New Volunteer Program Begins at IUPUI: Jaguars in the Streets

INDIANAPOLIS – Jaguars in the Streets is an IUPUI program designed to provide IUPUI staff and students with volunteer opportunities in the community, as well as show the community what IUPUI can do as a partner.

The program will focus on various organizations throughout the year to showcase all of the great things going on in Indianapolis. This program is coordinated by the Office of External Affairs and the Center for Service and Learning.

Volunteers will receive a free Jaguars in the Streets T-shirt to wear while volunteering, along with specific information not only about the organization that they are helping, but other organizations in town that may have similar missions.

Jaguars in the Streets is open to IUPUI staff and students and friends and family of IUPUI staff and students. More information on the program and online volunteer forms can be found at www.iupui.edu/outreach/community/programs/inthestreets/.

The program will initially focus on the outdoors in Indianapolis. Volunteer opportunities include:

Keep Indianapolis Beautiful
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful (KIB) is an organization that strives to unite people, beautify the city, and improve the environment through tree planting, neighborhood clean ups, and other service projects. In conjunction with Mayor Bart Peterson, KIB announced a plan to plant over 100,000 trees by 2010 in Indianapolis.
See the Keep Indianapolis Beautiful Web site at www.kibi.org.

Stop 11 Median Planting (KIB event)
Help build and beautify five new medians on Stop 11 Road, with 24 trees and three large perennial flower beds. Due to the length of the stretch of the road within these five medians, be prepared to do some walking to reach each planting site.
  • Saturday, April 8, 9am – Noon

Rebuilding the Wall
The Rebuilding the Wall project stabilizes and empowers low-income families by renovating vacant inner city properties and giving families the opportunity for homeownership. The project combats social injustice by building relationships across racial and socio-economic barriers. They stabilize community by the recycling of assets within the neighborhood.
  • Wednesday, April 19, 4pm-7pm
  • Wednesday, April 27, 4pm-7pm
See Rebuilding the Wall web site at www.rebuildingthewall.org.

Habitat for Humanity
Visit www.indyhabitat.org for volunteer opportunities.

If you have any questions or concerns please contact Marty Posch at mposch@iupui.edu or Jami Buki at jbuki@iupui.edu or visit www.iupui.edu/outreach/community/programs/inthestreets/.