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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1995)
Volunteer labor helps families jtison urigsoy Twenty Alpha Phi Omega and 11 Student University Relation* Council members ripped off shingles and demolished ceil ings Saturday a! St Vincent DuPaui's home ownership pro gram. The IIOI’I'S 111 program relies on volunteer labor to cut the costs of refurbishing homes for low-income families "Everything volunteers do reduces the cost to those who will live here •. ud Terr\ W ei sier. Housing Projot t Coortima tor. "It would have cost a signif ii ant amount of money to get a demolition contrat tor to take off all that siding " SURC vice-pretiidenl l.aura hehbe also emphasized the important* of volunteers, "We do not seem to do it (vol unteer work) enough." kebbe said. United Way Volunteer Con nection gave Kebbe a list of opportunities from which to v.noose ShmlddtNl it> diHili four hour's for removing tiding, nails and plasterfooaru. Ann liny dan. a member of both groups, asked Alpls.i Phi Omega to help SUR{. Amv brought it to Alpha Phi Omega as a project for 10 peo ple it exploded into 20 peo ple said Alpha Phi Omega Ser vice vti e-president. Sheehan flo rin n "We had fun We got to take out all our aggressions, he with everyone and get into the mud " When HOPI s m work cannot he done by volunteers, funding for subcontrm led repairs comes fnmi Ugh St Vint ent IVPauJ and the Housing and Urban Devel opment Department Antu iput ed federal cuts worry organizers about future funding for the pro gram, hut Webster said that the money to finish this project is already guaranteed The project contains a unique three-year trial period before the actual purchase. A selection Committee sent out 500 apple a lions to find families that quail fv so buy the booms Typical funis lit'* have between 70 to ho percont of ito' median incom level, but art- unable to buy a house at full price Families leave the homes (or three yeans, and a portion of the paid rent ts lin'd to got a biink loan after the trial period etuis The houses are often moved from other lot nitons and sell below the market value House moves are cost effec - tive when compared to the cost of building a new home, said Rebecca Larson, volunteer c oor dinator for St Vincent Del’aul It's like rec vcling Student l'Diversity Relations Council works on several cam pus activities in conjunction with the Alumni Association Alpha Phi Omega is an ASt'O student serv a e yrogl.im “Service projec ts are it blast It is an excuse to get dirty and have fun." said Seth Skinner. Alpha I’ln Omega member "It may be idealistic, but this is a way for me to make the world a better place in a small wav Growing program in search of leaders Patrick Minford For tr*> Oregon IXuly interata The Freshman Interest Group program is looking for student leaders interested in getting involved with the University and helping new students FIG leaders c oordinate weekly meetings with thoir groups, as well as work with other FIG lead ers, professors and faculty, and FIG coordinators In exchange for their hard work, experienced FIG leaders say they are amply rewarded "FIG leaders gain public speaking and organi zational skills, and leadership experience," said undergraduate coordinator Sage Dallas, who has been a FIG loader "It's a good way to meet other people," said FIG Leader Michele DeMoss "It's also a great way to help students and get involved with the Universi ty." Other nice incentives FIG leaders are the two upper-division credits and the $15o*rash award they earn. The FIG program is designed to ease new stu denis' transition from high school to the Univer sily. FICs consist of about first-term freshmen jointly enrolled in three courses that share a par III illar area of f.« as One of the < ! isses is for 'he FIG members only. giving them a i ham e to pet to know oat h other The FIGs also have weekly meetings outside class for the first half of fall term The FIG program helps new students academ ically tXK ause it lets them "conns* t w ith the Uni versity," said coordinator Jat k Bennett The University is espta ted to double the mini Iter of FIGs in the nest two years b** ause adntinis trntors believe so strongly in the program. Bennett said t he program's expansion means more stu dent leaders are needed "We strongly need a large pool of applicants to apply for leadership positions.” she said Student lleadwrsl make the program work The deadline to apply for FIG lender positions is Tuesday Anyone interested In getting Involved can apply at Academe Advising and Student Her vices in 1M Oregon Hall. ^ iPizza Pipeline Quick Service and a Fair Price" tUUtNt HOTLINE 686-5808 pg^j 824 Charnelton Street The Best Pizza in Town '6'Largo Three Item Pizza ONLY $9.95 Plus four (4) f Ri [ li oi Soft Drinks t_x 686-5808 <«W * yi«»» flM» Nm « *«■» * «**MI"* • ' Any 1 2' One Item Pizza Ptus One (1) Order of Tricky Stlx ONLY $7.00 686-5808 r I t£& £® 3Z I_ CARRY-OUT SPECIAL Large One Item Pizza ONLY $5.99 Plus Two (/) TREE 22 oi Soft Drinks 686-5808 -I Pizza by the slice $.75 BEFORE 4PM $ 1 0.00 off any 26 Colossus Pizza > Announcing ACUI Tournaments Starting on January 21 st BACKGAMMON _ FOOSBALL Registration fee fUN'- m*Nrg just S3 00 Open to till U of O Students (good standing) FOff M< H?t Dt IAJ1S CONJAC I Recreation Center. 346 371 I. for registration ,cy SAVE ON Dn» E. v/ Sunbird Snacks 15_ OFF . , A , hi d^count •»«•*»*■ (^turning: \fc- »<lain h',v'' ‘ „ e $“> ‘>0 «•> Returning iRctJuUf move- P“« ls,Krts S3 ' , ,(lf Jrftcd atirocuorw $6 SO) Not *al,d ,c* ' 'FWEBbWNGtoti* Save postage ^ h w, p,i;i (S„rry. ^mDesKSlote we no longer ^ep» US 0„,"„ Him ups ((um lhr !>,„ S»« , ship you* pacHa9*s ' , tale* on international call* ^ nepa/r Clinic mH January 2S lKl °U'doof *®grim. 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