Volunteer fair Feb. 8 offers service options

Interested in community service? Then stop by the Volunteer Fair on Tuesday, Feb. 8, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. in Great Hall, Memorial Union. You can match your interests and skills with a wide range of opportunities with more than 100 community and campus organizations.

You can talk with specialists involved in youth programs, tutoring, child care, advocacy, health care, criminal justice, elder care, and environmental issues, as well as working with people with cognitive, emotional and physical disabilities.

“Volunteers gain a sense of personal satisfaction by helping others,” says Randy Wallar of the Morgridge Center for Public Service. “Volunteering can also help students choose a major, build a resume, and obtain course credit, as well as clarify future goals, and gain valuable references in a chosen field.”

The fair is sponsored by the Wisconsin Union Directorate Community Services Committee and the Morgridge Center, located on the fist floor of the Red Gym, 716 Langdon St. The Morgridge Center is the a campus connection with more than 300 local community service agencies. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

For more information on the Fair, contact Randy Wallar, 263-2432; jrwallar@facstaff.wisc.edu.