Community Service & Engagement
Rick Garcia
Eaton County United Way
August 27, 2012
Olivet College
Objectives
• Introduce the Millennial
Movement of Service
• Defining Civic Engagement
& Service
• Types of Service & Identify
related resources and
action steps
• Answer questions and
discuss this generation &
strategies
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If you want to go where
you have never been, you
have to do what you have
never
done!
Thank you
The Millennial Movement
Baby Boomers
Generation X
Millennials
Born: 1945-1964
Characteristics:
Anti-establishment
Combative parental
relationships
Over-achievers
78 Million
Born: 1965-1976
Characteristics:
Individualistic
Vacuous parental
relationships
Under-achievers
48 Million
Born: 1977-1996
Who Are They & Why
Do They Do What
They Do?
83 Million
Key Definitions: Civic Engagement
Responsible community involvement and
citizenship characterized by: personal
reflection, inner development, thinking,
reading, silent protest, dialogue &
relationship-building, sharing knowledge,
political participation, community service,
cultural & spiritual forms of expression,
and/or expression through the arts
(Pew Foundation)
Background – Citizenry Skills
• Political knowledge and critical thinking skills
• Communication skills
• Public problem solving
• Civic judgment
• Civic Imagination & creativity
• Collective Action
• Community/coalition building
• Organizational analysis
About Michigan Campus Compact
The Michigan Campus Compact is an out growth of Campus
Compact: the project for public and community service.
This national coalition was established in 1985 by a small
group of college and university presidents who were
concerned over the perception of a general decline in civic
responsibility.
The compact was formed to create public service
opportunities for college students and to develop an
expectation of service as an essential part of student life
and the college experience.
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Intended Outcomes for Student
Engagement
These real world
experiences introduce
students to civic
involvement and lay the
foundations for a
lifelong ethic of public
responsibility and
community service that
will enable them to
become committed and
caring citizens
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Types of Community Service
• Episodic – One time event
• On-going – Continuous Service
throughout the year
• Enrichment – Custom to volunteer
project
• Indirect/Direct Service – In relation to
agency clients
• National Community Service
– AmeriCorps (VISTA)
– City Year
– Peace Corps
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The eHarmony of Matching Service
• Two-Way Street
• Profile of Skills (Have/Need)
• Timeframe of Delivery (Yours/Agency)
• Hands On Network – www.handsonnetwork.org
• Volunteer Match – www.volunteermatch.org
• Central Michigan 211
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United Way Campus Volunteer Leaders

United Way
Alternative Spring
Break

United Way Challenge
on Facebook Causes
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Corporations With Community Service
Culture
Thank you
New Dimensions in Service Engagement
The need to Advocate through these channels:
• Social Media – Need I say more…
• Mass Communication & Print
• Corporate Private Sector Alliances
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National Theme Events
Make a Difference Day (October)
Fall Alternative Break (October)
Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week (November)
Jam the Jaguar Bus (November)
Holiday Assistance Program (December)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service (January)
Alternative Spring Break (March)
César Chávez Day of Service(March)
Global Youth Service Day (April)
Thank you
Eaton County
Opportunities
- Emergency Services
- Basic Needs
- Youth
- Elderly
- Special Needs
- Environmental
- Health
- SIREN/Eaton Shelter
- Housing Services for Eaton County
- Eaton Furniture & Clothing
- School Districts/ISD
- Mobile Meals of Charlotte
- Goodwill Industries/Peckham
- Barry Eaton District Health Dept.
I shall pass this way but once;
therefore any good thing I can
do or kindness I can show, let
me do it now.
Let me not defer it or neglect it,
for I shall not pass this way
again!
I know my value as a person
will be measured by what I do
in each specific situation…
Questions
Rick@ecuw.org
www.ecuw.org
@EatonCountyUW
(517) 543-5402
Thank You!