne Tanna.

Main project takes place in Spring semester.
Support positions may be available in Fall.
Contact us for more information.

Palolo Stock Market Project

Students must complete a pretest by January 27, 2012. 
See your syllabus for more information.

Please attend orientation and training:

Orientation

WHEN/TIME/WHERE: Monday, January 23 from 3:30pm – 4:30pm

Training

WHEN/TIME/WHERE: Wednesday, January 25 from 3:30pm – 4:30pm
*Please attend orientation for more details

Contact Professor Wayne Tanna for more information (739-4606).

 

Field Surveying Project

For students in specified social science or environmental classes.


Service Pays in More than One Way!

Students in Service

If you're doing Service-learning, community service, an internship, or student teaching, you may qualify for $$$$ towards your tuition!

Want to find out if you're eligible? Click here.

If you are eligible make sure to bring all required forms to the orienation session that you attend.

Attend an orientation session: