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Alia Lehtonon (left) and Both Oilman (right) givo information at the
ESCAPE booth in tho EMU.
Work awaits willing volunteers
Students’ help sought by many groups
By Lisa Miiiegan
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!! seems like every duy you
read another slots about u rape
Kvery time you turn on the tele
vision, newsc asters are talking
about gang violence and bat
tered women The world seems
to Im’ going down the tubes and
there's nothing you can do
about it
Or is there?
You could follow the lead of
Konelle Nelson, a University
junior who dec ided to volun
leer with Womenspuc e, a l.u
gene program that helps abused
women. After getting the
( hence to staff the renter's tele
phone crisis lines and work cli
rectly with the women, Nelson
said she felt she really made a
difference.
'One day a woman called
and her abuser was there and
he was yelling at her in the
background, she railed me and
we decided she wanted to
leave," Nelson said "I talked
her through what she needed to
get her stuff together and get
her ( hildren ready Then 1 sent
the staff person to pick her up
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ST. THOMAS MORE UNIVERSITY PARISH
CATHOLIC
1SSO Emerald Street
Eugene, Oregon 97403
34 3-702 1
MASS SCHEDULE:
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A BIBLE SI L DV iv held on even Monday, September 30 41
7: 30 p.m.
■\n Inquiry Class is held every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
\ S I l PI NT MASS is celebrated every Wednesday at 9:00 p.m.
A MI N'S SUPPORT GROUP will meet every Thursday at
7:00 p.m.
\3 I 1 COMING PINNER at Chelsea HvHise im Friday,
September 77 at 7:00 p.in. Conte to meet new people and renew
your friendships.
The Rite ol Christian Initiation for Adults tor those who are
sen.'..sly interested to become a Catholic Christian is held every
Viind.iy at 0 IS p m starting Sunday. September 29.
Get away weekend — PARABLE WEEKEND RETREAT w be
on CVtober IS 20 at St Benedict’s Lodge. McKerute Bridge Sign up
now Open t. .1 students C<vst $10.00
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1-00 4X0 pm
STAFF:
hr Albert FelueT.Ke, X1 P . P.i'titr
Fr. Joe Pimentel, O P
Sr Finer Ryan, SN[M
l >ene Oher'inner 6s. C'11r:' Ferv, Peer Ministers
N.iru\ Nelson, Si\ ret.irv
Gene Obersmner, Chelsea House M^r.
Student* are invited to come and studv, read or iu-*t relax in the center*-* lounge.
It i* open from v K' a.m. to l 1:00 p m.
GET INVOLVED IN THE CATHOLIC NEWMAN COMMUNITY
NOTH: Students' activities. Juki and workshops are planned throughout the vejr
Chcvk Newman Center's Sunday Bulletin and the Et a! (EMERALP) tor what's happening at rhe C enter
For more information call the Center at 34 3-702 1/346-4468
The Catholic Parish serein*: tire University of Oregon since NIC
and sho was taknn to the shol
ter.
"I felt great that she got out
of there and we were able to in
tervene and tell her she had a
safe place to go.”
Womenspaco Is not the only
program that uses student help.
In fact, an organization exists in
Eugene with a sole purpose of
matching volunteers with com
munity groups that need them.
"At uny given lime, there are
about 500 to 1,000 openings
out there,1' said Theresa I-aks of
the Voluntary Action Center, a
department of the United Way.
Located at 123 Oakway Center,
the organization receives re
quests for volunteers of all ages
and skill levels.
One week the center’s open
ings included positions as a
child care teacher’s aide, a
companion for retarded citizens
and an artist for Parent Infor
mation Network promotional
materials.
The week before, the center
placed volunteers in jobs work
ing as a "play pal" for Easier
Seals children, a kitchen helper
for a senior nutrition program
and a repairer for Womenspace.
"You can do anything," Laks
said. "You can work one day
for one hour on an event like
the Eugene Celebration or you
can work on an ongoing basis
up to 40 hours a week or more
if you like.”
Laks said the most common
volunteer openings the center
receives are for clerical help
and drivers. Another popular
request is for companions for
the disabled and elderly, she
said.
To hook up with one of
these jobs, students can call
683-9000.
l-iiks saul a placement coun
selor will interview them on
the phone about the amount of
time they have available, the is
sues they are interested and the
type of people (e.g. children,
women) with whom they
would like to work Then the
counselor will offer the op
tions.
Students may not be able to
earn money for their efforts, but
the University's ESCAPE pro
gram offers one upper-division
credit for every 30 hours volun
teered.
The reasoning is that stu
dents can get experience volun
teering that will help them with
their careers.
"(Volunteering) is an alter
native to silting on your butt in
the classroom," said Amber
Brand, who works with ES
CAPE. “You can get a reality
check on what the world is
about."
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