Volunteer Services and Community Involvement: Ask Randy Dillard (Student Activities Supervisor)

Saturday, August 11, 2007

Ask Randy Dillard (Student Activities Supervisor)

REFLECT ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH VOLUNTEER DEARBORN
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Group Photo of Metro-Detroit Youth Day 2007

If you would like to write a post to the Volunteer Dearborn Blog page, please email Randy Dillard (rdillard@umd.umich.edu) for information and requirements for a post. Volunteer Dearborn would like to encourage all students who experience events and participate with Volunteer Dearborn to blog about their experience.

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Welcome

Hello and Welcome to the University of Michigan-Dearborn!! I hope you take some time out of your busy semester schedule to participate in some of the fantastic volunteer and service opportunities coordinated by the university.

The student driven Volunteer Dearborn project and the Volunteer Services and Community Involvement program housed within the Office of Student Activities help UM-Dearborn students, faculty, and staff volunteer thousands of hours of their time to help in the surrounding community. Through service and volunteer work you will:

Increase your understanding of the issues underlying the prevalent social problems in the Metro Detroit Area.
Strengthen your sense of social responsibility.
Recognize opportunities to make responsible, reflective decisions about yourself and the community around you.
Engage in activities that address human and community needs.
Obtain a deeper understanding of the historical, sociological, cultural, economic, and political contexts of the issues being addressed.
Examine and analyze a community issue in the context of systemic inequities.
Enter, participate in, and exit a community in ways that do not reinforce systemic injustice.
Demonstrate reciprocity and responsiveness in service work with community.

So if you are looking for ways to better serve your community and make an impact in the lives of those in need we can help you find the right project or program. You can volunteer with an existing program at a non-profit agency that interests you, participate in special one-time community service projects, coordinate one of our existing programs as a project director or create your own program.