GPPH Volunteer Week: Winter 2017: December 4-18: Activities and Contest Information
Opportunity Type: Public Health Opportunities, Service OpportunitiesLocation: Multiple
Salary: N/A
Opening Date: October 24, 2017
Closing Date: December 22, 2017
Contact Email: owlmarketing@une.edu
Volunteer Week Winter Edition 2017
December 4th – 18th
The Graduate Programs in Public Health (GPPH) at the University of New England are committed to improving the health and wellbeing of communities through education, research, and service using a scholar-practitioner model.
We encourage and facilitate meaningful community service activities with a public health focus by students and faculty and we maintain a cadre of competent public health professionals with the mindset of activism who collaborate to improve the wellbeing of their local and global communities.
Because of this, the GPPH team is thrilled to announce the first edition of our “Volunteer Week” series, where we will dedicate and focus on giving back, in an effort to inspire and encourage our students and community to do the same.
The GPPH Team will be volunteering at Partners for World Health in Portland, Maine. Partners for World Health’s mission is to collect unused medical supplies from local medical facilities and distribute them to countries in need, effectively limiting the negative impact on our environment; to send local medical personnel on medical missions to developing countries; to educate our local community about global health issues. To learn more about Partners for World Health you can visit their website at https://www.partnersforworldhealth.org/
Volunteer Week Contest:
As an added bonus, the GPPH team will provide a free textbook (your choice, up to $100), to three students with the best photo submissions of their volunteer week activity. The GPPH Volunteer Week Committee will review all photo submissions, and notify the winners by Friday, December 22nd.
How do I participate?
Select and participate in a volunteer activity of your choosing in your community between December 4th – 18th, and share a photo that showcases your volunteer week experience with us by December 18th!
There are two ways you can share or post your photo(s):
- Email your photo directly to us at: owlmarketing@une.edu
We’ll then post on our social media on your behalf, with the appropriate hashtags. - Post directly to your social media (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter) and use the following hashtags:
#uneonlinegivesback
#whereivolunteer
#wheredoyouvolunteer
#howigiveback
#howdoyougiveback
Whichever way you choose to share, be sure to track the #uneonlinegivesback hashtag so you can see what your fellow GPPH classmates are posting, and what their volunteer week experience is like.
You can also check out our #uneonlinegivesback Facebook album, which will be kept up to date with all photo submissions.
As always, please reach out to us with any questions. We look forward to seeing your volunteer week experiences.
Best,
The GPPH Team
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Gandhi