Check out the latest video from the Yale Alumni Service Corps, this one highlighting its work in India:
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Saturday, November 15, 2014
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Yale Day of Service
President Bush is also a supporter of the Yale Day of Service. "Yalies are citizens, not spectators." Are you participating on May 10?
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Yale Alumni Service Corps article from Yale Daily News
Interesting article about the Alumni Service Corps. Quotes from Yalies of the 80's including Tim Harkness are included:
Yale alumni service expands
Based on the success of its first domestic service trip last year to West Virginia to help high school students from underserved areas in their college search, Yale Alumni Service Corps (YASC) is now in the process of expanding its program in the United States.
YASC — which started as a service opportunity for alumni, families and friends in 2008 — has organized mission trips to international locations including Nicaragua, Ghana, China, Mexico and the Dominican Republic. Alumni and student volunteers engage in projects such as teaching local women about domestic violence and self-defense and bringing medical equipment to treat cervical cancer and kidney failure. The service trips not only allow alumni and undergraduates to develop relationships with each country’s local population, but also with one another. Professions of alumni volunteers include movie producers, judges, educators and business experts. Now, YASC is turning its eye toward programs within America.
Last year, YASC collaborated with College Summit, an organization founded by Yale-Jefferson Public Service Award winner J.B. Schramm ’86 that works with high school students from underserved areas to mentor them in their college search and application process. The trip sold out within 24 hours of opening registration.
“We hadn’t been able to find a good ground partner in the U.S. until we partnered with College Summit. It was an extremely popular and successful trip, and we are expanding this year to go back to West Virginia and add California and potentially New Haven for 2014,” said Constance Spencer, chair of YASC and the producer and leader of several YASC programs.
AYA Yale Day of Service Volunteer Forum
Check out this Yale Day of Service Volunteer forum. Neat substantively. Also, I love the format!
Yale Day of Service
| May 10, 2014 yaledayofservice.org |
For the sixth year, thousands of members of the Yale community around the world will be coming together this spring to give back where they live through the Yale Day of Service. On May 10th, there will be hundreds of opportunities to join other alumni and families and friends to
…and to participate in many other projects that make our communities better because Yale alumni live there.
Learn about many of these great programs and find out how you can get involved at our new website at yaledayofservice.org. Check out the photos, videos and more!
So mark your calendar for the Yale Day of Service on May 10th…though you can also participate in Day of Service projects that will be scheduled for many other dates this spring.
Interested in organizing a site in your area? The Organizer’s Toolbox on the website provides “how to” information and a link to the online form you can complete to have your site included in the online registration database. The deadline for submitting sites is February 24th.
We invite you to join with alumni from the classes of the 1940’s to 2000’s, from all schools and programs, current students, faculty, staff and Yale family members in your community as we come together to celebrate one of Yale’s most enduring values in leading the way to better communities by sharing our time and talent in giving back.
Registration for 2014 sites will open in early March…watch your email for the announcement!
Questions? Contact Alisa Masterson at alisa.masterson@yale.edu
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Sunday, October 20, 2013
Yale Alumni Service Corps -- These Trips Are Amazing
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Saturday, September 21, 2013
Mining for Potential in West Virginia | Constance Spencer
Check out this blog post by Connie Spencer about the Yale Alumni Service Corps trip to West Virginia:
I watched with compassion as a girl dropped her head to hide tears spilling down her face after reading her 10-minute writing exercise to other high school students, and the Yale Alumni Service Corps volunteers who had come to West Virginia to coach them on college applications. The girl's story was a description of anguish and love between a child and her alcoholic mother -- a mother who did not want her child to go to college and leave her behind. The next student nervously read her story which featured the most influential person in her life, her grandmother, a woman who had been a shut-in for 20 years. Another student wrote of a beloved uncle who died young of a drug overdose, leaving behind confusion and grief. These stories represented some of the obstacles that the students in Western Appalachia face when considering their futures, and our task was to help them overcome these roadblocks in order to understand their value and extraordinary potential -- in only four days!
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Yale Day of Service Map -- Find a Service Project near you!
Yale Day of Service is in One Week.
Check out the Map of Service Sites here:
View Yale Day of Service 2013 in a larger map
Check out the Map of Service Sites here:
View Yale Day of Service 2013 in a larger map
Saturday, May 11th, 2013: You are invited to join other Yale alumni and their families and friends to give one day to make a difference in your community.
Feed the hungry...tutor children...restore a park...read to the blind...build a Habitat home...and so much more.
What do YOU want to do?
Last year, over 3,500 Yale alumni and friends came together to work side-by-side in service all over the world. At more than 245 sites in 42 states and 20 countries, members of the Yale community embodied the University's great tradition of service in giving back. Local communities were changed by the Yale alumni who live and work there.
The tradition of service is rooted in Yale’s past… but perhaps it is more relevant today than ever. There are few traditions as important to Yale alumni as service to others. We know you want to give back, not only to Yale, but also to your community.
So take a look at the many service sites available on this website and register for the one that is of greatest interest to you.And, if there is not a site in your area, or if you have an idea for another site, go to the Toolbox page or contact the Regional Director for your area to see how you can make one happen.
We hope you will be a part of this important and meaningful program. Join other members of the Yale community who come together to celebrate the many ways that Yale alumni give back!
Thursday, April 25, 2013
A Huffington Post Piece About the Yale Alumni Service Corps
From the Huffington Post:
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Statistics say that the baby boomers make up about 76 million people in the U.S. These statistics also indicate that boomers are not satisfied with many aspects of what is happening in this country and I can agree with that. They worry about the GDP, Medicare, Social Security and individually having too much debt without a high enough quality of life. I can relate to that as well, but more pressing to me is the core issue of what to do with our lives after our children leave home and/or we retire.
Over the next few decades there will be a lot of people out there trying to find fulfillment and satisfaction in this phase of their lives and I will be one of them. I am in the middle of the boomers age range of 49 to 67 and I have contemplated these issues as I watch friends flounder with their extra time, lack of direction and need to feel useful. But I have found a solution that may inspire others and help this country as well, and I stumbled upon it through my alma mater.
I am not the kind of person to go to class reunions or even give a school my current address for fear that they will hound me for money, but after moving to a sleepy town in South Carolina from the vibrant city of Toronto, I was looking for some intellectual stimulation. So after 25 years of silence, I gave my email address to Yale, where I had done my Master's in Architecture, in order to see what alumni opportunities they offered, and it altered my life.
My first email from the AYA was an invitation to join the newly formed Yale Alumni Service Corps (YASC) for a program near the western border of the Dominican Republic to help build houses, teach children and set up a medical clinic for an impoverished village. The local people would be inviting us into their homes and they would work beside us to improve their community. This was exactly what I was looking for!
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Yale Day of Service -- May 11
Saturday, May 11th, 2013: You are invited to join other Yale alumni and their families and friends to give one day to make a difference in your community.
Feed the hungry...tutor children...restore a park...read to the blind...build a Habitat home...and so much more.
What do YOU want to do?
Last year, over 3,500 Yale alumni and friends came together to work side-by-side in service all over the world. At more than 245 sites in 42 states and 20 countries, members of the Yale community embodied the University's great tradition of service in giving back. Local communities were changed by the Yale alumni who live and work there.
The tradition of service is rooted in Yale’s past… but perhaps it is more relevant today than ever. There are few traditions as important to Yale alumni as service to others. We know you want to give back, not only to Yale, but also to your community.
So take a look at the many service sites available on this website and register for the one that is of greatest interest to you.And, if there is not a site in your area, or if you have an idea for another site, go to the Toolbox page or contact the Regional Director for your area to see how you can make one happen.
We hope you will be a part of this important and meaningful program. Join other members of the Yale community who come together to celebrate the many ways that Yale alumni give back!
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Yale Alumni Service Corps Trip to Nicaragua
It is hard to summarize just how transformative the YASC trip to Nicaragua was for our son and me. I have tried to capture the experience in a video. Check it out below -- and please do think about coming on a future Yale Alumni Service Corps trip. They are wonderful experiences.
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Yale Alumni Service Corps Trip to Nicaragua
Just got back from the Yale Alumni Service Corps trip to Nicaragua. I am pleased to report that the Class of 1987 was represented by two classmates -- Andrew Burgie and me. It was quite an experience.About 70 volunteers which included Yale alumni, friends, and current Yale students and faculty, heading to a small village called El Trohilo to work on a variety of projects. Sponsored by the Yale Alumni Service Corps, the Yale Nursing School and our Nicaraguan partner, CEPAD, the trip had a number of projects. A group of health care professionals ran a clinic that saw over 400 patients. Andrew worked on a construction team that refurbished a community center. A team of business consultants helped local entrepreneurs. My son, Tyler, and I worked on the education team teaching piano.
I will share a bit more about our trip, sort of day by day (with a time delay), as I did when we went to the YASC trip to the Dominican Republic.
If you read nothing else, please know that these trips are life changing -- for the people we serve and those who go on the trips. Please consider going on one.
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Yale Alumni Service Corps 2013 Trip to Ghana
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
YASC West Virginia Trip
This is a great way for the Class of 1987 to do something together!
Yale Alumni Service Corps
Coal transport train and river used for coal transport barges & power
Yale Alumni Service Corps
Announces the
2013 First Domestic Service Trip to West Virginia
June 26th-June 30th, 2013
INSPIRE/EDUCATE/MOTIVATE
We are extremely excited to announce the first Yale Alumni Service Corps domestic service trip to West Virginia!!! On June 26th-June 30th, we will be traveling to Huntington & Montgomery, WV to work at Marshall University and West Virginia University Institute of Technology providing college counseling and writing coaching for high achieving low-income local students. These students live in an area that was formerly a strong mining community but has been depleted of jobs and opportunities for many years. Most of the students will be the first generation in their families to consider college so we need to help them have an unforgettable experience next summer and assist them to achieve their greatest potential for the future!!
College Summit sessions with volunteer coaches and studentsYASC will partner with College Summit, an organization founded by Yale alumni J.B. Schramm '86, which has established relationships with local schools in underserved areas of the Unites States to provide coaching and mentoring for students with the goal of increased enrollment rates at institutions of higher education. College Summit has been established in West Virginia since 2001 when they did their first test pilot program and since then they have touched the lives of over eight thousand students from twenty seven high schools. While working in a college setting, College Summit provides both college counseling and coaching in writing college essays along with activities in workshops that fosters student-leaders.
College Summit sessions with volunteer coaches and studentsYASC will partner with College Summit, an organization founded by Yale alumni J.B. Schramm '86, which has established relationships with local schools in underserved areas of the Unites States to provide coaching and mentoring for students with the goal of increased enrollment rates at institutions of higher education. College Summit has been established in West Virginia since 2001 when they did their first test pilot program and since then they have touched the lives of over eight thousand students from twenty seven high schools. While working in a college setting, College Summit provides both college counseling and coaching in writing college essays along with activities in workshops that fosters student-leaders.
Coal transport train and river used for coal transport barges & power
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Sunday, November 18, 2012
Yale Alumni Service Corps' Tannis Arnett Interviews Darcy Troy Pollock
What were your expectations for the partnership between ONE and YASC in Ghana?
Our hope was that by bringing ONE representatives on the trip with us, we could tap into the engagement our volunteers felt while in Ghana and encourage them to bring that passion home in way that could continue to have impact, specifically via advocacy. It is great when you are there, on the ground, and can actively help… but how do you continue to help when you get home? That’s where ONE comes in. The ONE Campaign is an advocacy network. They are not a fundraising organization; they are a “voice raising” organization. ONE sent four staffers on the trip with us: the U.S. Field Director, a regional Field Director, a policy expert and a trip logistics specialist. The idea was that they would (1) take us on local site visits so that we could see for ourselves programs that are having an impact on the ground, and (2) teach us about advocacy – what it means to advocate and how one does that. Our hope was that our volunteers would choose to continue their service by becoming members of ONE and advocating on behalf of the programs we saw on the ground -- programs that are changing people’s lives.
What were the highlights – what was your favourite activity/project?
As soon as I start to say one site visit or another was a highlight, I change my mind… they were all amazing! Perhaps most moving was meeting the cocoa farmers who are being advised by an NGO called Technoserv. Technoserv has helped them to navigate complex trade laws and certification requirements (like “Fair Trade” and “organic”), as well as provided them with much needed advice on fertilizers, pesticides and farming best practices. We saw one farm that was being helped by Technoserv, and it was so clean and prosperous. The farm across the road was not so lucky… they were not being aided by Technoserv, and it looked like a wild jungle. But the real difference? The farmers with Technoserv are making enough money to send their children to school… a first!
Was there a moment of illumination on the trip? Is there one big insight you gained from your experience?
When we went to see a couple of the local fishing villages, it became apparent to me for the first time just how very complex the issues are that are facing these communities. This one village we visited had had six homes washed into the sea last year due to coastal erosion. And their fish stocks are being devastated by pollution and overfishing. You can’t just “solve” problems like these. It will truly take a global village to figure this out. That’s why we all need to be aware of how important U.S. funding is to programs like the Coastal Resources Center, which we saw doing phenomenal work in this village. That’s why we all need to be advocates!How would you define sustainability?
Work that has a lasting impact.
How can this partnership be strengthened next year? What do you hope to achieve?
We hope that ONE will choose to join us again for our YASC trip to Ghana next summer… and that we can take even more people on these incredible site visits that they organize! There is no question in my mind… once you have seen these programs with your own eyes, you can’t help but work on their behalf. It is that powerful. My goal for next year? To encourage all our volunteers to become story tellers… to bear witness to the incredible work these programs do and in that way to advocate on their behalf!
Darcy Troy Pollack A graduate of both Yale College and Harvard Business School, Darcy's career has spanned the investment banking and entertainment worlds at companies such as Goldman, Sachs & Co. Real Estate, Warner Brothers, United Talent Agency and Sony Retail Entertainment. Today Darcy focuses on entrepreneurial and philanthropic ventures, including Bono’s ONE organization, and is an active volunteer with Yale, where she is currently serving in her second year as a member of the Association of Yale Alumni (AYA) Board of Governors and is Chair of the new “shared interest group” Yale Blue Green.
Tannis Arnett A graduate of Yale’s Master of Religion in the Arts program, Tannis has worked as a Marketing and Communications professional at TVO, Ontario’s public broadcaster, for over ten years. The trip to Ghana was her fourth service tour with YASC. She is currently the Chair of YASC’s Communications Committee.
Tannis Arnett A graduate of Yale’s Master of Religion in the Arts program, Tannis has worked as a Marketing and Communications professional at TVO, Ontario’s public broadcaster, for over ten years. The trip to Ghana was her fourth service tour with YASC. She is currently the Chair of YASC’s Communications Committee.
Monday, November 12, 2012
Annual alumni association assembly focuses on service
November 5, 2012
Delegates gather in Commons at a previous AYA Assembly. (Photo by Michael Marsland)
Hundreds of Yale alumni leaders will gather in New Haven Nov. 8–10 for the Association of Yale Alumni Assembly LXXII.
“The University is delighted to be welcoming back over 400 dedicated volunteers and assembly guests,” says Vice President Linda K. Lorimer ’77 J.D. “These individuals do so much to contribute to Yale and to the vibrancy of programs and initiatives by and for our graduates.”
The assembly is the main annual gathering of the alumni association. Delegates represent Yale College classes, the graduate and professional schools, alumni shared-interest groups, and the local alumni clubs in many American cities, regions, and states, as well as countries overseas.
Beyond focusing on organizational business, each assembly highlights an important facet of the University and alumni life. This year, the theme is “Answering the call to service: alumni volunteers in the global community.” The program will feature speakers who discuss why alumni community service is important to Yale and who will showcase the service-enabling programs now supported by the AYA, most of which did not exist five years ago.
The call to community service by alumni, in their home communities and globally, has been a priority for the AYA, and its first-ever strategic plan, titled “Ambassadors for Yale,” was adopted in 2007 after listening sessions with alumni across the world.
“Alumni are increasingly coming together for service to their home communities,” said Mark Dollhopf ’77, executive director of the AYA. “They are being called upon to not only give dollars to their alma mater, but to give of themselves in volunteer service.”
During the assembly, six alumni will also be honored for their service to Yale with the awarding of the Yale Medal, the highest award presented by the AYA, which is conferred solely to recognize and honor outstanding individual service to the University. Since its inception, the Yale Medal has been presented to 287 individuals. This year’s recipients are Edward J. Greenberg '59, Richard J. Franke '53, Ellen Gibson McGinnis '82, Nancy A. Stratford '77, Robert E. Steele '71 M.P.H., '75 Ph.D., and David Swensen '80 Ph.D. Readers can learn more about the honorees in this YaleNews story.
The inaugural Yale-Jefferson Award for Public Service will also be presented during the assembly. The first recipient of the to J.B. Schramm ’86, founder of College Summit, a program that identifies college-capable students in low-income areas and prepares them for the college admissions process. See the related YaleNews story.YaleNews | Annual alumni association assembly focuses on service
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Next Yale Day of Service -- May 11, 2013
Hundreds of Yale alumni leaders are in New Haven this week for the Association of Yale Alumni Assembly, the main annual gathering of the alumni association. This year's theme is “Answering the call to service: alumni volunteers in the global community.” More info: http://bit.ly/XeiEEw
Mark your calendars for the next Yale Day of Service, May 11, 2013. http://bit.ly/KGBYmZ
Mark your calendars for the next Yale Day of Service, May 11, 2013. http://bit.ly/KGBYmZ
YASC Trip to Nicaragua -- There is Still Space!
The Yale Alumni Service Corps has its next trip to to León, Nicaragua on March 16 - 23, 2013.
Join us as we inspire change and help a Central American community in need!!!
Have you ever wanted to travel with a purpose and really get to know locals? Would you like to be part of a volunteer team that makes a difference in the lives of others? You can! This March, the Yale Alumni Service Corps, in partnership with the Yale School of Nursing, will connect a group of alumni, students, and friends of Yale with the community of Trohilo in León, Nicaragua. In this small marginal community, surrounded by sugar cane fields, our medical team will address acute care needs, conduct comprehensive visits for women and children, counsel for mental health & domestic violence, as well as promote health education. We also hope to make connections with children and leave lasting benefits by using our talents and energy to teach arts, computers, English, math and sports. Our construction team will work to build important amenities for the community including a library, school tables and goal posts as well as potentially renovating public buildings. No matter what your background or skill sets, if you have a passion for people and service, we have a need for you.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Yale Alumni Service Corps 2013 Trips -- Sign Up Now!
In the event you cannot join us in Nicaragua in March, YASC also has two more great programs coming up for summer 2013 – our first domestic service trip to West Virginia and our return to Yamoransa, Ghana!
West Virginia – June 26-30, 2013We are very excited to announce our first domestic service program in rural West Virginia. In partnership with the innovative program College Summit – founded by Yale alum J.B. Schramm ’86 – we will spend 4 days preparing high school students for college by tutoring them in essay writing, reviewing the college application process, and coaching them in leadership skills. We will live with the students – for many their first time away from home and from families who have never had the opportunity to attend college ‑ in dorms on the campuses of Marshall University in Huntington and West Virginia Institute of Technology in Montgomery. The approximate cost is $500 exclusive of your transportation to/from Charleston, West Virginia. The trip will be limited to 40 volunteers. More information will be announced shortly at http://www.yaleservicetours.org/currtour/wva13 Yamoransa, Ghana – August 1-10, 2013 (To be confirmed) We did it! Last summer more than 150 alumni and their family and friends participated in a life changing – their lives and ours – service project in Yamoransa, Ghana, and the village wants us back! We invite you to serve this community and experience Ghanaian culture with your family and friends in a truly unique and inspiring manner. The approximate cost is $2,250 exclusive of airfare to/from Accra, Ghana. More information will be announced shortly at http://www.yaleservicetours.org/currtour/ghana13 Watch for further information and registration announcements over the next few months athttp://yaleservicetours.org/!!
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