As part of "CU in the Community" month at the University of Colorado at Boulder, faculty, staff and students will be painting two youth shelters, helping to build a Habitat for Humanity house and hosting elementary students from Denver and Boulder on campus this Saturday, Oct. 24.
Activities on National "Make A Difference" day, Saturday, will match faculty, staff and students who want to help out with programs that need support. They include:
** Painting at Attention Homes, Boulder's shelters for abused, neglected and homeless teen-agers. Work at two of the homes begins at 10 a.m. Saturday and extends through the early afternoon. Painting will be done at Bridge Home, 3682 Chase Court, a long-term home for boys, and the Broadway Youth Shelter, a crisis center for boys and girls at 3080 Broadway.
** Children and their families from the Denver and Boulder area will be hosted on campus for a day of programs and learning. Activities include hands-on science experiments, computer workshops, a planetarium show and ice skating. Activities involve the following CU-Boulder departments, which have volunteered to host the children: Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Services, School of Education, Fiske Planetarium, Information Technology Services, Recreation Center, Colorado Space Grant College and the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory. Children will participate from schools in Lafayette and Denver, and from Boulder's I Have a Dream foundation program. One of the schedules is attached.
** Fifty members of CU's Navy ROTC will help build a Habitat for Humanity house at 2284 Violet Ave. in north Boulder. One crew will work from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and one from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The morning crew will be driven to and from the site on a CU-Boulder Buff Bus.
On-going activities during "CU in the Community" month include Project Warmth, a month-long coat drive to benefit Boulder聮s Share-A-Coat for holiday distribution. Employees also are making contributions to the Colorado Combined Campaign charitable giving program, and are learning about ways to volunteer throughout Boulder County.
For more information on the programs call the Office of Community Relations at 303-492-8384.