UNG Volunteer Fair Fall 2014
GC Martha T. Nesbitt Academic Building 3110

This Volunteer Fair is the only one of its kind in North Georgia which gives community agencies access to a sizable pool of volunteers. Our students unanimously report being enlightened and inspired by their involvement in this event. In this “Year of Engagement” this initiative functions to advance the University of North Georgia’s missions of “service”, “quality education” and “the development of students as leaders for a diverse and global society”. Last year’s Volunteer Fair attracted over 400 students from the Gainesville Campus. The Volunteer Fair is part of a pedagogy of engagement that brings the community to the campus and takes the campus to the community. Fifty participating agencies were able to get their fill of volunteers and were loud in praise for this UNG organized initiative.

The Fair will:
1. Enable experiential learning of our students through service learning, internships and open volunteer attachments.
2. Facilitate faculty in developing practicum elements to their course offerings.
3. Provide knowledge, awareness and institutional contact for the campus community and those in need of the services offered by these agencies.
4. Promote inter –agency relations among participating community organizations.
5. Significantly expand the economic impact of UNG in the community by availing participating agencies innumerable volunteer hours provided by our students.
6. Function to advance UNG’s institutional goal of civic engagement.

We are kindly requesting the assistance of faculty in mobilizing participation and managing the activities and operations of Volunteer Fair 2014. We are expecting between 50- 60 community organizations to participate and we are seeking, with your help, to mobilize approximately 500 students to attend the event. We also need the assistance of about eight faculty members for two hours each between 11:00 am – 2:00 pm to assist in coordinating the activities of the event as follows:

Faculty Assignments:
• Work with greeters, registration workers, ushers and agency volunteer assistants.
• Responsible for layout, furniture and equipment placement and procurement,
• Responsible for materials (pens, pencils, note pads, programs, co—curricular material, registration material, record of attendees.
• Responsible for media services – PR system, still photography, relating to media attendees.
• Two Organizers – responsible for overall coordination, managing opening ceremony, meeting and talking with each agency representatives.

Please indicate as soon as possible if you can possibly assist in mobilizing students or assisting at the Fair in any of the following ways by emailing Dr. George Danns at George.Danns@ung.edu

1. Will have my students attend as a class requirement: Yes— No— Classes attending—————————- Total number of students—-.
2. Will encourage but not require students from my classes to attend: Yes— No—
3. I am available to assist at the Fair from———– to———

We will provide Faculty and students assisting with Volunteer Fair 2014 T-shirts and lunch. Thank you very much in anticipation for your kind involvement in making this event successful.