BonaResponds Needs Volunteers
It’s summer vacation. The St. Bonaventure University campus is quiet. Most students have returned home for the summer. But that hasn’t stopped BonaResponds, the university’s volunteer-run disaster-relief group, from working hard.
If you’re looking for something to do this summer or are feeling extra Franciscan, join BonaResponds for its summer Local Service Day on July 11. The service day is open to the public.
“With the vast majority of our students away for summer, we really need your help,” said Dr. Jim Mahar, associate professor finance and founder of BonaResponds. “If you are available and in the area, we'd love to have you come out.”
BonaResponds will team up with Rebuilding Together, the nation’s leading nonprofit working to preserve affordable homeownership and revitalize communities, to work on three homes in the Olean area. Work will include prepping homes so that they can be repainted on July 25.
The work day will go from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Volunteers should meet at Dresser Auditorium of the John J. Murphy Professional Building. Volunteers should enter the campus using the west entrance.
Volunteers should be prepared with work clothes and gloves. They are also encouraged to bring water and sun protection as the vast majority of the work will be outside. Lunch will be provided.
Volunteers should sign up at http://bonaresponds.blogspot.com. There, they can also sign the waiver form at http://bonaresponds.org/waiver.pdf.
BonaResponds was created in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. It has taken approximately 500 volunteers to the Gulf Coast and led just as many volunteers in service projects throughout Western New York. BonaResponds aims to be a world-class organization whose mission is to help people in need, as well as to build better leaders and better communities. The group, comprised of students, faculty, staff, alumni and local residents, is run completely through donations.
BonaResponds welcomes new members, regardless of affiliation with St. Bonaventure. For more information regarding BonaResponds or the winter service trip, visit www.bonaresponds.org or contact BonaResponds at bonaresponds@sbu.edu.
If you’re looking for something to do this summer or are feeling extra Franciscan, join BonaResponds for its summer Local Service Day on July 11. The service day is open to the public.
“With the vast majority of our students away for summer, we really need your help,” said Dr. Jim Mahar, associate professor finance and founder of BonaResponds. “If you are available and in the area, we'd love to have you come out.”
BonaResponds will team up with Rebuilding Together, the nation’s leading nonprofit working to preserve affordable homeownership and revitalize communities, to work on three homes in the Olean area. Work will include prepping homes so that they can be repainted on July 25.
The work day will go from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Volunteers should meet at Dresser Auditorium of the John J. Murphy Professional Building. Volunteers should enter the campus using the west entrance.
Volunteers should be prepared with work clothes and gloves. They are also encouraged to bring water and sun protection as the vast majority of the work will be outside. Lunch will be provided.
Volunteers should sign up at http://bonaresponds.blogspot.com. There, they can also sign the waiver form at http://bonaresponds.org/waiver.pdf.
BonaResponds was created in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. It has taken approximately 500 volunteers to the Gulf Coast and led just as many volunteers in service projects throughout Western New York. BonaResponds aims to be a world-class organization whose mission is to help people in need, as well as to build better leaders and better communities. The group, comprised of students, faculty, staff, alumni and local residents, is run completely through donations.
BonaResponds welcomes new members, regardless of affiliation with St. Bonaventure. For more information regarding BonaResponds or the winter service trip, visit www.bonaresponds.org or contact BonaResponds at bonaresponds@sbu.edu.
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