Veteran's Week ~ November 5th - 9th
Next week, there will be several events held on the SMCC South Portland campus, commemorating Veteran's Week.
November 5th
7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. – Veteran Center Outreach Van will be located behind the Student Campus Center. Eric Esty, an Out Reach Specialist, will be available to assist Veterans with questions.
9:00
a.m. - In front of the Student Campus Center Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Club will present a POW/MIA Flag to SMCC.
The flag will be received by Veterans from WW2, Korean War, Vietnam War
Iraq/Afghanistan War and Local Fire, Police and EMT’s followed by a flag
raising ceremony.
3:00 p.m. in
Jewett Hall Auditorium - Presentation from a representative from The Law Office of Joe
Bornstien on “What Every Veteran Needs to Know About Social Security Disability”
followed by a Q & A session.
November 7th
9:00
a.m. to 3:00 p.m. – Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6859 will be in the lobby
of the Campus Center.
November 8th
10:00
a.m. at the Health Science Center Room 216– Chris Tyll, a Former Navy Seal
and Owner of Pat’s Pizza, will provide information on the Portland Veterans
Network and how this program assist unemployed Veterans find employment.
November 9th
3:00 p.m. -
Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Club returns to lower and retrieve the POW/MIA Flag.
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American Diabetes Association ~ Community Walk
Midcoast Campus students - are looking for a volunteer opportunity? The 2012 Wiscasset Maine Area Community Walk is looking for volunteers for the November 24th event. It's scheduled 1:00 - 4:00pm, startign from the Wiscasset High School.
Chances are, you may know someone with Diabetes or know how important it is to stop this disease. The group is looking for walkers, volunteers and donors. If you can't make it to the walk, you can still support the event by donating directly to their event.
Visit the website for more information:
Together we can Stop Diabetes!
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Blood Drive ~ Give the Gift of Life
Did you know....?
1. One pint of blood can save up to three lives?*
2. 4.5 million Americans will need a blood transfusion each year.*
3. Only 37% of the U.S. population is eligible to donate blood ~ less than 10% do annually.*
*americasblood.org
Hurricane Sandy has affected blood collections in the Northeast, forcing the cancellation of more than 240 American Red Cross blood drives ~ a shortfall of at least 8,000 donations thus far. Those numbers are certain to rise over the next several days as blood drives are postponed due to power outages and flooding.
The American Red Cross donation bus is returning to the South Portland campus on Tuesday, November 13th, 10:00am - 4:00pm.
To make an appointment, please call the American Red Cross @ 1-800-RED CROSS.
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Student Leader Profile
Each edition of the CeSIL Report will feature a profile of one of SMCC's amazing student leaders. Recently CeSIL Staff Assistant Dawn Smith caught up with Barbara Brown to ask her our student leader spotlight questions.
Name: Barbara Brown
Major: Dietetic Technology
Hometown: Boothbay Harbor
What are you involved in on campus?
I am the founder and president of the Dietetic Technology Support and Study Group. I travel a long distance, so this is my primary extracurricular activity. The group is just barely a month old with 26 members.
Why did you get involved?
I just wanted to give my major a voice on campus. Dietetic Technology is all about food and who doesn’t eat? Food is everywhere. It’s available in snacks at athletic games to the juice that you get when you donate blood. It’s all about choices. We’d like help students make healthier choices. Our first project is volunteering as elves on The Polar Express. We’ll be handing out “healthy” cocoa.
What are your long-term goals and how do you think your involvement helps this?
After finishing my DTR here, I would like to get into a retirement community to put my new nutrition knowledge to work as a Food Service Director. Also, I’d love to continue to offer catering. I also like the college environment so would continue to work with students. Organizing the club has really helped me to be able to focus and define my goals and hopefully see them into fruition. I’d like the Dietetic Technology club to continue beyond me so that they’re active beyond my participation. I’d like to the club to be a source for other students on campus – if they’re planning an event, they’d look to the club for help making choices, planning food, whatever they need.
Who is the person that inspires you and why?
Julia Childs inspired me. She had the ability to seek out people that she needed in her lift to reach her own goals. At the same time, she helped them reach their goals. I’d like to be that “Julia Childs” for somebody else.
