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LINKS:
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New Semester, New Blog Host!
Hey there MAD Clubbers! We've been having some problems with getting our posts up on our blog and out to your inboxes lately, so with the new semester approaching, we've decided to move on to a new blogging platform to host our news blog.
All new blog posts will still be delivered via email, so don't worry about changes with that. Our site just looks a lot spiffier and has lots of cool new organizational features (You can even subscribe to our new blog via a RSS feed easily now by clicking on the button on the side of the page!) now.
Thank you all for a great semester of volunteering and making a difference in our community! We managed to help out at many more events with many more local and national organizations than we've ever done before this semester as a result of all you wonderful members' dedication to community service.
Give yourselves a big pat on the back and get ready for another great semester full of fun volunteering opportunities!
Hey MAD Clubbers, some changes have taken place since I sent the location assignments out last night, so I've included a revised version of the list in tonight's post. All changes are in bold - most of the assignments have remained unchanged, but please double check to make sure everything is correct and contact me ASAP with any new corrections.
FISHERMAN'S WHARF AREA Hyde Street Pier Viktoriya Figlina 0905 Danna Hong 0913 Judy Cheng 0906 Margaret Tsai 0918
USS Pampanito Tiffany Au Christine Le 0809 Anissa Chen 0804 Cynthia Lee 0813
SS Jerimiah O'Brien Jan Young 0911 Joanna Huang 0911 Erin Tom 0901 Tina Kwan
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum Yvonne Kong 0819 Michele Chui 0818 Aimee Howard 0812 Nora Casey 0815 Christine Trinh 0804 Annie Wong 0805
Wax Museum Justin Chan 0801 Raymond Wu Lily Guan 0811 Irene Cheung 0817 Katie Yee 0817 Tiffany Vu
Aquarium of the Bay Natasha Sadikin 1016 Susan Lim 1019 Mindy Muynh 1011 Wendy Chak 1019 Jenny Huynh 1010 Vivian Suen 1015
GOLDEN GATE PARK AREA Conservatory of Flowers Amy Lai 0918 Shirla Shan 0902 Justine Pon 0901 Amanda Chu 0910 Janet Lee 0903
deYong Museum Angel Huang 0917 Anna Chen 0904 Jenelle Guillermo 0916 Johnny Zhou Chen 1013 Annie Yan 0913 Peter Yu 0907
Japanese Tea Garden Odalis Lourdes Mandereau 1015 Thurston Zhu 1018 Arianna Lopez 1004 Jonathan Siu
San Francisco Botanical Garden Jimmy Xie 0811 Evelina Vu 0817
You can find the links to the maps/directions for each location, as well as detailed instructions for this event, in last night's email or by clicking here.
Mayor Gavin Newsom's Family Appreciation Day 2007 - Sunday, January 7th
Hey MAD Clubbers! Mayor Gavin Newsom's Family Appreciation Day is coming up this Sunday, so I have all the details and information you need to know about volunteering at this event ready for all you wonderful volunteers.
Listed below are the location assignments for Family Appreciation Day:
FISHERMAN'S WHARF AREA Hyde Street Pier (located at Hyde street on Jefferson Street) Viktoriya Figlina 0905 Danna Hong 0913 Judy Cheng 0906 Margaret Tsai 0918
USS Pampanito (Click for directions) Tiffany Au Christine Le 0809 Anissa Chen 0804 Cynthia Lee 0813
SS Jerimiah O'Brien (Pier 45 at Fisherman's Wharf) Jan Young 0911 Joanna Huang 0911 Erin Tom 0901 Regina Lam 0701
Musee Mercanique (Pier 45 Shed A at the end of Taylor Street at Fisherman's Wharf) Sonya Ostashevskaya 0910 Karen Chen 0914
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum (Click for directions) Yvonne Kong 0819 Michele Chui 0818 Aimee Howard 0812 Nora Casey 0815 Christine Trinh 0804 Annie Wong 0805
Wax Museum (Click for directions) Justin Chan 0801 Raymond Wu Jessica Wong Tina Kwan Alan Lam Karen Li
Aquarium of the Bay (Click for directions) Natasha Sadikin 1016 Susan Lim 1019 Mindy Muynh 1011 Wendy Chak 1019 Jenny Huynh 1010 Vivian Suen 1015
GOLDEN GATE PARK AREA Conservatory of Flowers (Click for directions) Amy Lai 0918 Shirla Shan 0902 Justine Pon 0901 Amanda Chu 0910 Janet Lee 0903
deYong Museum (Click for directions) Angel Huang 0917 Anna Chen 0904 Jenelle Guillermo 0916 Johnny Zhou Chen 1013 Annie Yan 0913 Peter Yu 0907
Japanese Tea Garden (between JFK and Martin Luther King Jr. drives) Odalis Lourdes Mandereau 1015 Thurston Zhu 1018 Angela Zhou 0711 Arianna Lopez 1004
San Francisco Botanical Garden (Click for directions) Jimmy Xie 0811 Evelina Vu 0817
Here are the instructions direct from the Mayor's office - please read them carefully so you understand your duties because it might get pretty hectic during your shift!
Please arrive at your assignment between 10:00-10:30 a.m. but definitely not later than 10:30 a.m. You will be finished at 4:00 pm.
Upon arrival, check in with the Site Supervisor who will be wearing a square Volunteer button. There should be a table and chairs set up for you near the entrance. You will also find the following supplies: easel, Appreciation Day poster, and a box containing wrist bands, Event Guides and volunteer buttons for you to wear. Please return the button at the end of the day so we can use it again next year.
WRIST BANDS:
Free admission will be granted to San Francisco families with children. Your main job is to check IDÃ’s for proof of San Francisco residency, and distribute wristbands and Event Guides. You only need to check one adult in each group. One adult can bring in an unlimited number of children and adults. Give one wristband to each person. Do not to be too rigid about what people show as proof. Here are some examples of what people may use as proof of residency:
DriversÃ’ License Utility Bill or other bill SF School ID Library Card SF YMCA card Other (use your best judgment)
There may be a few suburbanites who perhaps work in the city and feel they should be allowed free admission. Please explain it is for San Francisco families only but donÃ’t argue if they insist--use your best judgment.
Please keep your eye on the wristbands--- things tend to disappear. If you think you may run out please call Mary or Jill and they will bring more to you.
EVENT GUIDES
The Event Guide is for families to use today and throughout the year as a reference for family friendly attractions in San Francisco. It lists all participating attractions and any special programming they have on Family Appreciation Day. There are a limited number. Please only hand out ONE PER FAMILY. If you are running low call Mary (415-845-7079) or Jill (415-420-9887) and they will bring more to you.
SITES
The museums and attractions have been extraordinarily generous with us---they are not being reimbursed for lost admissions, and they have put a great deal of time into making sure the details are all in place. Please make sure to thank the staff for participating in the event. Also, please be respectful of their needs and requirements and assist them in any way possible. Finally, we have a duty to make sure our visitors donÃ’t damage the attractions in any way. Please involve the Site Leader, museum personnel or security if you think a problem is brewing that you cannot handle yourself.
Because there will be no central meeting location before volunteers are dispersed to their locations, all volunteers are required to print a copy of a verification slip to bring with them to the event to be filled out and signed by their adult supervisor. You can download the slip here, labeled "Mayor Gavin Newsom's Family Appreciation Day Slips". There are three slips per page, so one person can print a sheet of the slips and share with two other group members to conserve paper.
Please remember to bring these slips with you to your location this Sunday because you will not receive credit if we do not receive a signed signed slip from you after the event as proof of yattendanceence.
This event is worth 6 credits (10 am to 4 pm). At the beginning of the year, we made it clear at our meetings that if you sign up for an event and find out that you can no longer attend, you have to let us know at least ONE WEEK in advance or else you will receive negative credits equal to the number of credits the event is worth. If you do not show up at an event you sign up for without notice, you will also receive negative credits equal to the number of credits the event is worth.
With that said, this event is worth SIX CREDITS, so if you do not show up at your assigned location or do not bring back a signed slip as proof of your attendance, you will most likely seriously jeopardize your active membership status for the Fall semester (unless you have enough extra credits to cover the negative six). Eight credits is required for active attendance for the Fall semester.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the event or our negative credit policies, please email us and we will be happy to work things out with you.
SF AIDS Foundation Kick-Off Party - Sunday, January 7th
Hello there, MAD Clubbers! Here are the details for the SF AIDS Foundation Kick-Off Party, which is also taking place this Sunday, January 7th. Different tasks have different start and finish times, so please pay special attention to the times of your specific shift listed below!
(The asterisk(*) means you signed up for this event through email, but were not present at today's meeting and did not get a chance to choose your preferred shift. If there are any problems with your assigned shift, please contact me ASAP and I will work something out with you.)
Coat Check 9 am - 1 pm (3 credits) Tiffany Lau Angela Quach Jonathan Siu*
Check-in 9 am - 1 pm (3 credits) Serene Ho Alice Lan Serena Luong* Gloria Chen
Volunteer Check-in 9 am - 2 pm (4 credits) Stephanie Yee Tina Liu
Greeters/Info 10:30 am - 1 pm (3 credits) Wing Cheuk Teresa Zhou Diana Chen Jason Jee
Coat Check 1 pm - 4 pm (3 credits) Nancy Ma Kelly Tam Anne Yan
Grand Ballroom on the 3rd Floor, you should be able to hear people!
Contact: Emily's cell. Phone number is 415-902-4974 but you will be reporting to Volunteer Check-In on-site and they will tell you to which area to report.
Dress:
Casual nice so nicer jeans with closed toe shoes. You will receive a t-shirt when you arrive. Do not bring any valuables. There will be a coat check but access will be limited so fanny packs or other containers for your stuff (i.e. lip balm, cellphone, keys, wallet, etc.) that allow your hands to be free would be great!
Food:
There will be water for volunteers in the morning but no coffee and the food will not be out until after noon so plan accordingly. Thanks for understanding.
Directions:
The Nikko Hotel is located on Mason between O'Farrell and Ellis so it is really close to Powell Street Cable Turnaround and the underground Muni and BART Powell station. If you are at the Cable Car turnaround at Powell and Market go up Powell towards Union Sqauare. Cross and the next street you will come to is O'Farrell. Go left at O'Farrell and after the next side street Cyril Magnin you will see an entrance to the Nikko at Mason on the left-hand side. Go on in and go up to the 3rd Floor. (You can go up Cyril Magnin but it's not as straight-forward so I gave the easy to explain way!)
TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION if possible because the Nikko is really central and parking is excruciatingly expensive downtown.
Because the different shifts for this event start at different times, we are requiring volunteers to print participation verification slips to bring with them to their shift to be filled out and signed by adult superviors in the vicinity. Slips can be downloaded here, labeled "SF AIDS Foundation Kick-Off Party Slips." There are three slips per page, so one person can print a sheet of the slips and share with two other volunteers to conserve paper. A signed slip will serve as "signing in" at this event, so please remember to bring a copy of a slip with you to the event and don't forget to turn in the signed slips to us at the meetings after this event! You will not receive credit for this event if we do not receive some kind of signed verification of your participation.
If you forget to bring or lose your slip while you are working at the event, grab a piece of paper and write down all the information required on the slip and have an adult sign the slip of paper. We will accept this and give you credit. (This also applies to Family Appreciation Day.)
Please contact us with any questions you may have about this event!
Important Update Regarding SF AIDS Foundation Kick-Off Party - Please Reply ASAP!
Hey MAD Clubbers, I hope you're all enjoying your Winter Break!
I recently received an email from the volunteer coordinator at the SF AIDS Foundation telling me that the Kick-Off Party that was originally scheduled for Saturday, January 6th has been moved to Sunday, January 7th. Since Mayor Gavin Newsom's Family Appreciation Day is also on Sunday, the seventh, we have some conflicting volunteer issues to clear up.
We have already received our location assignments for Family Appreciation Day (most of the are really fun!), so filling out all the spots we have for Family Appreciation Day is our first priority. If you signed up for both the Kick-Off Party and Family Appreciation Day, I will remove your name from the Kick-Off Party list. Sorry for the last minute changes, but there's nothing we can do about a change of dates!
The following is a list of the people who signed up for the SF AIDS Kick-Off party, from the first people to sign up through email to the last:
(Please note, if you signed up for both the Kick-Off Party and Family Appreciation Day, your name will not appear on the following list.)
Wendy Kwan 0914 Diana Chan 1006 Tina Liu 0914 Natasha Sadikin 1006 Wendy Kwang 0820 Stephanie Tong 0908 Jenny Huynh 1010 Stephanie Yee 0817 Lily Wong 0919 Wenday Chak 1019 Serene Ho 0911 Salina Wong 0815 Shyana Sadiq 0807 Jin Zhou 1012 Elaine Situ 1012 Aileen Luo 1010 Arianna Lopez 1004 Melissa Sylvester 0920
If your name is on the list, please email makeadifferenceclub@gmail.com and let me know if you are still interested in volunteering at the event or not.
We need a total of twenty volunteers, ten for the morning shift (9 AM Â 1 PM) and ten for the afternoon shift (12:30 Â 4 PM).
If you did not sign up for the Kick-Off Party beforehand (and are not signed up to volunteer at Family Appreciation Day), but would like to come out and volunteer now, please email me at makeadifferenceclub@gmai.com and let me know! Priority will be given to those who signed up earlier, but you will still have a good chance of getting a spot!
I need to get back to the volunteer coordinator at the SF AIDS Foundation ASAP, so please respond as quickly as possible.
If you are missing fewer than three credits to fulfill our eight credit requirement for the Fall semester and know for sure that you will not be able to make it to either of my January events, we have another way for you to finish off those credits and get transcript credit!
There's a Holiday food drive going on right now for the SF Food Bank - you may have seen the green bins by the counseling office on the first floor. For every ten cans (or any other combination of nonperishable food items equivalent to ten cans) of food you donate, you will receive one credit! Please bring all donations to our next club meeting for officers to verify before putting your donation into the green bins so we know who to give credit to!
Note: This is ONLY available to people who are missing fewer than three credits as a last resort to get credit. We would much prefer you come out and volunteer with us to fulfill your requirements!
SF AIDS Foundation: Saturday, December 9th Wrapping Party
Hey everyone! I hope all your December 3rd Wrapping Party volunteers had a great time snacking on Annie's Organic Cheddar Bunnies and drinking Kern while trying to figure out how to wrap a basketball or a giant Dora the Explorer last weekend! :D
Now it's time for another group of lovely volunteers to experience the Holiday joy!
Here's our volunteers list for the Saturday, December 9th wrapping party:
1. Angel Huang 0917 2. Sandy Diao 0906 3. Wing Cheuk 0820 4. Wendy Kwan 0914 5. Jenny Fong 0907 6. Emily Kuang 0814 7. Anna Chen 0904 8. Annie Yan 0913 9. Melissa Sylvester 0920 10. Victoria Liu 0820 11. Johnny Zhou Chen 1013 12. Frances Yan 0911 13. Serene Ho 0911 14. Justine Pon 0910 15. Jenelle Guillermo 0916
Waiting List Salina Wong 0815 Shirla Shan 0902 Amy Lai 0918 Stephanie Tong 0908 Lily Wong 0909 Elaine Situ 0805
If your name is on the list and you won't be able to make it, please email me by no later than Friday, December 8th at 8:00 pm.
Attached is a message from the volunteers director at the SF AIDS foundation with all the details for this event:
Thank you so much for volunteering to sort and wrap the gifts for the women and family holiday party this Saturday, December 9th from 9am to 1pm. As you may know, the gifts that we donate, collect and wrap represent the only gifts that many of these people will receive this year so it is wonderful that you are volunteering to help with this event.
We will be meeting in the large Conference Room on the 2nd Floor of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation (SFAF). (995 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103. There will be a security guard at the front door to let you in. He may have you sign in. Take the elevator to the 2nd Floor. Go to your left when you exit the elevator towards the open door and the hallway. Go all the way to the end and you will be in the Conference Room. Rest assured there will most likely be plenty of noise/laughing/talking to lead you there! )
Public Transportation is the easiest way to get there as we are at the corner of 6th and Market, one block from the Powell Street BART and underground MUNI station. (Yes right near ALL the Union Square shopping and the New Bloomingdales Mall shoppers!!!) There is one hour metered street parking and there are parking lots but on Golden Gate Ave. I am not sure about the cost of the parking on weekends but on weekdays if you get in before 9:30 AM they are $7 until 5pm. I would suggest checking beforehand as parking at some lots can run upwards of $37 during the holiday season downtown.
Our activities will include unpacking the gifts from all the storage corners and closets around the Foundation sorting gifts to make sure that all the clientÃ’s gifts are equivalent i.e. a scarf and a hat are about the same as a blanket. Engage parents/teachers to get a better idea of what toys are appropriate for whom/ages etc. and to create toyequivalencess (particularly tricky!) Getting the wrapping supplies ready and handy for all. We may have some facilitators doing this.
Then we will be wrapping the gifts and labeling them for their distribution at the Women and Family Holiday Party on Thursday Dec. 14th. Once we are all on-site I will explain the process more fully and we will break up the duties so that we utilize the specialties of various volunteers!
Dress is casual and comfortable but I suggest pants and closed toe shoes as these items tend to lend themselves to the easiest and safest movement.
There will be coffee and snacks but not lunch as we will be done by 1 PM. If you require a larger or a specialized meal please bring that with you.
Please be prompt, as we will be explaining the process at 9am.
That pretty much covers everything you need to know about the event! MAD volunteers should try their best to arrive at the SF AIDS Foundation headquarters by no later than 8:45 am to allow for time to sign in with officers and to receive any additional instructions.
A final-final volunteers list will be sent out on Friday night after 8 PM, so please remember to check your email before going to bed tomorrow night!
If you are on the waiting list and are missing credits, please email me at makeadifferenceclub@gmail.com with December 9th Wrapping Party - Waiting List in the subject line and I'll try to work something out and get you a spot at this Saturday's event. Only people who are missing credits will be considered as add-ins!
AIDS/LifeCycle Kick Off Party: Saturday January 6th, 2007
Our other January event will be the AIDS/LifeCycle Kick Off Party on Saturday, January 6th. The Kick-Off party is the first party of the year for AIDS/LifeCycle and historically it has been a blast! Registered riders, their guest, and people who have expressed interest in the ride will be present at the party. There will be at least 600 people at the party, so they'll need a lot of help to get things running smoothly! We will receive our specific assignments on the day of the Party, but generally, we will be doing anything we can to help out, including by not limited to coat check, guest check-in, volunteer check-in, raffle, registration, etc.
The time and location are still not set in stone yet, but I will be sending out emails announcing the details of this event as soon as I get them from our volunteer coordinator! However, I do know that our shift will start no earlier than 9 AM and will end no later than 4:30 PM, and will be about three hours long, so this event will be worth three (3) credits.
Space is very limited for this event, so please send an email to makeadifferenceclub@gmail.com with AIDS/LifeCycle Kick Off Party 2007 in the subject line to sign up! Please don't forget to put your name and reg in the body of the email.
Spots on our list will be filled on a first come first serve basis, and the deadline for signing up will be Friday, December 15th at 8:00 PM.
In January, MAD will have the opportunity to take part in Mayor Newsom's SF Family Appreciation Day, a day when a majority of the San Francisco museums and tourist attractions will be open to residents of San Francisco for free! The big day is set for Sunday, January 7th. You can find all the details about this event (in three languages!) here.
We will be stationed, in groups of two to six people, at the various attractions participating in this event to help the adults there facilitate the event. Some of our tasks will include checking the people for SF residency (checking drivers' licenses, etc.), distributing/checking wristbands, and passing out programs. A list of all the museums and attractions that are participating in SF FAD 2007 is available on the downloadable flier, so be sure to download it and check it out! We do not have our specific location assignments yet, but I will try to keep all MAD volunteers within close proximity of each other.
This event is a long one - we will be working from 10 AM - 4:30 PM, so volunteers will receive 6.5 credits for this event. For helping out, all volunteers will receive a scrumptious on-site lunch and a mystery gift from the City of San Francisco!
If you are interested in volunteering at this event, please email us at makeadifferenceclub@gmail.com with SF FAD 2007 Volunteer in the subject line. We will not be doing sign-ups for this event at our next club meeting - you can only sign up for this event through email. Spaces are limited, and will be available on a first come first serve basis.
Include all the names and regs of the people you would like to work with at this event in your email - there may be no more than six volunteers per group. Only one email needs to be sent per group. If you do not include any preferred group members in your email, we will put you into a group at our discretion.
Please do reply to this email with your requests to sign up because replies are sent to my personal email address and while I have been accepting sign up requests sent to my personal email address in the past, all requests sent to the wrong email address will no longer be counted. If you send a sign up request to my personal email address, I will send you a reply directing you to send your requests to the right email address, but only the timestamp that is attached to the email sent to the correct email address will be counted.
The deadline to sign up for this event is Wednesday, December 13th at 8:00 PM, so don't hesitate to contact your friends and get your group together before it's too late!
Hey MAD Clubbers, remember when I told you all about our tentative January events? Well, I'm happy to announce that we have two confirmed events for January before the end of our Fall semester.
All members need eight (8) credits to receive transcript credit for MAD for the Fall semester, so these two events will most likely be your last chances to fulfill any missing credits before the Fall semester ends. Any credits you complete over the required eight for the Fall semester will be rolled over to help fulfill Spring semester requirements, but no matter how many extra credits you may have accumulated in the Fall, you will still need to volunteer at a minimum of one event in the Spring in order to retain your active status in our club.
The Spring 2007 semester starts on Monday, January 29th, so the last week of January will also be the start of the "new" semester for MAD. We will be announcing our Spring semester credit requirements some time in the following weeks, so please check your email regularly to receive updates!
Hey MAD Clubbers! I haven't received any emails about drops or changes in the volunteer list for the SF AIDS Foundation December 3rd Holiday Wrapping Party, so I expect to see all fifteen people on the list tomorrow morning!
Since there have been no changes, please refer to the last long email for details about the wrapping party. You can find all the information you need here.
Remember to dress comfortably and show up to sign in by 8:45 am tomorrow morning!
We have another wrapping party with the SF AIDS Foundation next Saturday, December 9th, and I will be posting the volunteers lists up early next week.
SF AIDS Foundation: Sunday, December 3rd Holiday Wrapping Party
Hey everyone! Sorry for the late message - my internet hasn't been working properly lately, so I couldn't go online to post to our blog.
Here is our final volunteers list for this Sunday's SF AIDS Foundation Holiday Wrapping Party:
1. Lily Guan 0811 2. Irene Cheung 0817 3. Katie Yee 0817 4. Tiffany Vu 5. Regina Lam 0701 6. ChristineTrinh 0804 7. Aimee Howard 0812 8. Nora Casey 0815 9. Serena Luong 0810 10. Sirena Louie 1004 11. Natasha Sadkin 1016 12. Linda Tsang 0716 13. Danna Hong 0913 14. Judy Cheng 0906 15. Yvonne Kong 0819
If your name is on the list and you won't be able to make it, please email me by no later than Friday, December 1 at 8:00 pm.
Attached is a message from the volunteers director at the SF AIDS foundation with all the details for this event:
Thank you so much for volunteering to sort and wrap the gifts for the women and family holiday party this Sunday December 3rd from 9am to 1pm. As you may know, the gifts that we donate, collect and wrap represent the only gifts that many of these people will receive this year so it is wonderful that you are volunteering to help with this event.
We will be meeting in the large Conference Room on the 2nd Floor of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation (SFAF). (995 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103. There will be a security guard at the front door to let you in. He may have you sign in. Take the elevator to the 2nd Floor. Go to your left when you exit the elevator towards the open door and the hallway. Go all the way to the end and you will be in the Conference Room. Rest assured there will most likely be plenty of noise/laughing/talking to lead you there! )
Public Transportation is the easiest way to get there as we are at the corner of 6th and Market, one block from the Powell Street BART and underground MUNI station. (Yes right near ALL the Union Square shopping and the New Bloomingdales Mall shoppers!!!) There is one hour metered street parking and there are parking lots but on Golden Gate Ave. I am not sure about the cost of the parking on weekends but on weekdays if you get in before 9:30 AM they are $7 until 5pm. I would suggest checking beforehand as parking at some lots can run upwards of $37 during the holiday season downtown.
Our activities will include unpacking the gifts from all the storage corners and closets around the Foundation sorting gifts to make sure that all the clientÂs gifts are equivalent i.e. a scarf and a hat are about the same as a blanket. Engage parents/teachers to get a better idea of what toys are appropriate for whom/ages etc. and to create toyequivalencess (particularly tricky!) Getting the wrapping supplies ready and handy for all. We may have some facilitators doing this.
Then we will be wrapping the gifts and labeling them for their distribution at the Women and Family Holiday Party on Thursday Dec. 14th. Once we are all on-site I will explain the process more fully and we will break up the duties so that we utilize the specialties of various volunteers!
Dress is casual and comfortable but I suggest pants and closed toe shoes as these items tend to lend themselves to the easiest and safest movement.
There will be coffee and snacks but not lunch as we will be done by 1 PM. If you require a larger or a specialized meal please bring that with you.
Please be prompt, as we will be explaining the process at 9am.
That pretty much covers everything you need to know about the event! MAD volunteers should try their best to arrive at the SF AIDS Foundation headquarters by no later than 8:45 am to allow for time to sign in with officers and to receive any additional instructions.
If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact me and I'll try my best to give you an answer!
A final-final volunteers list (taking any drops/bumps from the waiting list into account) will be sent out via email on Saturday afternoon, so please be sure to check your email sometime on Saturday to get the latest updates.
