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Service Opportunities & News from the Richter Center
Richter Center Events
23rd Community Service Opportunities Fair
10:00 AM–2:00 PM
Memorial Garden (in front of the Kennel Bookstore)
Join the Richter Center for Community Engagement and Service-Learning for the 23rd Annual Community Service Opportunities Fair! The event is designed to provide students, staff, and faculty with an opportunity to gain information on dozens of community benefit organizations and hundreds of community service-learning opportunities.
Over 70 agencies will be present to share information about volunteer opportunities in our community. Those attending the fair will be able to personally meet with agencies to learn more about the services they provide and the volunteer opportunities they have available.
For more information contact the Richter Center at 559.278.7079 or rdelport@csufresno.edu.
1st Blood Drive of the Academic Year
All donors will receive a BOGO voucher to the 2015 Big Fresno Fair & FREE Commemorative T-shirt!
- Tuesday, 4:30–7:30pm, University Courtyard
- Wednesday & Thursday, 10:00am–4:00pm, University Student Union & Maple Mall
To donate blood you must be in good health, weigh a minimum of 110 pounds, and be at least 17 years old. Photo ID and Social Security Number are required at donor registration. Please eat a good meal and drink plenty of fluids four hours prior to donation. Donating blood is not painful and takes less than an hour. YOUR donation could save up to three lives!
For more information on blood donation, please call the Central California Blood Center at (559) 389-5433.
Other Service & Educational Opportunities
Walk to End Alzheimer's
Fresno State Maple Mall
5241 N. Maple Ave.
Fresno, CA 93740
Join the Walk to End Alzheimer's in Fresno on September 12, 2015 to bring awareness and raise funds for the care, support, & research of the nation's sixth-leading cause of death.
Learn more by visiting the Alzheimer's Association website.
California Dental Association Foundation
CDA Cares allows volunteer dentists, with the assistance of other health professional and community volunteers, to provide dental services at no charge to more than 2,000 people at each bi-annual event. Put your compassion into action at CDA Cares Fresno.
Each CDA Cares event relies on the time and talents of hundred of volunteers from both the dental and the greater community. Dental and health professionals including general dentists, oral surgeons, hygienists, assistants, lab technicians, physicians, nurses, and pharmacists are needed throughout the clinic. Community volunteers are needed to register patients and volunteers, to help set up, enter treatment data, escort patients, interpret, and more.
For more information, contact Robyn Alongi at (916) 554-5305.
Register here: https://www.volgistics.com/ex/portal.dll/ap?AP=1144834492
Volunteer Literacy Tutor
If you are interested in working with children within the classroom setting and have a passion for reading, consider volunteering for the Literacy Program, tutor students K–3rd at a local elementary school.
For more information, email Karina Herrera at kherrera@handsoncentralcal.org
EPU Intern
For details, please contact EPU at (559) 229-2000.
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The Jan & Bud Richter Center for Community Engagement & Service-Learning
We are dedicated to improving the education and development of our students and helping create a better community through service and learning.
Email: richtercenter@gmail.com
Website: www.fresnostate.edu/cesl
Location: Thomas Building, Room 107
Phone: 559.278.7079
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