Contact Information 1801 Fayetteville Street Durham, NC 27707 www.nccu.edu/service (919)-530-7076 Agency’s Mission Statement Academic community service learning is a process in which students learn and develop through active participation in defined activities designed to benefit the community. Students develop skills in communications, group process, and cooperation, which can serve them in the present classroom setting. In addition, they acquire competencies that will serve the greater society through more effective civic responsibility. Agency’s Goals and Programs Offered to Clients/People The program is structured to document student, faculty, and staff involvement in direct community and academic service learning activities. For students, activities include registration, placement, follow-up and reflections; for agencies, they involve preview and approval, registration, monitoring and evaluation; and for faculty and staff, they are orientation, academic community service learning training, technical support, and coordination. Impact the Agency Has Made on the Community Linking students with appropriate service opportunities and providing orientation sessions regarding community requirements and expectations Assisting faculty in integrating service-learning, community and civic engagement experiences into courses Working with community partners to establish and enhance requested service opportunities Duties You Will Perform as a Volunteer Answer incoming calls regarding community service opportunities Call … Continue reading →

1004 Watts Street Durham, NC 27701 www.betheldurham.org (919)-682-1238 Agency’s Mission Statement To create a Jewish community in Durham that relies on the volunteer work of its members to help out.  It is a community which welcomes all members of any background, knowledge, and religious experience. Agency’ s Goals and Programs offered to Clients/People Served The goal is to create a Jewish community and a working synagogue. It also works to do service in the immediate and farther community of Durham. Agency’s Impact on the Community The synagogue works with the homeless in Durham, New Israel Fund, Habitat for Humanity, Save Darfur, Community of Caring (synagogue life committee,) and to feed the hungry in Durham and Chapel Hill. Volunteer Duties Stuff envelopes Sort and collect food for food drive Help in the library

4434 Ben Franklin Blvd Durham, NC 27704 http://www.brookdaleliving.com/carolinahouse-of-durham.aspx (919)-479-9966 Agency’s Mission Statement Carolina House of Durham enriches the lives of those they serve with compassion, respect, excellence, and integrity. They offer personalized assisted living and Alzheimer’s and Dementia care options for seniors. Agency’s Goals and Programs offered to Clients/People Served This agency aims for comfort, personalized care, and to keep life vibrant. Carolina House offers personalized service and care, assistance with personal needs, escort service, housekeeping and laundry service, continence management, nursing services, medication support, life enrichment programs, specialize intervention programs, and a variety of daily programs. Agency’s Impact on the Community The agency takes in residents who need assistance. The residents in Carolina House of Durham form a new community with each other. Volunteer Duties Lead activities such as exercises and games Paperwork

411 W. Chapel Hill St. Durham, NC 27705 www.ccfnnc.org (919) 419-3474 Agency’s Mission Statement: The mission is to care for children and families affected by trauma, abuse, and other forms of adversity. Their professionals utilize a multidisciplinary measurable approach to provide prevention services, treatment for children and families, professional training, and research related to child traumatic stress by uniquely integrating community-based practice and academic excellence. Impact agency has made on community: They have created a local program, such as The Durham Family Initiative, Mental Health Services to the Durham Schools, and the Parent/Child Support program. All of these were created in order to help families cope with severe trauma, and also better help the community of Durham’s help itself in the future. Volunteer Duties: Work in the fundraising and donation department Learn approach techniques Create a scrapbook for heads of the department

Duke University, MSRB, Research Dr Durham, NC 27708 http://www.bme.duke.edu/ (919)-600-5374 Agency’s Mission Statement Through its faculty and graduates, the Duke University Department of Biomedical Engineering is a driving force in creating engineering knowledge and novel biomedical technology that improve the human condition through the advancement of clinical care and biomedical science. Dr. Lori Setton is a professor in Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University. Agency’s Goals and Programs offered to Clients/People Served Dr. Setton’s lab works closely with medical researchers to identify important problems that impact human health and solve them and using her technical expertise. The research in Dr. Setton’s laboratory is focused on the role of mechanical factors in the degeneration and repair of soft tissues of the musculoskeletal system, including the intervertebral disc, articular cartilage and meniscus. The goal of her lab is to create engineering knowledge and new biomedical technology that improve the human health and health care. Agency’s Impact on the Community Dr. Setton’s lab has published a variety research papers on Cartilage mechanobiology, tissue engineering, and cartilage repair. These are great contributions to research in … Continue reading →

DUMC 2967 Durham, NC 27710 www.dukehealth.org/patientsandvisitors/volunteerservices/program/junior Agency’s Mission Statement The DUMC Volunteering Program works to better the hospital and its service to the patients. Agency’s Goals and Programs offered to Clients/People Served The agency offers a variety  of services to its clients. The volunteers in this program are dispersed to all different departments of the Duke Hospital. We help the agency to serve the patients that go to the hospital by giving directions, greeting them, or helping them with their appointments, etc. Agency’s Impact on the Community This agency has made a huge impact on the community for it is a community institution that offers health care to the patients. Volunteer Duties Direct patients Bring patients drinks and blankets

106 Research Drive Durham, NC 27710 http://pulmonary.medicine.duke.edu 919.668.0936 Agency Mission Statement: To deliver outstanding clinical service to the critically ill and our patients with lung disease, pose questions concerning important issues in our specialty and search for answers through our research efforts, and teach other physicians and students aspects of our clinical specialty. Agency Goals and Programs: DPACCM provides state-of-the-art clinical care for patients with asthma, allergic diseases, and airway disease and aims to develop preventive and treatment protocols for the identified programs along with many other goals. Agency Impact: DPACCM has provided primary and consultative care for patients with various lung diseases on an inpatient and outpatient basis for years. In addition, they also direct services and provide attending intensive care for patients in the medical and surgical intensive care units at Duke Hospital and Durham VA Medical Center. Volunteer Duties: Performing PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction, which amplifies DNA strands) Purifying RNA Performing Real Time PCR (which records the amount of DNA as it is being amplified) Extracting proteins Performing Western Blot to collect data for the supervisor’s research

Contact Information 120 Morris Street Durham, NC 27701 www.durhamarts.org (919)-560-2726 Agency’s Mission Statement Durham Arts Council, Inc. promotes excellence in and access to the creation, experience, and active support of the arts for all the people of our community. Agency’s Goals and Programs Offered to Clients/People Served DAC programs classes in performing, literary, and visual arts for people of all ages. They help professional and amateur artists produce all types of art. They help residents and visitors find, enjoy, and participate in artistic and cultural events available in the community. They provide grants, information, and networking for artists and art groups. They provide exhibit space for visual artists. Impact the Agency Has Made on the Community DAC integrates art into classroom curriculums in their CAPS programs with Durham Public Schools. DAC has made art and the tools to produce art accessible to the community. Duties You Will Perform as a Volunteer Lead children to and from classes Participate in group activities Supervise field trips

721 Foster Street Durham, NC 27701 http://durham.ces.ncsu.edu (919) 560-0525 Mission Statement: To give our county’s residents easy access to the resources and expertise of NC State University and NC A&T University through educational programs, publications, and events. Agency’s Goals and Programs: DCCE offers numerous programs such as PFAST for parents and students in grades K-12 in public schools, and Welcome Baby, which offers free clothes and other baby products for families along with classes to teach them how to take care of their babies. Agency Impact on Community: DCCE has given people opportunities and other things that they would not have gotten otherwise and has offered programs for all ages for years. They have also kept kids busy with 4-H programs for a long time. Volunteer Duties: Assisting the coordinator with Kid’s Voting Organizing files Updating business contacts online Contacting youth organizations and medical contacts Volunteering at a leadership summer camp Taking care of children and helping to coordinate their activities

300 North Roxboro Street Durham, NC 27701 www.durhamcountylibrary.org (919) 560-0100/ 560-0130 Mission Statement: To provide the entire community with books, services, and other resources which inform, inspire learning, cultivate understanding, and excite the imagination. Agency’s Goals and Programs: The library aims to provide library cards for Durham County residents, loan audiobooks and other digital media devices, provide reference sets for research purposes, maintain a collection of periodicals, provide computers for use by patrons of all ages, inform patrons of the library’s use and references, and much more. Agency Impact on Community: The library provides a safe place for academic programs to inspire and enrich students’ lives. It also brings together the community by providing knowledge and uses for patrons of all ages. Volunteer Duties: Providing computer assistance to patrons Acting as a children’s center assistant Handling the summer reading program sign-up process Assisting with the summer reading program Shelf reading