UMD Civic Engagement

CHAMP Day of Service Connecting Hopes with Action to Mobilize People Sponsored by the Office of the Chancellor	COUNTDOWN CLOCK WIDGET The 2012 CHAMP Day of Service resulted in: Volunteer projects: 27 Volunteers: 328 (267 students and 61 non-students) Total service hours: 1048 Congratulations to all who participated. This was a very successful Day of Service!
CHAMP Day History CHAMP Day of Service began as part of the new Chancellor Black's request for a Day of Service during Inauguration Week Activities in March of 2011. CHAMP Day is a campus-wide day of service which provides the opportunity for students, staff, and faculty to contribute to the community by participating in volunteer projects throughout the greater Duluth community. Dozens of community organizations participated in this event to complete needed projects for their agencies. In fact UMD mobilized 293 volunteers resulting in 691 hours of service in one day. According to the Independent Sector the value of a volunteer hour in Minnesota is $20.90, which is equivalent to $14,441.90 contributed in service to the greater Duluth community.
	This year's CHAMP Day Registration: Registration will be open in March of 2013. You will be able to see the projects offered by community organizations. Groups and individuals are welcome to register. UMD students, staff, faculty, administration, and alumni are all encouraged to participate. Location and Rally: This year all participants will gather on the morning of April 13. We will have a check in and rally, then participants will head out to the projects for which they registered. Transportation: Participants will be bussed to most project locations. To request disability accommodations, please contact Erin Zoellick in the Office of Civic Engagement at ezoellic - at - d.umn.edu or 726-6355. We ask that you make this request two weeks prior to the event. An interpreter will be requested to attend the check in and rally on the morning of April 13.
Examples of past projects Painting a community center Collecting donations for a food shelf Processing donations for a magazine drive Cleaning classrooms, animal exhibits, or other facilities Pruning trees at an orchard Preparing purple ribbons for volunteer recognition Helping with a youth basketball program Cleaning litter from neighborhoods Clearing and maintaining nature trails

Office of Civic Engagement