North West Student Exchange

The Cape Fear Volunteer Center is supporting  the North West Student Exchange in getting volunteers to  provide a comfortable place for  students to live and sleep, provide three meals a day, and live in a family setting while  in the U.S. Host a high school exchange student and learn about another country and culture! If you’ve got room in your home and heart, the experience is invaluable!

Applications are being taken now for host families for 2014-15. The length of the Exchange Program is 4 weeks to a possible 10 months.

We encourage exchange students to volunteer with CFVC while they are here.

Interested should contact CFVC at (910) 392-8180, or the Director Annie Anthony at [email protected].

Azalea Festival 5K/10K/Fun Walk

Azalea Festival 5K/10K/Fun Walk on April 5, 2014 at the new Mayfair/Try Sports Course. Sign up at ACTIVE.COM, just search for Azalea Festival. Sign up a team of four (4) or more and get serious discount: reg $30 each. Team of 4+ 108$, $3 off each team member. Name your team, wear costumes for the costume contest. Have fun, be creative while helping the at risk youth of Big Buddy. Must register as a team all at once. Questions or to pay by check, call 910-392-8180.

Global Youth Service Day

Please check out our GYSD facebook page.

Global Youth Service Day celebrates and mobilizes the millions of young people who improve their communities each day of the year through service. Established in 1988, Global Youth Service Day is the largest service event in the world, and the only day of service dedicated to children and youth. Check out their website! 

Interested in volunteering or partnering? Please fill out a volunteer registration form or contact [email protected] or call 910-392-8180.

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2014 Azalea Festival Events with CFVC

2014 Azalea Festival Children’s Tea – Has Been Sold Out.  

There will be face painting and crafts and a silent auction for the Moms.

 Please visit the Childrens Tea page here.  

Tickets available until we are sold out. Be sure to check out the new photo packages presented to you by Kenny Barnes Photography.

If you should desire to volunteer, simply fill out the Volunteer Registration form on this website and we will get you plugged in. Any questions please feel free to call the office 392-8180.

Meals on Wheels Needs Volunteers!

Meals on Wheels NEEDS VOLUNTEERS!
How it works:
Meal pick up is between 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM. (But if you are working or need to make arrangements to pick up slightly later, arrangements may possible be made). You will be given your route’s clipboard (includes your delivery list + directions), donated newspapers, your food bags, and then be sent on your way! Once your route is complete, simply pull back into line and hand over your clipboard and empty food bags. You can sign up to drive a regular route (the same route, on the same day, each week) or you can sign-up for the substitute list and called for subbing. The 300 clients are split into roughly 30 routes, so that no one should deliver to more than 8-10 houses. Routes are based on vicinity. The whole process typically takes less than 2 hours.. If interested please contact [email protected]!!

Poster Contest – Global Youth Service Day

CFVC is proud to announce our Global Youth Service Day/Earth Day poster contest to promote the importance of youth taking part in making this a healthy world. The contest is designed to raise environmental awareness among students by giving them an opportunity to design a poster explaining what they think Earth Day is all about.

 Details:

• The poster contest is open to all K-8th grade students in the United States.

• Posters should display originality and vision as well as an obvious concern for the ecological future of our communities and state

• Posters can be any dimension.

• Posters can be in color or black and white.

• Artwork can be generated by hand or on the computer – and must be designed by the participant.

• The competition will be divided into two age groups: kindergarten through 4th grade, and 5th grade through 8th grade.

Registration:

To enter your poster into the competition, please scan or take a photo of your poster and email it to [email protected]. Or, you can snail-mail it to:

Cape Fear Volunteer Center

214 Walnut Street

Wilmington, NC 28401

Please put “GYSD/ Earth Day Poster Contest Entry” in the email subject line. In the body of the email or letter, please include your name, age, grade, school and a phone number where we can reach you.

All eligible submissions must be received by April 22, 2014.

Recognition and Prizes:

Winners will be announced during Earth Month 2014.

 The winner will receive $100.

All participants will receive a thank you letter and have their posters displayed on CFVC’s website.

North Carolina Coastal Reserve

North Carolina Coastal Reserve

Volunteer for the N.C. Coastal Reserve onSaturday,March 8th!  Feather Friends Volunteer Day of Service and Training at the Big Bay area on Masonboro Island Reserve. Participants must provide their own transportation to the Reserve.

Volunteers will learn how to build a temporary structure that will alert Reserve visitors of the presence of shorebird nest sites. Season-long participants will be assigned a monitoring area, building/removing the structures for the 2014 season.

This event is a one day educational and training session where participants can then decide if they would like to participate for the rest of the 2014 shorebird nesting season.

Interested or have any questions? Contact our office at 910-392-8180.