Past Features

December 15, 2008 (Vol. 8, No. 9)

Season of Giving

Gift

The Office of Community Service and Service Learning has organized several donation drives to help those less fortunate this holiday season. If you’re looking for ways to give back, consider the following:

New York Cares Coat Drive
Donate coats for women, men, and children.
Drop off at Shuster Hall, Room 136
Through Jan. 05
For more information, contact Robin Gardner Jones at 718-960-8545 or 8546.

New York Cares Winter Wishes
1,469 of the children and families who wrote letters this year still need volunteers to purchase gifts. Please take a letter and share your goodwill with a New Yorker in need.
Visit www.nycares.org

POTS Bronx
Donate scarves, gloves, hats, candy canes, and wrapping paper to our local homeless shelter.
Drop off at Shuster Hall, Room 254
Through Dec. 17
For more information, call 718-960-8695.

Darfur Relief
Donate a gift of $30 this holiday season by purchasing a solar cooker for a woman in Darfur. This purchase can protect women from the danger of leaving their community to search for cooking materials.
For more information, contact student.conference@lehman.cuny.edu

For more information on these or other events, contact the Office of Community Service/Service-Learning and New Student Programs in Shuster Hall, Room 254, via email to amanda.dubois@lehman.cuny.edu, or by telephone at 718-960-8695.