Friday, September 3, 2010

Welcome Back

It is good to be back!!

Hello! My name is Leander Kauffman and I am the Vice President of Student Voluntary Services! I am so excited to get this year underway. We have big things planned for SVS and for Ball State!

Before school even started, the executive board and staff of SVS met together to create some goals for the organization. These goals include creating more recreational programs, creating an Arbor Day themed program and involving area high schools in a program or two. If you would like to learn more about the SVS goals and how you can be a part in those, please stop by our office (SC 118). We would all love to get to know you!

This past weekend, all of the staff and students that comprise Student Voluntary Services met together to review rules and regulations, to discuss where SVS is going this year, and, most importantly, to have fun! We all played games, worked on activities and listened to all of the important information that allows SVS to run smoothly. SVS would not be the same without each PC and this year we have the best students on campus, in my opinion, involved in SVS. This year is going to be exciting!!

Student Voluntary Services is a student organization focused on community service in and around Muncie. SVS has programs for all students on campus ranging from tutoring elementary school children, visiting with nursing home residents or helping out at ARF (Animal Rescue Fund). There are weekly coordinated programs, in which SVS provides transportation, independent programs, for which the volunteer provides transportation, and One Time Events which occur once throughout the academic year. All of these programs are open to all students on campus. I would love to invite each and every Ball State student personally, but that is not possible, so I hope that you will accept this blog post as a sincere invitation to come check us out.

Come join our family!