Time and Talents
Editor’s Note: The Beeper offers this monthly column for the MCG community to list places to share time and talents with other. Listings here should be off-campus, non-profit volunteer activities. Submit notices for this column to Beeper Editor Ellen Gladden Jones at ejones@mcg.edu or fax ext. 1-6397. These activities also are available on the MyMCG Web portal at https://my.mcg.edu.
Relay for Life
The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life “2006 Mission Possible”
will be held May 5-6 at the Family Y on Wheeler Road. Volunteers are needed
in numerous capacities to make the event a success. For more information,
contact Andy Anderson at ext. 1-2217 or Tricia Miller at 706-731-9900.
Sertoma Valentine dance
The MCG Sertoma Club will host a Valentine Dance Friday, Feb. 10, at 8 p.m.
at Julian Smith Casino with music by the Fantastic Shakers and dance
instruction from the Augusta Shag Club. The cost is $10 per person or $5 for
MCG students with identification. Proceeds benefit MCG Speech and Hearing,
Girls Inc., Camp Juliana, Make A Wish Foundation and other MCG charitable
organizations. Advance tickets are on sale at Health Center Credit Union
locations on Harper Street and on the second floor of Annex II. For more
information, call MCG Sertoma Club President Valarie Chapman at ext. 1-2481
or MCG Public Safety Chief Bill McBride, dance coordinator, at ext. 1-2914.
Friends of foster children
Georgia Safe, a non-profit therapeutic foster care agency, is collecting
suitcases, duffel bags and storage containers to be given to foster children
moving from home to home. Luggage can be dropped off at the Georgia Safe
Office, 4424 Columbia Road, Suite B, Martinez, or call 706-210-3435 to
schedule a pick up. A general interest meeting on parenting therapeutic
foster children will be held at Georgia Safe Feb. 4 from 10 a.m. to noon.
For more information, contact Trina Hawes at 706-210-3435.
Lend a hand in an emergency
The Georgia 4 Disaster Medical Assistance Team is looking for all types
of health care workers as well as non-medical support staff to volunteer
emergency assistance during national disasters. Time commitments vary and
all amounts of participation are accepted. For more information, contact
Beth NeSmith at ext.1-3153 or Jane Williams at ext. 1-4951.
MCG Arts Council seeks performers
Performing artists – solo, group, instrumental, vocal and dance – from
the MCG community are needed for the MCG Arts Council’s Noon Arts Conference
Series. To share your talents during these free midday concerts, contact Dr.
Kathleen McKie at
kmckie@mcg.edu or call ext. 1-0175.
Sing about it
MCG faculty, staff and students with vocal talent are needed for the MCG
chorus. All are welcome to join rehearsals Mondays at 5:30 p.m. in the Large
Auditorium. For more information, contact Dr. Carol Lapp at
clapp@mcg.edu.
Blood donors needed
The MCG Blood Donor Room is seeking donations of all types. All blood
drawn at the MCG Blood Donor Room is used for MCG patients. To donate, call
ext. 1-3694, or stop by the Blood Donor Room on the first floor of the
Sydenstricker Building, room 1200.
Hispanic clinic seeks staff
Physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, social workers,
residents and medical students are needed to assist at the St. Vincent de
Paul Clinic at the Salvation Army on Greene Street on the third Wednesday of
each month. Health care workers fluent in Spanish are especially valuable
for this clinic designed for the Hispanic community. For more information or
to volunteer, contact Nancy Kappus Schear at 706-860-1066 or 706-832-0173.
Habitat helpers needed
The MCG chapter of Habitat for Humanity seeks student, employee and
faculty volunteers interested in providing affordable housing for area
families. For more information, contact Dr. Lee Carter, associate professor
in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, at
lcarter@mcg.edu or ext. 1-0362.