UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND SERVICE PLUNGE
PLUNGE INTO SERVICE!
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Incoming first year and transfer students
An optional pre-orientation service trip
Tuesday, August 21–Thursday, August 23, 2012
The surrounding neighborhoods of UP
A great way to meet your classmates, have some fun, and give to the Portland community
$50.00 to be paid at check-in on August 21
Registration is open June 15–29 online
Register at www.up.edu/moreaucenter and click on Service Plunge Registration. If you do not have internet access, call us at
(503) 943-7132.
Registration is open until June 30 but there is only room for 120 participants. Registrations are accepted on a first come, first
served basis.
SERVICE PLUNGE SCHEDULE
TUESDAY, AUGUST 21
5:00 p.m.
Plunge check-in on the University campus
6:00–7:00 p.m. Drop off belongings in residence hall (optional)*
7:00 p.m.
Plunge begins; Moreau Center transports students to off-campus site
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22
9:00 a.m.
Service Project #1
Noon
Lunch
1:00 p.m.
Service Project #2
6:00 p.m.
Dinner, reflection, games, and free time
THURSDAY, AUGUST 23
8:00 a.m.
Social Justice Activity
12:00 p.m.
Return to campus for Orientation
Spend your first days as a student volunteering with local service agencies. You will get to know classmates while working together in small and large groups. Volunteer work during the Service Plunge may include painting, nature trail maintenance, food
box assembly, community gardening, recycling deconstructed housing materials, and a wide variety of behind the scenes tasks
that help local agencies serve their clients. The Service Plunge is a time to have fun, meet new people, work hard, and jump into
service in your new community.
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Register at www.up.edu/moreaucenter.
If you do not have internet access, call (503) 943-7132.
The Service Plunge begins on campus at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, August 21 and ends by noon on Thursday, August 23.
The Moreau Center will confirm your registration by e-mail. The first 120 registrations will be accepted.
At the beginning of August we will email you a packing list, information about airport and train pick-ups and details
about dropping off your belongings in your residence hall. *Please note that you will not have access to your room
during the trip.
Simplicity and solidarity are key values of the Moreau Center and are lived out on the Plunge. Participants will NOT
be staying on campus during the Service Plunge. You will be sleeping on a concrete gym floor, eating simple meals,
and working hard for the community. Showers will only be available on Wednesday and privacy and personal space
will be very limited. The upside: you will get to experience and serve the North Portland community while getting to
know your fellow classmates very well! We highly recommend this Plunge, as do hundreds of former participants,
despite its simple and rustic accommodations.
Special Needs: Please contact us with any special dietary needs or ADA accommodations necessary to allow for your
full participation in this event.
University of Portland
Moreau Center for Service & Leadership
5000 N. Willamette Blvd.
Portland, OR 97203-5798
moreaucenter@up.edu, 503-943-7132
Service Plunge Student Coordinators:
Moreau Center Director: Laura Goble
Assistant Director: Pat Ell
Assistant Director of Service and Comunity Partnership:
Melissa Marley Bonnichsen
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