Ann Arbor Give Camp News
•Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Volunteer developers, you could win an XBOX 360 or one of THREE MSDN Premium Subscriptions by participating in Ann Arbor Give Camp! For each day you work on your assigned charity project, you'll receive one raffle ticket. At the conclusion of Give Camp on Sunday, we'll draw winners for the XBOX and MSDN subscriptions. The more time you put in on your assigned project, the better your odds!
•Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Ann Arbor Give Camp Agenda Announced
The agenda for Ann Arbor Give Camp, being held at Washtenaw Community College the weekend of July 11-13, is as follows:
Friday, July 11
5:00pm – Registration Begins. Participants should plan to arrive between 5 - 5:45pm, and should park in lot #4, just to the north of the Business Education (BE) Building. Registration is at the information desk just inside the northwest building entrance. Please sign in and then there is a short walk to the kick-off gathering in the next building (there will be signs directing you where to go).
6:00pm – Opening Ceremonies – Auditorium LA 275. The event kick-off will be held at the Washtenaw Community College LA 275. At this time, we’ll briefly go over event logistics and the non-profit organizations will be introduced.
7:30pm – Dinner (Domino’s Pizza) – Community Park between the LA and BE buildings. After the opening ceremony, we will break into development teams, introduce ourselves, begin discussing the project, and get an opportunity to speak directly with the charity representative, clarifying their needs. Pizza, salad, and drinks will be served during this time.
Throughout the weekend, volunteers will work on the projects in a number of classrooms in the BE building. Room BE 158 is the “Break Room”, where we will have snacks and drinks, as well as XBOXs set up for when you need a break.
Room Assignments (tentative)
BE 158 – “Break Room” with refreshments, XBOX
BE 160 – Care House/Macomb County Child Advocacy Center/Michigan Chapter of the National Children's Alliance
BE 171 - Michigan Humane Society & Angels' Place
BE 172 - The Wellness Community & Washtenaw County Chapter of the American Red Cross
BE 180 - Center Stage Drama & Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
BE 250 - TBD
BE 260 - Forgotten Harvest
BE 275 – Sleeping Room
Saturday, July 12
8:00 am – Breakfast (bagels, muffins, juice) – set up in BE 158
12 noon – Lunch (Arbor Brewing Company) – set up in BE 158
5:30 pm – BBQ Dinner catered by WCC’s Conference Services group, sponsored by Verio – set up in Community Park
Sunday, July 13
8:00 am – Breakfast (Dunkin Donuts, bagels, muffins, juice) – set up in BE 158
12 noon – Lunch (Aubree’s) – set up in BE 158
3:00 pm – Closing ceremonies and project presentations – Auditorium LA 275. The event wrap-up will also be held at the Washtenaw Community College LA 275. At the kick-off presentation, the spotlight was on the non-profit organizations. At the wrap-up, the spotlight is now on the volunteers, who will demonstrate the website or software that they have created. The event will end at 5pm at the latest.
5:00 – Tear down & clean up
There is a map of the Washtenaw Community College campus at
http://www.wccnet.edu/aboutwcc/collegeinfo/directionsandmaps/campusmap.php
•Tuesday, July 1, 2008
What an overwhelming response! We received more than 50 proposals from local charities wanting to be a part of Ann Arbor Give Camp 2008. Paring that list down to a manageable group of projects was an enormous task, but with limited resources we had to make some very hard decisions. We are pleased to announce that the following
7 organizations have been accepted as Ann Arbor Give Camp projects!
•Care House/Macomb County Child Advocacy Center
•Michigan Humane Society
•The Wellness Community
•Caring Alternatives
•Forgotten Harvest
•Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
•Angels' Place
•Washtenaw County Chapter of the American Red Cross
•Child Care Network
•Golightly Academy of IT
•The Information Center
•Center Stage Drama
•Arab American Culture Center
•SDL EQ Enrichment Center
•NOCIRC Michigan
Thanks to all of the organizations who submitted proposals. It is apparent that the kind of technology services that Ann Arbor Give Camp provides to charitable organizations in southeast Michigan are much needed.